The air inside the grand Dallas foyer felt frozen in time as Victoria held baby Leo above the slick marble floor. Her eyes gleamed with pure malice as she looked down at Elena's pale, horrified face. Elena was shaking from head to toe, her heart pounding violently against her ribs. She had never seen anyone display such terrifying cruelty, especially toward an innocent child who had done nothing wrong. Victoria's green silk gown caught the bright morning light coming through the tall windows, making her look even more sinister as she sneered down at the trembling nanny kneeling nearby.
Victoria: You thought you could stay here forever, didn't you?
Elena: I only cared for Leo! Please, do not hurt him!
Victoria: He is just a small price to pay for my total freedom.
Elena: You are insane! Daniel will never forgive you if anything happens to him!
Victoria: Daniel will never know the truth because you will be in handcuffs!
Elena: I am begging you on my knees, Victoria! Stop this right now!
Victoria ignored Elena's desperate pleas completely. With a sudden, deliberate motion, she opened her arms wide and dropped the baby downward toward the hard marble floor. Elena let out a sharp, piercing scream that echoed wildly off the tall white walls of the foyer. Time seemed to slow down completely as the grey blanket slipped through the air. But Elena did not freeze in fear. Driven by pure protective instinct, Elena lunged across the marble floor like a flash of lightning, sliding on her knees and catching baby Leo in her arms just inches before his body struck the hard floor. She pulled the crying child tightly against her chest, wrapping her body around him to shield him completely.
Victoria stood upright, her eyes wide with initial shock that Elena had actually managed to catch the baby in time. But within seconds, Victoria's face twisted back into an arrogant, haughty sneer. She adjusted her dark green silk dress and looked down at Elena, who was sobbing softly on the cold floor while holding the terrified baby safely in her arms. Victoria leaned slightly forward, peering down with intense focus, completely unbothered by the fact that she had almost caused a fatal injury to a young child. She felt zero guilt or remorse for her wicked actions.
Victoria: You got lucky this time, nanny.
Elena: How could you be so cruel? He could have been severely injured!
Victoria: It doesn't matter. The moment I tell Daniel you dropped him, your life is over.
Elena: I caught him! You were the one who dropped him on purpose!
Victoria: And who will prove that? There are no witnesses in this hall.
Elena: God sees everything you do, Victoria!
Victoria: God doesn't pay the legal fees, my dear.
Victoria threw her head back and let out a cold, mocking laugh that rang through the massive house. She pulled out her phone, intending to call Daniel immediately and put on a fake performance of weeping horror. She planned to tell him that Elena had slipped on the marble floor and almost killed his only child. Elena remained on the floor, holding little Leo as tightly as she could, her tear-filled eyes staring up at the cruel woman standing over them. Elena felt completely helpless, knowing that a powerful billionaire like Daniel might naturally take his wealthy fiancée's word over a poor nanny's testimony.
However, Victoria had made one critical mistake in her arrogant planning. She was so focused on terrifying Elena and playing her wicked games that she failed to notice the subtle sound of a key turning in the heavy front lock. She had forgotten that Daniel had left his main presentation folder on the kitchen counter earlier that morning and was returning home early to pick it up before his big meeting. The heavy wooden double doors of the mansion were about to swing wide open under the bright natural daylight, and the dark truth was about to be laid completely bare for everyone to see.