Mark slid across the hard marble floor on his knees as Clara fell down.
He opened his strong arms and caught Clara securely right before she hit floor.
The force of the catch brought them both sliding across the smooth white tiles.
Loose white pearls rolled in every direction around them with loud tapping noises.
Mark held Clara tightly in his arms to cushion her body from the impact.
Clara opened her eyes and began weeping hysterically from the sudden terrifying shock.
She wrapped her arms around Mark's neck while gasping for big breaths of air.
Mark: Are you okay, Clara, please speak to me right now!
Clara: She cut my necklace and tried to push me over!
Mark: You are safe in my arms now, I have got you.
Clara: She cut it... She tried to kill me!
Mark looked down at Clara's neck and saw red marks from the snapped string.
His face filled with intense anger as he held his shaking girlfriend close today.
He looked up from the ground toward the high second-floor indoor balcony railing.
Eleanor stood at the top edge, holding the craft scissors in her hand still.
Her face was still cold, but her hands were starting to shake with regret.
Mark: How could you do something so dangerous to an innocent person!
Eleanor: She was threatening our family legacy and taking away my control!
Mark: I will never forgive you for this horrible action today!
Eleanor: Mark, listen to me, she is not who she claims to be!
Mark: Do not speak another word, I am calling our family estate lawyer!
Mark pulled his smartphone out of his black leather jacket pocket with shaking fingers.
He dialed the authority emergency line to report the violent attack inside the mansion.
Clara continued to cry softly, clinging onto Mark's leather jacket for pure safety.
The scattered white pearls covered the floor like little reminders of the terrible event.
Eleanor realized she had gone way too far in her desperate quest for power.
She backed away from the balcony edge slowly as sirens sounded in distance.
Mark helped Clara stand up carefully and guided her toward a comfortable couch.
He vowed that nobody would ever harm her again inside this toxic family home.