Victoria gasped loudly as Mark's severe words echoed across the high ceiling space.
She looked down at the maid standing proudly on the clean marble floor below.
Victoria: You cannot throw me out of my home!
Mark: This house belongs strictly to the family trust!
Victoria: I am your legal wife under the law!
Mark: That legal status ends starting right this second!
Mark reached into the silver carriage and pulled out the thick brown folder.
He opened the metal brass clips and flipped through the yellowed paper pages fast.
Inside was the original signed document regarding the distribution of the family wealth.
Elena watched as Mark's face turned from pure anger to complete dark disbelief.
Mark: Where did you get this secondary bank document?
Victoria: My private lawyer brought that over last night!
Mark: This has my late father's signature forged!
Victoria swallowed hard as her cheeks turned bright red with deep sudden embarrassment.
She had paid a crooked attorney thousands of dollars to forge those old signatures.
Her plan was to destroy the real original trust and replace it completely.
Elena walked over to the bottom of the stairs with a small key.
Elena: Sir, she left the office safe wide open!
Mark: Show me what else she took out today!
Mark walked past Victoria without giving her a single second look or glance.
He followed Elena down the long private hallway toward his late father's library.
Victoria rushed down the marble stairs behind them with her heels clicking fast.
Victoria: Mark, please stop and listen to me!
Mark: Do not follow me into that room Victoria!
They entered the grand study filled with tall oak shelves and leather armchairs.
The heavy iron wall safe behind the large oil painting stood wide open.
Piles of financial statements and property deeds were scattered across the mahogany desk.
Mark picked up a white envelope that had his own private name typed on it.
Mark: Why is my personal life insurance here?
Elena: She looked through that file this morning sir!
Victoria: I was just organizing your important legal papers!
Mark opened the letter and read the recent beneficiary change request form inside.
His hand trembled as he saw his own signature forged at the bottom line.
Mark: You attempted to steal everything I own today!