David demanded that everyone move into the formal study so they could discuss this serious matter.
Sarah held Lily gently and sat on the soft leather sofa near the large oak desk.
David pulled out his phone and immediately logged into the home security system mobile application.
He had installed high-definition security cameras in every main room of the house last month.
Elena turned pale as she watched David pull up the video archive from the foyer camera.
She stepped forward quickly and tried to grab the phone directly out of his hands.
David pushed her hands away firmly and stepped back toward his private office desk.
He hit the play button on the camera footage recorded just ten minutes before his arrival.
The crisp video clearly showed Elena opening the balcony safety gate on purpose.
It showed her pushing the heavy vase off the edge to intentionally startle the poor child.
The recording captured Sarah sprinting across the room and sliding on her knees to rescue Lily.
It also showed Elena standing completely still on the upper balcony, watching without helping at all.
David let out a heavy breath as his hands shook with intense sadness and anger.
He stared at Elena as if he was looking at a total stranger in his home.
He asked her how she could ever treat an innocent little girl with such cold cruelty.
Elena realized she had been caught completely on camera with no way to lie out of it.
Her calm posture vanished and her eyes filled with bitter jealousy and sudden hatred.
She spat out that she was tired of living in the shadow of David's late wife.
She admitted that she hated Lily because the girl inherited the entire family estate trust fund.
Elena knew that if David ever divorced her, she would receive almost nothing under their prenup.
She wanted to make the house unsafe so David would send Lily away to boarding school.
David stood stunned as he heard the shocking truth directly from his wife's mouth.
He walked over to Sarah and knelt down on the rug right beside his little daughter.
He pulled Lily into a tight hug and thanked Sarah with tears streaming down his face.
He told Sarah that she had saved his daughter's life today from a terrible disaster.
Sarah wiped her eyes and promised him that she would always keep young Lily safe.
David stood back up and pointed firmly toward the large front doors of the mansion.