Mark took Lily downstairs and sat her safely in his private study.
He handed her a cup of warm juice and a favorite coloring book.
He locked the heavy wooden door behind him to keep her completely safe.
Two uniformed police officers arrived at the front door five minutes later.
Mark led the officers straight to his private security monitor room nearby.
He pulled up the clean angle showing the balcony incident from earlier.
The video clearly showed Victoria grabbing Lily and shoving her hard backward.
The police officers watched the high video quality with very stern expressions.
Officer Davis: That is clear evidence of reckless endangerment and child assault.
Mark: She is still inside her bedroom at the end of the hall.
The officers walked quickly down the carpeted hallway toward Victoria's room.
They knocked firmly on the heavy wooden door and demanded her presence.
When no answer came, Officer Davis turned the round brass door handle.
The bedroom door swung open to reveal an entirely empty living space.
The tall glass window near the side garden was wide open in the back.
Victoria had climbed out the ground window and fled into the woods.
Officer Davis: She ran away, but we will put an active warrant out.
Mark: Check her room to see if she left anything helpful behind.
The officers began checking the wooden drawers and empty closet shelves.
Mark noticed a small black USB drive lying under the wooden bed.
He picked up the drive using a clean paper tissue from the nightstand.
He brought the flash drive back to his study computer to check it.
Mark inserted the drive and opened the encrypted folder on his screen.
His jaw dropped in absolute shock as he read through the files.
The drive contained detailed bank records from his father's late estate trust.
It also showed secret bank accounts registered under Victoria's legal full name.
Her real name was Victoria Sterling, the estranged daughter of his former partner.
His former business partner, Arthur Sterling, had been caught stealing company money.
Arthur went to prison ten years ago after Mark discovered his financial crimes.
Victoria had faked her resume and background check to enter Mark's home.
She wanted to steal the original paper trust fund papers from his cabinet.
Those papers held the legal rights to a twenty million dollar land deal.
Mark realized her target was never just a simple nanny job from the start.
She wanted total revenge and complete destruction of his family's wealth.