The security office in the mansion basement was small and lined with dark monitoring screens.
Julian stood in the center of the room with his arms crossed tightly across his broad chest.
Clara stood near the door, tapping her designer shoe nervously against the cold tile floor.
Elena waited outside in the hallway, accompanied by the senior estate manager, Arthur.
The head of security rewound the digital video feed from the second-floor balcony camera.
The video clearly showed Clara standing near the railing with little Lily in her arms.
It showed Clara holding her phone, arguing fiercely with someone on the line about money.
As Clara gestured angrily with her free hand, she pushed the child toward the outer edge.
The video clearly revealed that Clara did not pull the child back when she slipped.
In fact, she loosened her arm, letting the toddler fall over the railing into space.
Julian watched the video screen in stunned, icy silence as the truth unfolded before him.
The camera then showed Elena sprinting across the lower hall from the dusting station.
It captured the exact second Elena lunged across the hard marble floor to make the save.
The maid had risked her own body to ensure the small child landed safely in her arms.
Julian turned slowly to face his wife, his face pale with unbelievable anger and sorrow.
Julian: You let her fall. You stood there and let my daughter fall.
Clara: Julian, wait! It was an accident! The video makes it look worse than it was!
Julian: You lied to my face and tried to ruin an innocent girl's life to cover it up!
Clara: I was overwhelmed! I am not used to taking care of a child every day!
Julian: You did it for the inheritance money, didn't you?! You wanted her gone!
Clara backed away toward the door, but Arthur, the estate manager, stepped in her way.
Julian: Arthur, call my divorce attorney and the local police department immediately.
Julian walked out of the security room, ignoring Clara's desperate cries behind him.
He walked down the long basement corridor toward the stairs where Elena was waiting quietly.
His heart was breaking, but he knew what he had to do to protect his young daughter.