Ethan: Paramedics are waiting outside in the driveway, Camila. I want them to clean and bandage your arm right away.
Camila: Thank you, Mr. Vance. It's just a scratch, I'll be fine in a few days.
Ethan: It's not just a scratch, Camila. You risked your own physical safety to protect my mother today. If you hadn't stood your ground, Vanessa would have stolen her legal documents and endangered her life with those pills.
Eleanor: Camila is a guardian angel in this house, Ethan. I don't know what I would do without her.
Camila: I was just doing my job, Mrs. Vance. I promised Mr. Vance three years ago that I would take care of you like my own grandmother.
Ethan reached into his suitcase, pulling out a signed document from his legal briefcase and placing it gently on the marble counter[cite: 1].
Ethan: Three days ago, while I was in Chicago, I met with the directors of the St. Jude Medical Foundation. We established a private endowed nursing fund in honor of my mother's late sister.
Camila: That's wonderful, Mr. Vance. Your aunt was a remarkable doctor.
Ethan: The foundation includes a full head nurse salary contract, full medical benefits, and a lifetime estate housing allowance for the chief medical officer of our family home.
Camila: Lifetime housing allowance?
Ethan: I want you to take the position, Camila. Starting today, your salary is doubled, and you will have full control over my mother's care team, with three assistant nurses working directly under your supervision.
Camila's hands flew to her face, tears of sheer joy and disbelief welling in her dark eyes as she looked at Ethan and Eleanor.
Camila: Mr. Vance... I... I don't know what to say! That's life-changing for me and my family!
Ethan: You earned every single bit of it, Camila. Honesty and loyalty are priceless in this world, and you showed both today when it mattered most.
Eleanor: Welcome to the family, my dear.
Two paramedics stepped into the kitchen with a medical kit, gently cleaning the scratch on Camila's arm and wrapping it in clean white gauze under the bright afternoon sun[cite: 1].
Outside the tall floor-to-ceiling windows, the police cruiser pulled away down the long gated driveway, its red lights fading into the distance as justice was finally delivered to the greedy socialite who had tried to destroy a family from within.