Mark walked into his private home office located down the main hardwood hallway.
He unlocked the heavy steel wall safe behind his desk oil painting.
Inside the safe sat the original copies of his late father's inheritance records.
He flipped through the legal documents until he found the signed custody agreements.
A thick brown folder at the bottom of the safe caught his immediate attention.
The folder was labeled with Victoria's maiden name and Richard Vance's private stamp.
Mark opened the file and began reading the hidden legal documents with mounting rage.
The papers contained forged offshore bank accounts linked directly to Victoria's personal accounts.
They also showed wire transfers sent to a private medical facility in South America.
Victoria had been draining his father's remaining business funds for over eighteen months.
She had paid over two hundred thousand dollars to keep the kidnapping plot quiet.
Mark took out his personal cell phone and dialed the local police department chief directly.
Chief Miller: Chief Miller speaking, how can I help you Mark?
Mark: I need emergency armed officers and child protective investigators at my residence immediately.
Chief Miller: What is the emergency, Mark?
Mark: My missing daughter Lily was found locked inside my wife's hidden pantry wall.
The line went silent for a brief moment as Chief Miller absorbed the shock.
Chief Miller: Units are dispatched to your address right now on high priority!
Mark hung up the phone and gathered all the forged financial documents into his briefcase.
He walked back into the living room where Victoria was frantically packing a leather handbag.
Mark: Where do you think you are going, Victoria?
Victoria: You cannot prove anything without a lengthy court trial!
Mark: The police will be walking through that front door in two minutes.
Victoria dropped her bag as heavy vehicle tires screeched on the driveway outside.