Elena reached the heavy cold storage door and pulled back the thick metal latch.
She opened the door quickly and stepped inside the freezing room.
Chloe was standing inside the doorway with a fierce, cold glare on her face.
She had put tiny baby Leo inside a cold ice box near the wall.
The poor baby was shivering in his thin cotton clothes, crying hysterically.
Chloe: Quiet down, you worthless little brat!
She yelled at the helpless infant while trying to close the box lid.
Chloe: Freeze in there so your father pays attention to me!
Elena felt a surge of righteous anger rush through her entire body.
She rushed forward with incredible speed and pushed Chloe away with full force.
Elena: Ah! Get your vile hands off this child!
Elena pulled the crying baby out of the cold box and wrapped him safely in her arms.
She held baby Leo close to her warm chest to stop his shivering body.
Chloe stumbled back against the metal shelves, gasping in complete shock.
Chloe: How dare you lay your filthy hands on me!
Chloe: You are fired, you miserable maid!
Elena: You are a monster for doing this to an innocent baby!
Elena turned around and hurried out of the cold storage room immediately.
Chloe followed right behind her, screaming furious threats down the empty corridor.
The heavy front double doors of the mansion suddenly swung wide open.
Julian walked inside carrying a dark leather briefcase from his law firm.
He stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the loud shouting match.
He saw Elena holding his terrified baby, who was crying loudly.
He saw Chloe flushed with rage, her sparkly beige dress wrinkled and messy.
Julian: What is going on here?
Julian looked shocked as he stepped into the center of the grand hallway.
Elena immediately stepped forward and pointed her trembling finger straight at Chloe.
Elena: Sir, she locked your baby in an ice box inside the cold room!
Julian's eyes widened in total horror as he processed the maid's words.
Julian: What did you just say?
Chloe: She is making up lies, Julian darling!
Chloe: The maid left the baby unattended, and I was trying to save him!
Elena: That is a complete lie, Mr. Vance!
Elena: Feel his cold hands and look at the storage room door right now!
Julian took his crying baby from Elena's arms and felt the chill on the child's skin.
His face flushed dark red with extreme anger as he looked up at Chloe.
Julian: How dare you touch my child!
The grand hall echoed with his booming voice as tension reached its absolute peak.