The camera footage was clear and showed high-definition color video.
It showed Victoria walking into the living room holding Leo by his arm.
Leo was crying and pulling away from her grasp on his little sleeve.
Victoria stripped his heavy sweater off and pulled open the glass door.
She pushed the toddler firmly out onto the snow-covered patio surface.
Then she pulled the door shut and flipped the heavy security lock.
Leo fell into the deep snow and started crying for his mother.
Victoria stood on the warm side of the glass smiling at his misery.
Mark stared at the video screen as his entire face turned red.
He turned around slowly to face Victoria who was stepping back.
Mark: You lied to my face, Victoria.
Victoria: Mark, please let me explain what happened!
Mark: You put a baby out in freezing temperatures without a coat!
Victoria: He spilled orange juice on my expensive white rug!
Sarah: You tortured a child over a carpet stain?!
Victoria realized she could no longer deny what she had done on camera.
Her posture changed from soft and polite to cold and bitter.
Victoria: I am tired of playing stepmother to your bratty kid!
Victoria: You spend all your money and time on him instead of me!
Mark: Get out of my house this instant, Victoria.
Victoria: You cannot kick me out! My name is on the deed!
Sarah pulled her phone out and dialed nine-one-one on speaker mode.
Sarah: The police are on their way right now for child endangerment.
Victoria lunged forward to knock the smartphone out of Sarah's hands.
Mark stepped in front of Sarah and blocked Victoria with his arm.
Mark: Touch her and you will go to jail for assault too.