Victoria hit the tile floor with a heavy dull thud.
Her long gold dress crumpled around her bruised knees.
She pointed a long red fingernail up at Julianne in absolute shock.
"You'll pay for this insult!" Victoria screamed across the garden room.
Julianne stepped over the spilled dirt and red clay pieces slowly.
Her wet shoes made a heavy squeaking sound on the floor.
Water dripped from her soaked dark navy hair onto her face.
She leaned down until her face was inches from Victoria's eyes.
"Touch my child again, and I'll destroy everything you own," Julianne growled.
Mark held Leo wrapped tightly in a dry white linen towel.
The young boy clung to Mark's suit jacket while shivering softly.
"We need to get the estate lawyer here right now," Mark urged.
Victoria struggled to get back onto her high heel shoes.
"This house is mine by right of age!" Victoria shouted loudly.
"Father changed his trust fund paper six months ago," Julianne replied coldness.
Victoria's face turned completely white at those sharp sudden words.
She had spent three years trying to hide father's medical records.
She wanted everyone to think father was confused when he wrote it.
"You are lying to steal my hard earned lifestyle," Victoria hissed back.
Julianne pulled a small plastic key drive from her coat pocket.
The waterproof case had kept the small digital storage completely dry.
"The original video from father's office is right here," Julianne revealed.
Mark looked up with hope shining in his tired eyes.
"He knew what you were doing to his accounts, Victoria," Julianne added.
Victoria backed away until her back hit a tall wooden shelf.
She realized her plan was crumbling in front of the servants.
The old butler was picking up the broken flower pots quietly.
He looked at Victoria with deep disapproval in his soft eyes.
"I gave thirty years to this family business," Victoria whined loudly.
"You spent thirty years stealing from the trust fund," Julianne answered.
Leo looked over Mark's shoulder at his trembling wet mother.
"Mommy, are we staying in this big scary house?" Leo asked softly.
Julianne turned around and her strict face softened with warm love.
She walked over and knelt down beside her small scared boy.
"No baby, we are fixing things so nobody hurts us ever again."
She wiped a stray drop of pool water from his forehead.
Mark handed Julianne his dry black wool suit jacket warmly.
"The lawyer just pulled into the driveway," Mark stated calmly.
Victoria tried to run toward the front hall entrance doors.
She wanted to hide the paper lockbox in the master office.
Julianne stood up and stepped directly into her sister's path.
"You are not going anywhere near that room today," Julianne warned.
Victoria stopped in her tracks, breathing heavily in complete defeat.
The heavy oak entrance doors opened with a loud creak.