The screen showed the quiet pool area from the exact angle of the hedge camera. On the video, the tall figure of Victoria appeared in her bright green dress, looking around the empty yard before grabbing the handles of the leather stroller. Marcus leaned closer to the monitor, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the edge of his mahogany desk. On the clear high-definition screen, Victoria gave the stroller a hard, malicious shove, watching it roll off the edge and sink into the dark water. She did not scream for help; she stood motionless on the concrete, watching the bubbles rise to the surface with a cold smile on her face.
A few seconds later on the video, Elena came sprinting into the frame, dropping her towels and leaping into the water without a second thought. Marcus watched his maid dive to the bottom, fight against the heavy water pressure, and pull his infant son free from the drowning trap. He saw Elena bring the baby to the surface, gasping for air, while Victoria stood over her and began pointing her finger to set up the false accusation. The video played in complete, brutal clarity, destroying every lie Victoria had told since the moment Marcus ran outside.
Marcus: You... you tried to murder my son.
Victoria: Marcus, no! It isn't what it looks like! I was confused! I had a bad reaction to my medication!
Marcus: You pushed a baby into six feet of water to steal his mother's trust fund!
Victoria: Please! We can work this out! Think of our family business and our public reputation!
Marcus turned away from his wife with absolute disgust in his eyes, his voice trembling with a mixture of heartbreak and lethal fury. He picked up the desk phone and dialed three numbers with heavy, deliberate strikes of his finger. Victoria lunged across the desk, trying to knock the phone out of his hand, but Marcus grabbed her wrist firmly and pushed her back into her chair with absolute authority.
Marcus: Dispatcher, I need emergency officers at the Sterling estate immediately. I have a video recording of an attempted murder.
Victoria: You're destroying my life! I gave up everything to marry you!
Elena: You tried to kill an innocent baby for money, Victoria. You destroyed your own life.
Victoria broke into furious tears, her calm facade completely shattered as the distant sound of police sirens began to echo through the night air outside the estate gates. She tried to run toward the back exit of the office, but Marcus stepped into her path, blocking the doorway while keeping his arm around the chair where little Leo was sleeping peacefully. Within five minutes, red and blue lights illuminated the grand driveway of the mansion as three police cruisers pulled up to the front doors.
Two uniformed officers rushed into the office with their handguns drawn, assessing the situation instantly as Marcus pointed toward his wife and the open computer monitor on his desk. The officers watched the short video clip twice, their expressions darkening as they realized the full extent of the crime committed inside the luxury home.
Officer: Victoria Sterling, you are under arrest for attempted capital murder and filing a false police report.
Victoria: Get your hands off me! Do you know who my lawyer is?!