The force of the hit knocked Elena flat onto the wet tile floor.
Her cheek burned with terrible pain as tears filled her tired eyes.
Victor stood over her with his chest heaving under his custom suit jacket.
He held baby Leo wrapped in the wet towel against his shoulder tightly.
Victoria stepped up beside him and put a hand on his arm smoothly.
She put on a sad face and pretended to wipe away fake tears.
Victoria claimed that she saw Elena intentionally push the stroller into the water.
She told Victor that the maid was careless and tried to hurt the family heir.
Elena pushed herself up onto her elbows despite the sharp pain in her jaw.
She refused to let a dangerous liar ruin her life and hurt the baby.
Elena looked up past Victor toward the green hedges near the brick fence.
She remembered the small red light that flashed every single night in the bushes.
Victor had installed high-tech security cameras across the entire estate last month.
The small lens pointed directly at the deep end of the swimming pool area.
Elena pointed her shaking finger straight at the hidden black camera in the leaves.
She begged Victor to check the digital video files saved on his phone system.
Victor stopped yelling and looked toward the green hedge where she was pointing.
His eyes narrowed as he remembered the wide camera angle covering the pool deck.
Victoria's face turned completely pale under the bright patio lights above them.
She tried to grab Victor's arm to pull him back inside the house.
Victoria said they needed to call their estate defense attorney right away.
She tried to persuade Victor that the maid was just making up stories to escape arrest.
Victor pulled his arm back from his wife's tight grip with cold suspicion.
He pulled his expensive smartphone out of his dark coat pocket slowly.
He logged into the main security system app connected to the home server.
The small red recording icon was blinking on the live feed screen.