Victoria: Ethan, darling! Please, let me explain what just happened!
Ethan: I saw you raise your hand against my mother, Victoria.
Victoria: She provoked me! She insulted my family and my daughter's honor!
Eleanor: I said no such thing, Ethan. I only asked why my oxygen machine was removed.
Ethan: Is that true, Victoria? Did you remove my mother's medical equipment?
Victoria: It was making an annoying hum! The wedding videographers are arriving soon!
Ethan: That machine keeps my mother breathing properly!
Victoria: She could have stayed in her bedroom on the second floor for a few hours!
Daisy: Mr. Ethan, she didn't just move the machine. She unplugged the backup battery too.
Ethan: You unplugged her backup battery?!
Victoria: The maid is lying! She is making up stories to save her job!
Daisy: I am not lying. The unplugged cord is sitting right behind that velvet sofa.
Ethan walked over to the sofa, pulled out the heavy black power cord, and held it up in the air.
Ethan: This cord was plugged into the wall ten minutes ago. My mother needs constant medical monitoring.
Victoria: Ethan, please! We are family now! My daughter Chloe is waiting upstairs in her bridal gown!
Ethan: Where is Chloe right now?
Victoria: She's putting on her pearl necklace. She knows nothing about this silly argument!
Ethan: Does she know you came down here to harass my mother?
Victoria: I was protecting our family's reputation in Dallas society!
Ethan: My mother built this estate with my father forty years ago. Her presence does not harm any reputation.
Victoria: But look at her! She looks frail and ill!
Ethan: She is a strong woman who raised me, Victoria. You will address her with respect.
Victoria: I am a Sterling! My late husband owned the largest oil brokerage in Texas!
Ethan: That does not give you the right to put your hands on anyone in my home.
Daisy: Mrs. Eleanor's pulse rate is elevated, Mr. Ethan. She needs her medicine right away.
Ethan: Go grab the medical kit from my desk in the library, Daisy.
Daisy: Right away, sir.
Daisy turned on her heel and hurried down the hallway, leaving Victoria staring at Ethan with narrowed eyes.
Victoria: You're choosing a housemaid over me? Over your future bride's mother?
Ethan: I am choosing human decency, Victoria.
Victoria: If you call the police, this wedding is over! Think of the embarrassment!
Ethan: I am not worried about embarrassment. I am worried about safety.
Victoria: My family invested two million dollars into your shipping logistics firm last month!
Ethan: That money went into an escrow account for the merger. I can wire it back to your bank within five minutes.
Victoria: You wouldn't dare cancel the merger over a minor misunderstanding!
Ethan: Attempting to strike an elderly woman in a wheelchair is not a minor misunderstanding.
Eleanor: Ethan... my chest feels tight...
Ethan: Mother! Hold on, Daisy is coming back with your medicine right now!
Victoria: See?! She is having a medical moment right here! She should be in a nursing home!
Ethan: Shut your mouth, Victoria! Don't say another word to her!
Daisy ran back into the ballroom carrying a clear plastic medical box and a glass of warm water.
Daisy: Here is her heart prescription, Mr. Ethan. I also brought her pulse monitor.
Ethan: Thank you, Daisy. Help her take the tablet while I deal with Victoria.
Daisy: Open wide, Mrs. Eleanor. Take a slow sip of water.
Eleanor: Thank you, my dear... you are so kind...
Victoria: This is a circus! I am going upstairs to get Chloe!
Ethan: Stay right where you are, Victoria. The police officers are entering the main gates right now.
Victoria stopped dead in her tracks, hearing the distant sound of police sirens wailing down the long private drive.