David was sitting in a high-level meeting in another state that morning.
His phone suddenly vibrated on the long wooden boardroom table.
It was an unknown number sending him a urgent text message notification.
David glanced down at his screen during the quiet corporate presentation.
The message said that his baby was in serious danger at home.
David felt his blood run completely cold in an instant.
He stood up abruptly and walked out of the executive board meeting.
He called his personal driver and ordered him to rush to the airport.
During the private jet flight home, David paced back and forth anxiously.
He tried calling Victoria, but she did not answer her gold phone.
He called the mansion landline, but nobody picked up the receiver.
Panic filled his heart as the plane finally landed on the runway.
David contacted the local police department from his fast luxury car.
He begged the officers to meet him at his estate immediately.
Meanwhile, inside the mansion, Victoria was screaming at the house maid.
She blamed Clara for dropping an expensive crystal vase in the hallway.
Step-Mother Victoria: Look what you did, you stupid useless maid!
Clara held baby Leo tightly against her chest to keep him calm.
Maid Clara: It was an accident while I was cleaning the marble floor!
Step-Mother Victoria: Give me that noisy child right now!
Victoria pulled the crying infant away from Clara's protective arms.
Clara tried to stop her, but Victoria shoved her roughly against the wall.
The poor maid fell to her knees on the cold white marble floor.
Little Leo began to sob loudly in the empty, echoing foyer.
Victoria dragged the crying baby across the floor by his tiny arm.
Clara wept bitterly as she watched the heartless stepmother behave so meanly.
Suddenly, the massive dark wooden double doors of the mansion swung wide open.
David stepped inside, flanked by two sharp police officers in dark uniforms.