The following morning, Mark called his family attorney into his private office.
Arthur Vance had handled the family's legal trust funds for twenty years.
Arthur sat down across from Mark with a heavy leather briefcase open.
Arthur: Mark, I reviewed the financial documents you sent last night.
Mark: Did Brenda try to alter the trust fund terms recently?
Arthur: She did much more than try, my dear old friend.
Arthur pulled out three official legal documents stamped with red seals.
Arthur: Two weeks ago, a legal petition was filed in court.
Arthur: It requested full management of Lily's trust fund assets immediately.
Mark: On what legal grounds could she possibly claim that right?
Arthur: The filing claims Lily suffers from severe behavioral health issues.
Arthur: It includes signed statements claiming the child destroys valuable property constantly.
Mark hit his heavy wooden desk with a strong clenched fist hard.
The sinister plot was now completely clear to his sharp mind.
Brenda had deliberately set up scenes of destruction around the estate.
She wanted to convince a family court judge that Lily needed intervention.
Once declared guardian, Brenda could siphon millions from the private account.
Mark: Where did she get those forged medical evaluation statements, Arthur?
Arthur: A crooked private doctor signed them for a large cash payoff.
Mark: We need to take this straight to the district attorney today.
Just then, the front door bell rang loudly through the hallway.
Elena walked quickly to answer the heavy carved front doors down stairs.
Brenda stood on the front porch accompanied by two police officers.
She held a legal paper in her manicured hand with confidence.
Brenda: I am here to collect my personal belongings and my child!
Elena stood firmly in the doorway blocking Brenda's path completely.
Elena: You have no child here and no right inside today!
Mark walked down the grand staircase with his lawyer right beside him.
His eyes were cold as steel as he faced his wife.