Elena paused near the bottom of the wide marble staircase.
She gasped loudly when she saw Victoria walking briskly across the main hall.
Victoria was wearing an expensive maroon dress and high heels that clicked loudly.
In her hand, she held a child safety harness strap tied to baby Toby.
The poor child was sitting on the floor crying bitterly as she pulled him along.
Victoria did not even stop to check if the little boy was getting hurt.
She just pulled the line with an angry scowl across her polished face.
Elena felt her heart pound wildly against her ribs in total shock and disbelief.
She pulled her smartphone out of her apron pocket as fast as she could.
Her hands shook as she opened the camera application to hit the record button.
She knew that simple words would never be enough to convince a powerful billionaire husband.
The high-definition camera captured every single detail of the unacceptable mistreatment clearly on screen.
Elena quickly saved the file into her phone memory and shoved the device back into her pocket.
Then she sprinted across the slippery marble floor straight toward the cruel woman.
Elena: What kind of monster pulls a helpless child like that?!
Elena dropped her armful of clean towels onto the floor without a second thought.
She knelt down instantly on the cold marble to gather baby Toby up into her arms.
The little boy pressed his soft face against Elena's shoulder and sobbed uncontrollably.
Victoria spun around on her high heels with her dark eyes flashing with pure rage.
Victoria: How dare you raise your voice to me inside my own house!
Elena: You should be deeply ashamed of how you treat this innocent baby!
Victoria: You are just a cheap maid who cleans my toilets for minimum wage!
Victoria raised her hand and pointed her long manicured finger directly at Elena's pale face.
Victoria: Take your dirty hands off my stepson before I ruin your life forever!
Elena: I will never let you hurt this defenseless baby again!
Victoria stepped closer and raised her hand as if to slap the young maid hard.
Elena stood her ground firmly while holding the trembling baby tightly against her chest.
The tension in the sunlit hallway reached a dangerous boiling point in seconds.