Milo walked into the private home office and locked the door.
He placed Clara safely inside her soft portable playpen.
The child was finally calming down after the awful scare.
Milo sat down at his massive wooden desk with shaking hands.
He opened the top drawer to search for Clara's legal trust fund documents.
He had created the vast estate trust fund after Clara was born.
The document stated that if Clara died, the whole inheritance went to Vanessa.
Milo felt a sick feeling rise in his throat.
He saw a fresh signature on the back page of the file.
Vanessa had modified the life insurance policy just last week.
She had added a massive payout clause for any accidental death.
Milo slammed his fist hard against the heavy desk top.
He realized his wife was planning this terrible crime for months.
She wanted the full estate and the insurance money for herself.
Heavy knocking suddenly rattled the thick office door handle.
Vanessa: Open this door right now, Milo!
Milo: Stay back, Vanessa!
Vanessa: We can talk about this like adults!
Milo: You forged my signature on this insurance policy!
The knocking stopped abruptly on the other side of the wood.
Vanessa stayed silent for a long moment outside the door.
Then her voice turned cold and lost all its soft emotion.
Vanessa: Nobody will believe your word over mine.
Milo: The video camera saw everything clearly.
Vanessa: Cameras can be erased very easily in this house.
Milo quickly checked his phone screen again with panic.
The local wifi connection in the house suddenly disconnected completely.
Vanessa was using her phone to reset the main security server downstairs.
She was trying to wipe the evidence before the police arrived.
Milo knew he had to save the digital file immediately.
He backed up the video to his personal cloud server online.