Marcus: Is this true, Maya?! Did you let my son fall into the pool?!
Maya: No, Mr. Vance! I swear on my life! I was inside the kitchen when I saw Victoria shove the stroller toward the water!
Victoria: She's trying to blame me to save her job, Marcus! She must've drowned him on purpose because she knew I was planning to fire her this week!
Victoria stepped forward abruptly, raising her arm and shoving the weeping maid hard across the shoulder. Maya lost her balance on the slippery stone deck, falling face-down onto the wet concrete with a heavy thud while still trying to shield the crying baby in her arms.
Maya: Ow! Victoria, please!
Victoria: Get your filthy, negligent hands off my stepson!
Marcus stepped between them, bending down quickly to scoop the wet, shivering baby out of Maya's arms and hold him tightly against his chest.
Marcus: Give me my son! Don't you dare touch him again!
Maya: Mr. Vance, I dove into the pool to save him! My clothes are completely soaked because I jumped in underwater to unbuckle his harness!
Victoria: You only jumped in after you realized you'd get caught and sent to prison for murder!
Maya: That isn't true! Victoria, how can you lie like this after what you just did to a baby?!
Victoria: See how disrespectful she is, Marcus? She has been jealous of my position in this family ever since your wife passed away!
Marcus: Maya, quiet down right now! Look at my son... he's terrified and freezing!
Little Leo wailed uncontrollably in Marcus's arms, his small hands clutching his father's black shirt as he shivered from the cold water.
Maya: Please, Mr. Vance... check the estate cameras! You have security installed all around the backyard!
Victoria: The outdoor security cameras were turned off this morning for routine maintenance, Maya. You knew that, which is why you picked today to carry out your sick revenge!
Maya: What?! Maintenance?! You never told anyone about maintenance!
Victoria: I don't have to inform the hired help about estate maintenance. Marcus, call the police right now! I want this woman arrested for attempted murder and child endangerment!
Marcus: Victoria, calm down for a second. Let's get Leo inside and dried off first.
Victoria: Calm down?! She almost killed your only heir! If I hadn't been standing out here to witness it, Leo would be at the bottom of that pool right now!
Maya lay face-down on the cold, wet stone pool deck, sobbing bitterly as tears mixed with the pool water on her face. Nobody was listening to her. Nobody believed a word she said.
High above the patio, tucked quietly inside the green leaves of a tall boxwood hedge near the pool fence, a small outdoor security camera sat mounted on a metal bracket. Its hidden blue lens glowed steadily, whirring in silence as it recorded every single second of the interaction.