As Sarah reached the top of the stairs, Victoria suddenly hurried up behind her with sharp footsteps.
Victoria: Give me the child right now, Sarah.
Sarah: Mrs. Vance, I can carry him down safely myself.
Victoria: Hand him over to me immediately!
Victoria snatched the heavy leather folder containing the baby's original birth papers and trust certificates from Sarah's desk.
She gripped baby Leo carelessly by his arm, reaching toward the open edge of the marble balcony railings.
Sarah: Please be careful with him, Mrs. Vance!
Victoria sneered coldly, holding the young boy uncomfortably high near the decorative brass railing above the floor.
She was trying to create a terrifying scene to blame Sarah for negligent care of the child.
Victoria: Oops, look how slippery your hands are, Sarah!
Sarah's heart stopped as Victoria deliberately let the baby's legal papers drop toward the hard floor below.
In the same breath, Victoria tipped the baby's safe carrier toward the open top step of the stairs.
Sarah: No, stop it right now!
Sarah lunged forward with unbelievable speed, her arms reaching wildly across the slick white marble surface.
She threw her body across the landing, sliding on her knees to block the child's tilting cradle base.
Her fingers caught the sturdy frame securely just inches away from the steep top marble edge.
Sarah: I have you safe, sweet boy!
The baby cried loudly in shock, clinging tightly to Sarah's blue uniform shirt in deep fright.
Sarah held the crying child tightly against her chest, her whole body shaking with intense emotional relief.
She looked up at Victoria with tear-filled eyes full of burning anger and righteous moral fury.