Mark walked straight into his quiet office room down the long hallway.
He set Lily down gently on the soft leather sofa near the wall.
Father: Stay right here, sweetheart, daddy is going to lock the doors.
Lily nodded her head silently while wiping her damp eyes with her sleeve.
Mark walked over to his large wooden desk in the corner of the room.
He opened his laptop computer and opened the security monitoring app.
Three small security cameras were hidden inside the main living areas of the house.
Mark had installed the cameras months ago to monitor the home while traveling.
He clicked on the video archive tab for the past two weeks.
The screen loaded dozens of short video clips stored in high definition.
Mark clicked on a random file from three days ago at noon.
The video showed Victoria yelling loudly at little Lily over a spilled cup.
She grabbed the child's arm roughly and pushed her toward her bedroom.
Mark felt a burning knot form deep inside his dark chest.
He selected another file recorded just yesterday morning around eight o'clock.
The clip showed Victoria taking away Lily's breakfast plate while she cried.
Every single video clip proved a consistent pattern of harsh emotional abuse.
Father: This is more than enough evidence for any court of law.
Mark inserted a small USB flash drive into the side of his computer.
He copied all forty video clips onto the flash storage drive quickly.
Outside the locked office door, Victoria began pounding hard against the wood.
Victoria: Open this door right now, Mark!
Victoria: We need to talk about our financial prenup agreement before you leave!
Mark removed the flash drive and slid it deep into his front pocket.
He walked over to the wooden door and unlocked it with a click.