David carried Lily into the warm kitchen away from the messy foyer.
He set her down gently on a comfortable tall wooden bar stool.
He poured a glass of sweet apple juice and handed it over.
David: Drink this, sweetie, everything is going to be alright now.
Lily: Is Victoria going to make you leave this house, Daddy?
David: Nobody is ever going to make us leave our home.
Lily took a small sip of juice and held her bear close.
Lily: She locked your private office room every single night, Daddy.
David frowned deeply as he listened to his daughter's quiet voice.
David: My office was locked while I was away on trip?
Lily: Yes, and a strange man came over late last night.
David felt his chest tighten as new suspicion filled his mind instantly.
David: What did this man look like, my sweet little girl?
Lily: He wore a dark suit and carried a big black briefcase.
David patted Lily's head gently and gave her a warm loving smile.
David: Stay here and drink your juice while I check upstairs.
David walked out of the kitchen and headed toward his private study.
The heavy mahogany door to his study was closed very tightly shut.
He pulled out his key ring and unlocked the solid brass lock.
The heavy wooden door opened with a slow and high squeaking noise.
David stepped inside and noticed right away that things were moved around.
His metal filing cabinet near the window was unlocked and slightly open.
He opened the top drawer and searched for his private family documents.
The blue folder containing Lily's adoption papers was completely missing today.
His financial trust fund documents were also gone from their usual spot.
David felt a cold wave of anger washing over his entire body.
David: She was trying to destroy her legal rights to my estate.
He walked over to his desk and turned on his office computer.
He checked the security camera logs recorded during his long business trip.
The video feed showed Victoria standing in the room with a man.
The man was wearing a navy suit and holding several legal files.
David recognized the man as Victoria's former personal divorce lawyer immediately.
They were looking through David's private financial bank statements together carefully.
Victoria was pointing at the large numbers written on the white papers.
David: She was planning a fake divorce lawsuit to steal money.
He printed out the full video security logs onto clean paper.
He grabbed his smartphone and called his main family corporate lawyer.