Grandfather: Put down those brushes right now and speak to me.
Stepmother: She is just helping with the chores around the house.
Grandmother: We are only teaching her how to be useful today.
Grandfather: She is a tiny four-year-old child and not a worker.
Arthur stepped into the tall front hallway of his large family mansion.
He had spent two weeks in the city managing his company estate.
He expected a warm welcome from his family upon returning home today.
Instead he found his sweet granddaughter Lily kneeling on the cold floor.
Her tiny hands were covered in black polish and dirty water stains.
His heart sank into his chest as he took a step forward.
Grandfather: Lily come over here to your grandfather right now sweetie.
Little Girl: Grandpa you are really alive and breathing today!
Stepmother: Do not listen to her foolish little imagination Arthur please.
Grandmother: The child makes up crazy stories whenever she gets tired.
Lily ran across the polished floor with tears running down her face.
She threw her small arms around her grandfather's leg and sobbed loudly.
Arthur reached down instantly and picked the small girl up into his arms.
He wiped the dark polish from her soft cheeks with his sleeve.
His hands shook with anger as he held his granddaughter very tightly.
He looked at his daughter-in-law Victoria with cold eyes across the room.
He looked at his own sister Eleanor standing near the staircase wall.
Grandfather: Why would my granddaughter think that I had passed away?
Stepmother: It was just a misunderstanding from a cartoon she watched.
Grandmother: We never said any such awful thing to her Arthur.
Little Girl: They said you died and gave them all your money.
Arthur felt a cold shiver go down his spine at those words.
He looked down into Lily's big honest eyes and held her close.
The young girl was shaking like a leaf against his heavy chest.
She pointed her small finger directly at Victoria's expensive brand designer dress.
Victoria took a quick step back toward the back wall of the room.
Eleanor wiped her forehead with a silk napkin and shifted her weight.
Arthur narrowed his eyes as he pulled his phone out from his pocket.
He realized that something terrible had been happening while he was away.
Grandfather: I am going to find out every truth today Victoria.
Stepmother: You are letting a child ruin our entire family peace.
Grandmother: We have done nothing wrong inside your house dear brother.
Grandfather: We will see what the security cameras have to say next.
Arthur walked toward his private office down the long carpeted hallway fast.
Victoria looked at Eleanor with deep fear visible across her entire face.
They knew that the hidden cameras recorded every single corner of the mansion.
Arthur reached the heavy wooden door and inserted his private metal key.
The secret truth about his family inheritance was about to come out.