Julian: Did you honestly think you could get away with this, Victoria?
Victoria: Julian, listen to me! You're letting your emotions blind you!
Julian: You held my daughter over a marble railing because you were jealous of an innocent child!
Victoria: She's not even your biological daughter! She's an orphan you brought into this estate to steal my inheritance!
Julian reached the top of the stairs, taking broad, heavy strides toward Victoria as she backed away against the gilded wooden wall. His hand clutched his shivering daughter close against his grey suit.
Julian: Lily is my legally adopted child! Her mother was my sister, and her trust fund was established by my father before he passed away!
Victoria: Your father was out of his mind when he signed that will! That money belongs to the family business!
Julian: You married into this family three years ago, Victoria! You are my stepmother, not my mother, and you have no right to a single dime of my family's estate!
Victoria: I gave three years of my life to your sick father while he was dying! I managed this entire mansion!
Julian: You managed his bank accounts and tried to rewrite his life insurance policy while he was on his deathbed!
Victoria: That is a lie! I loved your father!
Julian: You loved his money! And when you realized the trust fund was tied directly to Lily's care, you decided to eliminate her!
Victoria: Please stop! Don't say these things! Someone might hear you!
Julian: I want everyone in this city to hear me!
Julian adjusted his smartphone in his right hand while keeping his left arm wrapped tightly around his child.
Victoria: What are you doing with your phone?! Who are you calling?!
Julian: I'm calling dispatch, Victoria. Your time in this house is officially over.
Victoria: No! Put that phone away right now! You can't call the cops on your own family!
Julian: You aren't my family. You're a criminal.
Victoria: Julian, please! Think about the scandal! Think about what this will do to the family firm's stock price!
Julian: Get the police here right now! I have an attempted murder in progress at the Sterling mansion!
Victoria: Attempted murder?! Are you insane?! It was a household mistake!
Julian: She dropped a child off the interior balcony! Send emergency units immediately!
Victoria: Cancel the call, Julian! I'll leave the house! I'll sign whatever papers you want!
Julian: You'll sign your confession in a police station, Victoria.
Victoria: You arrogant, ungrateful little brat! I made this family what it is today!
Julian: You destroyed this family the moment you put your hands on my child.
Victoria: I will ruin you, Julian! I will hire the best divorce lawyer and probate attorney in this state and strip you of every asset you own!
Julian: Try it from a jail cell.
Down below in the driveway, heavy tires screeched against the gravel, followed by the sudden, piercing wail of police sirens echoing outside the grand front windows.
Victoria: No... no, they can't be here already!
Julian: I pressed the silent panic alarm in the hall three minutes ago, Victoria. The local police department has been watching this house since my father died.
Victoria: You set a trap for me?!
Julian: You set the trap yourself when you decided to harm an innocent child.