Ten tense minutes passed as Sarah stood guard inside the nursery room with the little child.
Evelyn paced back and forth across the white marble floor, clutching her expensive pink sequined dress.
Evelyn: You think you are so brave, but you are just an underpaid servant with nothing.
Sarah: I may not have millions of dollars, but I have a clean conscience and honesty.
Evelyn: Money controls everything in this world, and my husband will always choose my word over yours.
Sarah: David loves his son more than all the money stored in his corporate bank accounts.
Suddenly, heavy suit shoes clattered rapidly up the grand staircase outside the main nursery hallway doors.
David Sterling marched into the nursery room, his light gray designer suit slightly wrinkled from running.
He looked at his sobbing baby, the tense maid, and his wife holding a hot rubber bottle.
David: What on earth is going on in my home right now?
Evelyn: Oh, David, thank goodness you are finally home from your downtown office meeting!
Evelyn instantly squeezed out fake tears, rushing toward her husband with wide open, dramatic arms.
Evelyn: This crazy maid tried to burn our sweet baby with boiling water from the kitchen!
Sarah gasped at the shameless lie, holding little Nico tighter against her purple uniform chest area.
Sarah: That is a complete lie, Mr. Sterling, and you know my loyalty to your family!
Evelyn: Look at her, David, she is trying to frame me so she can steal from us!
David looked between the two women, his facial expression turning dark, cold, and intensely serious.
David: Sarah, tell me exactly what happened before I call our corporate legal team and police.
Sarah: I saw Evelyn leaning over Nico's crib with that scalding hot water bottle right here.
Evelyn: She is making up fairy tales because she knows I was going to fire her today!
Sarah: Look at the hidden camera mounted near the air vent frame on that wall, sir.
Evelyn froze in total silence, her face turning pale as white chalk under the bright light.
Sarah: You installed security cameras last week to monitor the nursery while you were traveling abroad.
David slowly turned his head to look directly at the small black camera lens near the ceiling.
David: The security system streams live high definition video straight to my personal smartphone app.
Evelyn's breath hitched as she realized her elaborate, evil scheme was completely exposed on video tape.
Evelyn: David, darling, please let me explain before you make any sudden false assumptions!
David: Do not touch me or call me your darling ever again, Evelyn!