Before Sarah could say another word, her brother Mark stepped out from the nearby kitchen corridor.
Mark was wearing a dark jacket and holding a set of legal papers in his right hand.
He took a quick step forward to stand defensively right beside his sister, Sarah.
Mark smiled casually at David as if nothing serious was happening in the room.
He told David that Lily did not need such a huge bedroom upstairs anyway.
Mark suggested that the young girl could easily sleep in the small basement storage room.
He said Julian needed the larger bedroom to focus on his high school studies properly.
David stared at Mark in complete disbelief at the sheer greed on display.
He realized then that Sarah and Mark had planned this move very carefully together.
They wanted to push Lily out of the way to take over the entire house.
David set Lily down gently on her feet behind his sturdy frame for safety.
He stepped right into Mark's face and demanded that he drop those legal papers immediately.
Mark did not back down and raised his voice to threaten David with a fake lawsuit.
He claimed Sarah had full rights to manage the household dynamic as the main mother figure.
David refused to listen to another single sentence of their selfish nonsense.
He reached out and snatched the legal documents straight out of Mark's hands.
David skimmed the pages rapidly and saw an attempt to alter the property deed today.
Sarah had tried to sign over half the estate to her brother's investment firm.
She had taken advantage of David's busy work schedule to draft these fraudulent documents.
David ripped the papers in half and threw the pieces right at Mark's chest.
Mark stepped back in anger and pushed David's shoulder with his palm aggressively.
David responded instantly by grabbing Mark's collar and shoving him firmly against the wall.
The heavy bang echoed through the open dining room, shaking the framed pictures hanging nearby.
Mark gasped in shock and slid down toward the floor, completely speechless now.
Julian jumped up from the table, but David pointed a stern finger directly at him.
David told the teenager to sit back down and stay out of this adult conflict.
Sarah screamed at David, calling him crazy for defending his daughter so fiercely.
She stepped closer to David, her face twisted with bitter frustration and deep anger.
Sarah yelled that she was the mistress of this luxury house from now on.
David looked at the woman he had foolishly trusted just three short months ago.
He saw her real motivation clearly for the very first time in his life.
She had never loved him or cared about building a sweet stepfamily together.
She only wanted his family fortune, his legal influence, and his grand estate.
David felt a deep sense of shame for allowing this woman near his precious daughter.
He swore to himself that he would fix this mistake before the day was over.