Evelyn sat inside the guest bedroom packing her large silk suitcases.
Her hands shook with intense anger as she folded her dresses.
She refused to accept defeat at the hands of Sarah and Lily.
She pulled out her expensive gold phone and dialed a contact.
She called her high-priced family lawyer, Mr. Arthur Vance.
Mr. Vance had handled her late husband's large financial estate years ago.
Evelyn: Arthur, I need you to file an urgent legal petition.
Evelyn: I want to take full custody of my two grandchildren.
Arthur: Mrs. Vance, on what legal grounds are you filing?
Evelyn: Unsafe home conditions and severe mother neglect in the house.
She fabricated false stories about Sarah right over the quiet phone.
She claimed Sarah was unfit to raise children in her home.
She lied about Sarah leaving the children home alone for hours.
She promised to pay Arthur a huge cash bonus upon victory.
Arthur: I will draft the formal custody court papers immediately.
Arthur: We will serve them to your son tomorrow morning.
Evelyn hung up the phone with a mean, dark smile playing.
She packed her remaining jewelry items into a small velvet bag.
Twenty minutes later, she walked out into the bright living room.
She carried two heavy leather bags with total cold silence.
Mark stood near the front door watching her every single movement.
Evelyn: You made a huge mistake today, Mark.
Evelyn: You chose a nobody over the mother who raised you.
Mark: I chosen my wife and my innocent kids, Evelyn.
Mark: Leave the keys on the front wooden table right now.
Evelyn tossed the silver key ring onto the table with force.
She stepped out into the cold afternoon air without looking back.
She got into her shiny black luxury sedan and drove away.
Sarah watched from the large window as the car disappeared down.
She felt a strange sense of worry lingering deep inside her.
She knew Evelyn was not a woman to give up easily.
That night, the small family sat together at the dinner table.
Mark held Sarah's hand softly while they ate hot chicken soup.
Mark: We are safe now, Sarah.
Mark: Nobody will ever treat you or Leo like that again.
Sarah: I hope so, Mark, but I feel so uneasy.
Sarah: She looked at me with such terrible hate today.
Lily: Dad, is Grandma ever coming back to our home?
Mark: No, sweetheart, she will not be living with us.
The night passed quietly, but morning brought a severe storm ahead.
At eight in the morning, someone knocked loud on the door.
Mark opened the front door to find a man in a black suit.
The man handed Mark an official white envelope with red text.
Process Server: You have been served with an urgent custody summons.
Mark tore the envelope open with trembling, terrified hands.
His heart sank into his stomach as he read the lines.
Evelyn was suing Sarah for total emergency custody of the children.