Three months later, the sun shone brightly over the heavy stone steps of the county courthouse.
Ethan walked through the wide doors while wearing a dark navy blue designer suit.
Elena walked beside him carrying little Sophia who was laughing happily in a pink outfit.
Victoria sat at the defense table across the cold polished courtroom with her legal team.
She wore a simple dark outfit and had no shiny jewelry on her wrists.
Her high-priced defense lawyers tried to claim that the balcony fall was an accident.
However, the judge called the brave young maid to the witness stand first.
Judge: State your full name for the official court record, please.
Elena: My name is Elena Gomez, and I saw everything that happened.
Lawyer: Did you see the defendant push the child over the high railing?
Elena: She looked right at me and intentionally opened her hands over the edge.
Victoria jumped up from her wooden chair and shouted across the quiet room in anger.
Victoria: She is a lying servant who wants my husband's rich money!
Judge: Order in this courtroom right now or you will be removed!
The security officer made Victoria sit back down in her small hard chair.
Ethan took the witness stand next and presented the hidden trust fund documents.
The judge looked at the evidence showing Victoria's evil plan to get five million dollars.
The court found Victoria guilty of child endangerment and fraud after two quick hours.
The judge banged his heavy wooden gavel hard against the top of the bench.
Judge: Victoria Vance, I sentence you to ten full years in state prison.
Victoria began weeping bitterly as the police officers put heavy metal handcuffs on her wrists.
She looked back at Ethan with eyes full of deep regret and sorrow.
Ethan turned his back on her and walked out of the courtroom with high pride.
He held his healthy little daughter tightly against his warm loving chest outside.
Justice had finally been served for the innocent child who had done no wrong.