The heavy front double doors opened again, and three uniformed Dallas police officers marched into the foyer, their boots clicking firmly against the checkered marble tiles.
Officer Davis: Mr. Sterling? We received an emergency panic alarm call regarding an attempted homicide on a minor.
David: Officer Davis, thank God you're here. The suspect is sitting right there on the floor.
Officer Davis: Ma'am, stand up slowly and place your hands behind your back.
Victoria: Get away from me! Do not touch me! Do you know who my family is?!
Officer Miller: I don't care who your family is, ma'am. Stand up immediately!
Officer Miller stepped forward, grabbing Victoria by her wrists and pulling her up from the marble floor. Victoria screamed in frustration, kicking her legs as the cold steel handcuffs clicked tightly around her wrists.
Victoria: AHH! You're hurting me! David, tell them to take these off!
David: Officer, I have the full security camera footage ready to transfer directly to your department's evidence folder. It shows her throwing my six-month-old daughter off the balcony.
Officer Davis: Excellent. That will make the prosecutor's job very easy. Attempted capital murder of an infant carries a minimum thirty-year sentence in this district.
Victoria: Thirty years?! No! David! You can't do this to me! I'm young! My life will be ruined!
David: You ruined your own life the moment you lifted my daughter over that railing.
Sarah: Take her away, Officer. She doesn't belong in this house.
The two officers dragged Victoria toward the open front doors. Her golden satin dress caught on the edge of the doorframe, tearing slightly as she kicked and screamed against the officers' firm grips.
Victoria: DAVID! YOU'LL REGRET THIS! SARAH, YOU MISERABLE MAID, I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!
David: Goodbye, Victoria.
The heavy doors slammed shut behind the police officers, cutting off Victoria's screeching voice completely. A deep, heavy silence returned to the grand mansion, broken only by the soft, peaceful breathing of baby Chloe resting in Sarah's arms.