Victoria: What on earth is the meaning of this racket? Are you completely incompetent, maid[cite: 1, 2]?
Victoria Sinclair stepped out from the master suite corridor, her sparkling silver evening gown shimmering under the chandelier lights as her face twisted into a mask of furious rage[cite: 1, 2].
Elena: You... you hid a child in the walls of this mansion[cite: 1, 2]?
Victoria froze, her perfectly sculpted eyebrows pulling together as her eyes darted from the open secret compartment to the bruised girl clinging to Elena's apron[cite: 1, 2].
Victoria: Mind your tongue, girl. You are speaking to the mistress of this estate, and you have no idea who you are dealing with[cite: 1, 2].
Elena: This is a little girl! She's locked up with handcuffs and black tape over her mouth in a secret hole behind a painting[cite: 1, 2]!
Victoria: She is an unauthorized nuisance who belongs nowhere near my family trust fund or my estate[cite: 1, 2]. Now put her back where you found her, clean up this broken glass, and forget you ever opened that wall[cite: 1, 2].
Elena: Put her back? Are you insane? I'm calling the police right now[cite: 1, 2]!
Victoria took an aggressive step forward, her diamond rings flashing under the harsh hallway lights[cite: 1, 2].
Victoria: You will do nothing of the sort! My husband is a federal judge, and our legal retainers will bury you in a lawsuit before you even leave these gates[cite: 1, 2].
Elena: I don't care about your judge husband or your dirty money! Look at her face—what kind of monster does this to a child[cite: 1, 2]?
Victoria: The kind of person who protects her inheritance and her social standing from blackmailing scavengers[cite: 1, 2]! Step away from that child immediately[cite: 1, 2]!
Unknown Girl: Mother... please don't let her put me back in the dark[cite: 1, 2]!
The little girl's voice cracked with raw, heartbreaking terror as she clutched tighter to Elena's uniform[cite: 1, 2].
Elena: Did you hear her? She called you mother! How could you do this to your own flesh and blood[cite: 1, 2]?
Victoria: She is a stain on the Sinclair family name, born out of wedlock to destroy my son's corporate merger[cite: 1, 2]! She doesn't exist[cite: 1, 2]!