Mark lifted Lily up into his arms and carried her upstairs safely.
He set her down gently on her soft pink bedroom bed.
He handed her the new teddy bear he had brought home earlier.
Lily hugged the brown bear tightly and wiped her wet nose.
Mark: Stay right here and play with your new toy, sweetheart.
Lily: Is that mean lady going to stay downstairs with us?
Mark: No, she is leaving this house forever very soon.
Mark locked the bedroom door gently from the outside for safety.
He walked back down the grand staircase with quick angry steps.
Vanessa was sitting at the wooden kitchen table frantically typing on her phone.
She looked up nervously as Mark entered the bright kitchen area.
Mark: Hand over your house keys right now, Vanessa.
Vanessa: You cannot just kick me out without a divorce lawyer!
Mark: I own this mansion completely under my sole personal name.
Vanessa: We signed a marriage certificate three months ago, Mark!
Mark: You signed a strict prenuptial agreement before our wedding day.
Vanessa stood up quickly and grabbed her expensive leather purse tightly.
Vanessa: That prenuptial agreement is not worth the paper it is on!
Mark: My family law attorneys made sure it was completely airtight.
Mark walked over to Vanessa's private office desk near the study.
He opened the top drawer to search for her house key copy.
Inside the drawer, he noticed a thick yellow manila envelope hidden underneath.
The envelope had official legal stamps from a family law court.
Mark pulled the thick yellow envelope out into the bright light.
Vanessa gasps loudly and ran across the floor to grab it.
Vanessa: Give that back to me right now, it is private!
Mark pushed her away firmly and held the legal documents high up.
He opened the top seal and pulled out several official letters.
The letters were addressed to Mark from a legal custody court.
They were official court notices regarding his ex-wife, Clara.
Mark: Why do you have legal letters from Clara's custody lawyer?
Vanessa: It is nothing, just old junk mail from last month!
Mark read the first official page with growing horror and disbelief.
The court document stated that Clara had been trying to visit Lily.
Clara had filed three separate court petitions to see her daughter.
Every single petition had been formally rejected due to unanswered notices.
Vanessa had been hiding Clara's legal letters in her private drawer.
She had been faking Mark's signature on official return receipts.
Mark: You hid these official legal letters from me for months!
Vanessa: Clara gave up her custody rights years ago, Mark!
Mark: Clara did not give up, you blocked her from calling us!
Vanessa: I did it to protect our new family dynamic here!
Mark: You did it to keep control over my family estate!
Vanessa backed toward the hallway door with a pale face.
Mark: Get out of my house before I call the police.
Vanessa: You will regret this day for the rest of your life!
Mark pointed his finger directly toward the open front entry door.
Vanessa grabbed her designer coat and ran out into the driveway.