The giant foyer was completely silent except for the baby crying.
Milo felt a cold sweat breaking out across his forehead.
He pulled Clara tighter into his protective embrace.
Vanessa reached the bottom step and took a fast step forward.
She put on a worried look that did not reach her eyes.
Vanessa: Give her to me right now.
Milo: Do not step any closer to us.
Vanessa: I am her mother, Milo!
Milo: I saw what you did up there.
Vanessa took another step forward anyway and lowered her voice softly.
She leaned in very close to Milo's tense face.
Vanessa: Let the nanny take her back upstairs.
Milo stared back at her with fiery eyes and a clenched jaw.
Milo: No... You.
Vanessa: What are you talking about?
Milo: You tried to harm our daughter.
Vanessa: That is a crazy lie!
Milo: I watched your hands push her!
Vanessa stumbled back against the heavy white stair railing.
She held her breath while watching Milo reach into his pocket.
Milo pulled out his phone with a firm hand.
He tapped the screen to open the mansion security app.
The security system recorded every angle of the house constantly.
Milo held the screen up so Vanessa could see it clearly.
The video clearly showed her deliberate push on the balcony.
Vanessa gasped as her face turned completely white as chalk.
She knew the camera caught every single detail of her action.
Milo: Explain this to me right now.
Vanessa: You don't understand the pressure I am under!
Milo: Pressure does not make a mother drop her baby!
Vanessa: It was all for our future!
Milo felt his whole world crumbling down around him.
He backed away toward the front door while holding Clara.
He needed to get his child away from this dangerous house.