When Eleanor, Daniel, and Lawyer Vance walked down the grand marble staircase, Chloe was standing in the foyer screaming at two house staff members.
A crystal vase lay broken near the front entrance, white roses scattered across the wet marble floor.
Chloe: You dirty servants have no right to touch my designer luggage! Call Daniel down here right now!
Eleanor: Daniel is standing right here, Chloe. And so is my legal counsel.
Chloe: Daniel! Tell these people to leave my bags alone! They're trying to throw my things out onto the driveway!
Daniel: They are doing what my mother instructed them to do, Chloe. Your things are being removed from this house.
Chloe: Daniel, babe, please! We can talk about this in private! Don't let your mother destroy our future over a silly misunderstanding!
Lawyer Vance: Miss Chloe, I am serving you with an official notice of trespass on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust.
Vance handed a white envelope to Chloe, who took it with trembling, manicured hands.
Chloe: What is this legal nonsense?! My father is a partner at a major law firm in Dallas! He will sue all of you for this!
Lawyer Vance: Your father is welcome to try, Miss Chloe. However, we have full digital audio evidence of you committing misdemeanor assault against Eleanor Sterling on private property.
Chloe: Assault?! I threw water! It was just water!
Lawyer Vance: Unwanted physical contact accompanied by verbal threats constitutes assault under Texas penal code, Miss Chloe. If you do not leave this property within five minutes, the Dallas Police Department will arrest you at the gate.
Chloe looked at Daniel, her eyes wide with desperation as she grabbed his navy suit jacket sleeve.
Chloe: Daniel, look at me! You love me! We spent two years building our life together!
Daniel: I loved the person I thought you were, Chloe. But today I saw who you really are when you think you have power over people.
Chloe: I was just stressed about the wedding planning! You know how much pressure my mother has been putting on me!
Daniel: That is no excuse to treat my mother like trash in her own home.
Daniel gently peeled her fingers off his suit jacket, stepping back beside his mother and folding his arms across his chest.
Daniel: Take your bags and leave, Chloe. The engagement is officially over.
Chloe: You're throwing away our marriage for an old woman in a maid dress?!
Eleanor: That 'old woman' built the empire you were so eager to spend, my dear. Now pick up your bags before the police arrive.
Two uniformed security guards stepped through the front double doors, standing firmly beside the open entrance.
Security Guard: Miss, your vehicle is waiting at the main gate. Please step outside now.
Chloe glared at Eleanor with pure venom, snatching her leather handbag from the hall table and rushing out the doors into the bright Texas sun.