Patricia lowered her iced tea onto the nearby console table without breaking eye contact once.
She smoothed down her white silk blouse and crossed her arms across her chest defensively.
The high-key sunlight coming through the grand front window illuminated the large hallway clearly now.
David adjusted baby Leo in his arms while ensuring Emily stayed safely behind his back.
He could feel his hands trembling from the sheer disbelief of this terrible discovery today.
David: I hired full-time help, Patricia, but you insisted on firing them last month.
Patricia: They were incompetent and lazy workers who did not respect my simple rules!
David: You wanted them gone so nobody would see how you treat my children!
Patricia: I am trying to instill discipline in a house that was totally wild!
David: Leaving an eleven-year-old on crutches without food is not discipline, Patricia!
Emily: She took my phone away so I could not call you at work, Daddy!
Patricia: Be quiet, Emily, adults are talking right now!
David: Do not speak to my daughter in that tone ever again in this house!
Patricia took a sudden aggressive step toward David with her top lip curling in anger.
David stood his ground like an immovable wall between his cruel wife and kids.
He pointed a firm finger directly toward the grand front entryway doors down the hall.
The tension in the air was so heavy that even baby Leo remained dead silent.
Patricia realized in this moment that her control over the household was completely broken.
She gasped in frustration and stepped back against the wall, her cheeks flushing dark red.
Patricia: You cannot throw me out of this mansion after everything I did for you!
David: Watch me protect my family from your cruelty starting right this second.
Patricia: This house belongs to both of us according to our marriage paperwork!
David: The legal team will settle that issue before the sun goes down today.