Julian: Don't you dare lie to me! I watched the entire video on my screen while I was parking the car!
Alexis: Julian, listen to me! It was an accident! She was provoking me!
Julian: Provoking you?! She was trying to walk away from you!
Julian dropped to his knees beside Maya, gently placing his hand under her head while carefully avoiding putting pressure on her back or stomach.
Julian: Maya... baby, can you hear me? Look at me.
Maya: Julian... the baby... my stomach hurts so bad...
Julian: The ambulance is turning into the driveway right now. Just hold on, okay? Keep your eyes on me.
Eleanor: Julian, son, please calm down. Alexis was just emotional because of the trust fund discussion earlier—
Julian: Don't you call me son, Eleanor! You stood right there at the top of the stairs and watched her push my pregnant wife!
Eleanor: I tried to stop her! You saw the video, I told her to calm down!
Julian: You didn't do a damn thing to help Maya! You just worried about the guests hearing you!
Alexis: Julian, you're making a huge mistake! She planned this! She intentionally stood near the stairs with her camera recording to frame me!
Julian: She was recording because you've been threatening her for three weeks! She told me yesterday how you threatened to throw her out of the house!
Maya: Julian... the stream... is it saved?
Julian: It's saved on three different backup servers, sweetheart. Nobody can delete it. Not Alexis, not Eleanor, nobody.
The blare of emergency sirens echoed outside the front doors of the estate, red and blue lights flashing against the grand stained-glass windows of the foyer.
Security Guard: Mr. Sterling, the paramedics are coming through the front entrance now.
Julian: Get them in here immediately! And lock the gates—nobody leaves this house until the police arrive!
Alexis: You can't lock us in here! This is my mother's home too!
Julian: This house is owned by the Sterling Family Trust, Alexis. The trust that my father put under my control before he passed away. You are a guest here, and your guest privileges just ended.
Four paramedics rushed into the foyer carrying a stretcher and medical bags. They immediately knelt around Maya, checking her pulse and stabilizing her neck.
Paramedic: Ma'am, try to take slow, deep breaths. Where is the main point of pain?
Maya: My lower abdomen... and my shoulder...
Paramedic: Okay, we're going to secure you to a board and get you straight to the hospital. We need to check on the baby right away.
Julian: I'm coming with you in the ambulance.
Paramedic: Sir, are you the husband?
Julian: Yes, I'm her husband. Please, just save my wife and child.
As the paramedics carefully lifted Maya onto the stretcher, two police officers walked through the front doors, their badges gleaming under the foyer lights.
Police Officer: Who called 911 regarding an assault?
Julian: I did. And my wife did from the floor right there. The woman in the gold sequined dress shoved my pregnant wife down fifteen wooden steps.
Alexis: That is a complete lie! She slipped!
Julian: Officer, I have full audio and video footage of the assault right here on my phone. You can watch it right now.