The dark wood office on the main floor was quiet and very formal.
Mark walked straight behind his large mahogany desk and sat down heavily.
He opened his laptop and accessed the security camera feeds for the mansion.
Elena stood near the locked office door with her arms crossed tightly.
She tapped her designer shoe repeatedly against the hardwood floor in anger.
Elena: This entire inspection is an absolute insult to our marriage!
Mark: If you have nothing to hide, then you should not be worried.
Sarah: Check the balcony camera from eight fifteen this morning, sir.
Mark typed quickly on his keyboard to load the high-definition footage.
The screen showed the upper balcony balcony crisp and clear in full color.
The camera captured Elena walking slowly along the top floor railing alone.
She checked her watch and looked down at the main foyer floor carefully.
Then the video showed her lifting the heavy antique crystal vase carefully.
She angled it directly above the baby playpen sitting near the stairs.
She intentionally tilted the vase until gravity pulled it over the ledge.
Mark stared at the monitor in absolute horror and growing rage.
The video proved beyond any doubt that the act was totally deliberate.
Mark: You monster... you actually did this on purpose!
Elena: Mark, please let me explain the real context!
Mark: There is no context that excuses putting my son in danger!
Elena: I was just trying to create a small distraction!
Sarah: She wanted to blame me so you would fire me, Mr. Sterling!
Mark: Why would you want Sarah gone from this house so badly?
Elena: Because she watches my every move like a hawk!
Sarah: Because I found the legal papers she hid in the library desk!
Elena let out a sharp gasp and turned toward Sarah with pure hatred.
Mark stood up from his big desk with his eyes wide open.
Mark: What legal papers are you talking about, Sarah?
Sarah: She has been secretively changing your estate trust fund documents!