Arthur had forgotten important legal documents for his afternoon corporate meeting.
He stopped dead in his tracks as he heard his son crying loudly.
He saw his nanny sitting on the floor, holding the infant car seat tight.
His new wife was rushing down the stairs with a furious look on her face.
The sudden sight made Arthur's heart drop straight into his stomach.
He dropped his expensive leather briefcase onto the hardwood floor instantly.
The loud thud echoed off the white crown molding of the high walls.
Arthur shouted across the room with intense anger and total confusion.
Victoria stopped on the middle landing of the grand staircase immediately.
She tried to change her bitter expression into a soft, sorrowful smile.
She wiped a fake tear from her eye and began to lie quickly.
She claimed that Clara had been careless with the infant carrier up upstairs.
She told Arthur that Clara had almost dropped the baby off the balcony edge.
Clara shook her head frantically as tears streamed down her flushed face.
She pointed her finger directly at Victoria's emerald green silk dress.
Her voice cracked with deep emotion as she shouted out the harsh truth.
She told Arthur that Victoria had lifted the car seat over the railing.
She explained how Victoria had thrown his little boy into the open foyer.
Arthur looked back and forth between his terrified nanny and his defensive wife.
He saw the clear tire marks on the floor from Clara's desperate slide.
He noticed that Clara's knees were scraped and her clothes were covered in dust.
He realized that his loyal nanny had just saved his only child's life.
A wave of pure, dark fury washed over the wealthy businessman instantly.
He turned his gaze toward Victoria with eyes cold as ice.
Victoria took a step back, realizing her lies were completely failing her.
She began to stammer, trying to explain away her horrible actions.
Arthur marched up the first few steps of the grand wooden staircase fast.
He pointed his trembling finger directly into his wife's startled face.
He demanded that she stand still and answer for what she had done.