Victoria raised her hand, intending to pry Elena's fingers away from the interior door frame.
Victoria: You will not ruin my family's estate!
Before Victoria could touch her, Daniel grabbed his mother's arm firmly in mid-air.
His eyes were wide with shock and sudden anger as he held his mother back.
Daniel: Stop it, Mom!
Victoria: Let go of me, Daniel!
Daniel: Is this true? Did you alter the prenup and trust fund documents?
Victoria tried to pull her arm away, but Daniel refused to let her move any closer.
Victoria: I did what was necessary to protect our wealth!
Sarah: Daniel, please help her up!
Daniel reached down with both arms and grabbed Elena under her shoulders with total resolve.
He gritted his teeth and pulled the maid into the carpeted floor of the cabin.
Elena collapsed onto the floor, coughing heavily and gasping for precious oxygen.
Sarah unbuckled her seatbelt and dropped to her knees right beside Elena.
She pulled the shivering older woman into a tight, warm hug as tears spilled over.
Sarah: Are you okay? Why did you risk your life for me?
Elena: Because you are my daughter, Sarah.
Elena reached into her wet apron pocket and pulled out a small folded paper.
It was a copy of the original birth certificate showing the matching hospital stamps.
Sarah took the paper with trembling hands and read the names written on the page.
The legal seal proved that Sarah was the rightful heir to an older family trust.
That trust had been managed by Victoria's late husband before his sudden passing years ago.
Victoria had hidden the document to keep the entire fortune under her sole corporate control.
Daniel read the paper over Sarah's shoulder, his voice shaking with deep betrayal.
Daniel: You stole her trust fund before she was even old enough to know?
Victoria: She was nobody! She didn't deserve that money!
Up in the cockpit, Arthur listened to every single word through his flight headset.
His jaw clenched tight as he realized the full extent of Victoria's dark deception.
Arthur was not just any pilot; he was also Sarah's legal godfather from her childhood.
He had promised her late adopted father that he would always protect her from harm.
Arthur reached down into his flight bag and pulled out his standard emergency sidearm.
He unbuckled his seat harness and turned around in his seat to face the cabin.