The morning sun filtered through the floor to ceiling windows of the luxury high rise penthouse apartment.
Every piece of furniture in the massive living room looked expensive and polished to absolute perfection.
Yet despite the beautiful city skyline outside, the air inside the home felt heavy and cold.
Elderly Clara sat quietly in her bed while nursing a painful long term physical illness.
Her body was frail, but her eyes were filled with gentleness and deep wisdom.
Her son Adrian had worked extremely hard for years to build his massive real estate business empire.
He wanted to make sure his mother lived in total comfort and safety during her final years.
However, Adrian's new wife Victoria cared only about the massive family inheritance and social status.
Victoria marched into the spacious bedroom while holding a tray with a steaming bowl of hot soup.
Her eyes narrowed sharply as she stared down at the defenseless elderly woman in the bed.
She placed her hands firmly on her hips and sneered at Clara without any sympathy.
Victoria: You need to sign these financial power of attorney documents right now, old woman.
Clara: Adrian told me to wait until his attorney reviews all the final estate paperwork, Victoria.
Victoria: I do not care what my husband said to you earlier today!
Clara: You only care about money and control over this estate.
Victoria glared at the sick woman with intense anger rising quickly inside her heart.
She picked up the extremely hot bowl of soup with both hands in a dramatic fashion.
A humble young maid named Elena was quietly dusting the heavy wooden bookshelves near the bedroom doorway.
Elena had worked for the wealthy family for three long years to support her younger sister.
She knew how kind Clara was compared to the cold and demanding nature of Victoria.
Elena noticed Victoria raising the hot bowl menacingly directly toward the helpless old woman.
Her heart pounded rapidly as she realized the cruel woman was about to do something terrible.
Without a single moment of hesitation, Elena rushed across the polished hardwood floor.
Victoria: You will pay for refusing to obey me in this house!
Elena: No, stop! Do not hurt her!