Mark walked up the wide marble stairs with quick and heavy steps.
His brown eyes were burning with pure rage as he faced the nanny.
Victoria tried to step back toward the open hallway behind the balcony railing.
Mark: What did you just try to do to my daughter?
Victoria: It was a total accident, Mark! I promise you!
Mark: Do not dare call it an accident in front of me.
Victoria: She was playing dangerously near the railing and slipped.
Lily: No, Daddy! She pushed me because I would not give her the keys!
Mark stopped right in front of Victoria and looked into her eyes.
He pointed his finger directly at her face near the large flag wall.
Mark: Don't you ever dare touch my child again!
Victoria: You are taking the word of a little child over mine?
Mark: I saw your hand shove her back with my own eyes.
Victoria: I was only trying to keep her safe from falling!
Mark: Get out of my house this exact second!
Victoria dropped her soft voice and her entire face turned cold and mean.
Victoria: You cannot fire me without giving me my full contract pay.
Mark: Your employment contract is completely canceled as of this moment.
Victoria: I will sue you for breach of contract and wrongful termination!
Mark: You can try, but you will be talking to the police first.
Victoria scoffed loudly and crossed her arms over her oversized t-shirt.
Victoria: There are no cameras up here, Mark. It is my word against yours.
Mark took a deep breath and pulled his cell phone from his pocket.
He pressed a single button on his screen and held the phone up.
Mark: My home security system was upgraded last month with high definition cameras.
Victoria's face turned completely white as she stared at his modern phone.
Mark: Every angle of this grand balcony is recorded on my secure server.
Victoria: You are bluffing just to scare me into walking away quietly!
Mark: Try me, Victoria. The police patrol is already on their way.
Victoria turned around fast and marched toward her private room downstairs.
She slammed her bedroom door hard enough to shake the wall pictures.
Mark knelt down next to Lily and wiped her wet teary cheeks.
Mark: You are completely safe now, sweetheart. I promise you.
Lily: She wanted the key to your locked metal study cabinet, Daddy.
Mark frowned deeply as he listened to his small daughter's quiet words.
He realized there was a much bigger plot happening inside his home.
Victoria was not just an abusive nanny with a hot temper problem.
She was after something specific inside his private home office safe.