Police Officer: Ma'am, walk down the stairs slowly with your hands where we can see them.
Victoria: I am not walking down those steps to be humiliated by local police officers!
Police Officer: If you refuse to walk down, we will come up there and escort you down in handcuffs.
Victoria's jaw tightened in furious defiance, but she slowly walked down the marble steps, her high heels clicking loudly.
Ethan: Officer, the security server control box is inside the main study to the left.
Police Officer 2: I'll go secure the hard drive footage right away, partner.
Victoria: That recording is private estate property! You don't have a search warrant for my home!
Ethan: It's my home, Victoria. The title deed is registered solely under my name, and I grant the police full consent.
Victoria: You ungrateful brat! After everything I did to keep this family together after your father died!
Ethan: You didn't keep us together. You drained three million dollars from the charity trust fund in six months!
Maya: The bank statements are right there on the floor, officer... page four shows the wire transfers to offshore accounts.
The lead police officer bent down, picked up several scattered papers, and scanned the bank headers with sharp eyes.
Police Officer: These are official court financial audits showing unauthorized offshore transfers.
Victoria: Those are routine investment moves managed by my financial advisor!
Ethan: Your financial advisor happens to be your secret lover in the Cayman Islands, Victoria!
Victoria gasped, her face draining of all color as Ethan revealed her deepest secret in front of everyone.
Victoria: How... how do you know about that?
Ethan: Private investigators are very good at their jobs when you pay them well, Victoria.
Paramedic Lead: Sir, your wife's blood pressure is spiking. We need to transport her to the hospital immediately.
Ethan: Is the baby okay? Did you check the fetal heartbeat?
Paramedic Lead: Fetal heartbeat is strong and steady, but she needs a full trauma ultrasound at the emergency center.
Maya: Ethan, please come with me in the ambulance. Don't leave me alone.
Ethan: I'm getting right into the back with you, sweetie. Hold tight.
Police Officer 2: Partner, I've reviewed the footage on the study monitor. The assault is captured clearly from two angles.
Police Officer: Victoria Sterling, you are under arrest for attempted murder, felony assault, and grand larceny.
Victoria: Get your hands off me! Do not touch my suit!
The police officer grabbed Victoria's wrist, pulled her arm behind her back, and clicked a heavy steel handcuff around her wrist.
Victoria: Ethan! Tell them to stop this insanity right now! You're destroying our family reputation!
Ethan: You destroyed this family years ago, Victoria. Enjoy your night in a jail cell.
Victoria: I will post bail before the sun sets, and I will hire the best trial lawyers in this country!
Ethan: I've already filed a emergency motion with the district judge. Bail will be denied due to flight risk.
Victoria screamed in utter rage as the police officers led her out the front doors into the flashing red lights outside.