Arthur: "Did you really think I would bring a new person into my home to live with my motherless son without setting up ultra-high-definition security cameras?"[cite: 1]
Victoria: "Arthur... no... you wouldn't spy on me!"[cite: 1]
Arthur: "Every inch of this mansion is recorded in 4K resolution, stored on an off-site cloud server that only I have access to."[cite: 1]
Victoria scrambled to her feet, her expensive dress wrinkled and dirty from the floor[cite: 1]. Panic visibly took hold of her as she rushed toward Arthur[cite: 1].
Victoria: "Arthur, baby, please! Let's talk about this! I was stressed! I have postpartum depression symptoms from taking care of him!"[cite: 1]
Arthur: "He isn't your child, Victoria. You didn't give birth to him. You haven't taken care of him for a single hour."[cite: 1]
Victoria: "I lost my temper once! Just once! It won't ever happen again, I swear to God!"[cite: 1]
Arthur tapped his screen, bringing up the live video archive[cite: 1]. He turned the phone around, displaying a crystal-clear video clip from three days ago[cite: 1]. On the screen, Victoria was seen roughly shaking the baby's crib and slapping Elena across the face when the maid tried to intervene[cite: 1].
Arthur: "Once? You've been abusing my child and assaulting my staff for two weeks!"[cite: 1]
Victoria: "Delete that! Delete it right now!"[cite: 1]
She lunged forward, clawing at his phone, but Arthur easily grabbed her wrist, holding her firmly in place[cite: 1].
Arthur: "If you touch me again, I will have security restrain you on the floor."[cite: 1]
Victoria: "Arthur, please! Think of my family's reputation! Think of our marriage contract!"[cite: 1]
Arthur: "The prenup you signed contains a strict morality and criminal conduct clause. The moment you engaged in child abuse, every financial claim you had to my estate, my trust funds, and my insurance policies became completely null and void."[cite: 1]
Victoria: "No... no, that contract was drafted by my father's firm!"[cite: 1]
Arthur: "And my legal team inserted the criminal void clause before I put my signature on it. You walk away with nothing. Not a single cent."[cite: 1]
Heavy footsteps sounded from outside the glass patio doors as three armed mansion security guards in black tactical suits marched into the foyer[cite: 1].
Security Chief: "Mr. Morelli! We have locked down the main gates. Police units are two minutes away."[cite: 1]
Arthur: "Escort Miss Vance to the front driveway. Do not allow her to return upstairs to collect her personal belongings."[cite: 1]
Victoria: "You can't keep my clothes and jewelry! That is my property!"[cite: 1]
Arthur: "Everything you own in this house was bought with my credit card. It stays here until the police inventory it as evidence."[cite: 1]
Victoria: "You ruined my life! You ruined everything!"[cite: 1]
The security officers grabbed Victoria by her arms, dragging her screaming and flailing out through the double glass doors[cite: 1].