Elena walked carefully near the bottom of the grand curved staircase.
She held a bundle of soft baby blankets in her warm arms.
Vina stood at the top rail wearing her golden satin dress.
Her face looked pale and tense as she glanced around the foyer.
She held a soft stuffed doll wrapped in a blanket high above.
Vina: Look what you made me do, you foolish little maid!
Vina gasped loudly and threw the blanket over the wrought-iron rail.
Elena reacted with lightning speed and rushed forward across the floor.
She caught the falling item safely before it hit the hard floor.
The heavy sound echoed through the high ceilings of the house.
Marcus opened his office door and ran straight into the room.
Marcus: Nanny, what did you just do down here?
Vina: It was an accident! She dropped the baby from the rail!
Elena: She is lying, Mr. Carter! Look at what she dropped!
Marcus looked down at the soft bundle in Elena's hands.
It was only a heavy blanket wrapped around a large cushion.
The real baby was sleeping soundly inside her crib upstairs.
Marcus looked up at Vina with sudden anger and deep confusion.
Marcus: Vina, why are you screaming like that from the balcony?
Vina: She tried to frame me! She set this whole thing up!
Elena: She checked the camera blind spots yesterday afternoon, sir!
Vina: That is a complete lie! I was shopping all afternoon yesterday!
Marcus took a deep breath as his eyes darted between them.
Elena set the blanket on the polished foyer wooden table.
She reached into the side drawer of the foyer security console.
She pulled out a thick blue folder marked with legal stamps.
Elena: I found these documents hidden inside the hallway cabinet today.
Marcus: What kind of documents are you holding in your hand?
Elena: These are life insurance policy changes for your estate, sir.
Vina's face turned completely white as she stepped back slowly.
Her hands gripped the iron railing until her knuckles turned white.
Vina: Marcus, do not listen to a word she says to you!
Marcus: Hand those papers to me immediately, Elena.
Elena stepped forward and handed the folder to Marcus quickly.
The front door bell rang loudly through the high foyer space.
Two local police officers walked briskly through the front entry.
The quiet morning had transformed into a major police scene.