Richard stopped shouting and slowly turned his head to look up at the stone brick wall.
A tiny high-definition CCTV camera sat mounted directly under the roof overhang near the flag.
Its small green power light blinked silently in the bright morning daylight overhead.
The lens had a complete wide-angle view of the entire pool deck and water edge.
Beatrice's face instantly lost all of its color as she looked up at the lens.
She had completely forgotten about the new camera system Richard installed last month.
Richard: The security cameras record forty-eight frames per second in total crystal clarity.
Elena: Pull up the feed on your mobile phone right now, Mr. Sterling.
Beatrice: Richard, darling, we need to get Leo inside to warm up first!
Richard: Stand still right where you are, Beatrice.
Richard pulled his smartphone out from his pocket with steady hands while holding Leo tight.
He unlocked the secure security system app using his personal thumbprint access code.
The digital feed from the pool patio camera loaded quickly onto the high-resolution screen.
Richard dragged the video timeline slider back three minutes to the exact moment before the splash.
Beatrice took two slow steps backward toward the open sliding glass patio doors.
Elena: Do not let her leave the deck, Mr. Sterling!
Richard: Stay right there, Beatrice! Do not move another single step!
Richard watched the clear video playback with his jaw clenched tightly in total silence.
On the screen, the video clearly showed Beatrice reaching out her hands toward the stroller.
It showed her giving the handles a deliberate push into the deep pool water.
It showed Elena leaping instantly into the pool without a single second of hesitation.
Richard felt his heart shatter as he looked up from his glowing phone screen.
Richard: You tried to kill my son... my only baby boy...
Beatrice: It was an accident! The video angle makes it look wrong!
Richard: The camera recorded your hands pushing him directly into the water!
Beatrice: You were going to leave everything to him and leave me with nothing!