With a single powerful shove, Mark launched Victoria backward off the concrete patio edge, sending her flying straight into the middle of the deep swimming pool. She hit the water with a massive, echoing splash, her plum dress ballooning around her as she plunged beneath the crystal clear surface. The bright blue water churned violently as Victoria surfaced a second later, coughing, gasping for air, and screaming curses while her expensive hairstyle was completely ruined. Her heavy designer makeup ran down her face in messy black streaks, transforming her polished look into a pathetic, dripping mess. Mark stood tall on the edge of the concrete deck, looking down at her with cold, unyielding disgust as she flailed around in the four-foot shallow end.
Victoria: You crazy animal! You could have drowned me! I am calling my lawyer right now!
Mark: Call whoever you want from the county jail, Victoria! Your fake life is completely over!
Victoria: I am going to take this house, the oil shares, and every cent your father left behind!
Mark: You won't take a single cent! The police sirens are already turning down our street!
In the distance, the faint sound of wailing police sirens echoed over the stone estate walls, growing louder and closer with every passing second. Mark turned his back on the screaming woman in the pool, walking briskly back inside the air-conditioned house to check on his injured sister. He knelt beside Elena on the cold marble floor, gently brushing loose strands of blonde hair away from her tear-stained face. He carefully wrapped his arm around her shoulders, lifting her up off the hard ground and cradling her protectively in his arms. Elena buried her face into his dry suit jacket, sobbing tears of pure relief as the overwhelming fear of the past three months finally washed away.
Mark: It's okay, Elena. I've got you now. Nobody is ever going to hurt you in this house again.
Elena: She took everything, Mark... she tried to destroy mom and dad's entire memory...
Mark: She didn't destroy anything. The video evidence proves her fraud, and the police are here to take her away.
Elena: Thank you for coming back for me... I thought I was all alone in this fight.
Mark: You will never be alone as long as I am breathing. Now let's get you cleaned up and call the doctor.
Two Dallas police cruisers pulled up the long driveway, their red and blue lights flashing brightly against the white estate walls. Three officers rushed into the grand foyer with their hands resting on their holsters, taking in the scene of the shattered glass, the quiet brother holding his sister, and the screaming woman dripping wet in the backyard pool. Mark calmly handed his tablet over to the lead police sergeant, showing him the unedited video recording of Victoria's assault and recorded confession. The officers nodded grimly, walking out to the pool patio to pull the hysterically screaming Victoria out of the water and put heavy steel handcuffs around her wrists. As Victoria was led away in back of the police cruiser, Elena held the restored paper photo of her parents tightly in her clean hands, knowing that justice had finally returned to her family home.