Elena hesitated as her eyes darted between David and the door.
Elena: Darling, I was just taking him to his morning nap.
David: Do not lie to me after what I just witnessed!
He dropped to his knees on the hard marble floor immediately.
He gently took his crying baby boy into his broad arms.
The small child pulled tight against David's grey suit jacket.
David held the baby close and whispered soft reassuring words.
The infant's desperate whimpering slowly began to quiet down.
David looked up at Sarah, who was still kneeling on the floor.
Tears were streaming freely down the maid's bruised cheek.
Sarah: She hurts the child every time you leave!
The words rang through the grand hallway like a thunderclap.
David felt a deep cold rage settle over his entire body.
He looked at his wife with complete disgust and disbelief.
David: Is this true, Elena? Have you been hurting our boy?
Elena: She is a lying thief trying to protect her job!
Sarah: I have recorded everything on my phone for weeks!
Elena's face went completely pale as Sarah reached into her apron.
The maid pulled out a small smartphone with a cracked screen.
She held it up with shaking fingers toward the wealthy businessman.
Sarah: I could not let her treat him like this anymore, sir.
Elena: Give me that phone right now, you ungrateful girl!
Elena lunged forward to grab the phone from Sarah's hands.
David stood up smoothly while holding his son safely in one arm.
He stepped directly between his aggressive wife and the maid.
His jaw clenching tight as he stared down at Elena.
David: Touch her again and you will regret it instantly.
Elena: You are taking the word of a servant over your wife?
David: I trust my own eyes and the truth right here.
Two security guards rushed through the grand double doors at last.
They had heard the commotion from their post outside the front gate.
David waved them forward with a single stern command.
David: Escort my wife to the study and lock the doors.