Elena stood up slowly from the cold marble floor.
She wiped her wet hands on her black apron.
She looked at Mark with tears running down her red cheeks.
Elena: Mister Mark, I cannot keep quiet anymore!
Victoria: Do not speak another word, Elena!
Mark: Let her speak right now, Victoria!
Mark adjusted his grip on baby Leo who was now quiet.
He could hear the sharp rapid breathing of the scared maid.
Elena took a step away from Victoria toward Mark's side.
Elena: She locks him in the nursery whenever you travel away!
Mark felt a cold chill run down his entire spine.
He stared at Elena with complete shock on his face.
Mark: What did you just say to me?
Elena: She leaves him alone for hours while she goes shopping!
Victoria: She is lying to you, Mark, she wants my job!
Victoria: She was careless and spilled juice all over the expensive rugs!
Victoria: I was simply telling her to clean up her own messy mistake!
Elena shook her head wildly while fresh tears pooled in her eyes.
Elena: I did not spill anything, sir, she poured it herself!
Elena: She punished me because I tried to feed little Leo earlier!
Mark's face turned completely red with rising anger and confusion.
He looked at his wife Victoria whose face had turned pale white.
The confident golden woman was suddenly looking very nervous.
She gripped her cold glass of tea so hard her knuckles turned white.
Mark: Is this true, Victoria?
Victoria: Of course not, Mark, you know how devoted I am!
Victoria: I am his mother, I love this baby with all my heart!
Elena: She is not his biological mother and you know it!
The room went completely silent after those heavy words were spoken.
Victoria gasped sharply and almost dropped her cold glass onto the floor.
Mark felt as if someone had punched him right in the chest.
He had married Victoria two years ago after his first wife passed away.
Victoria had promised to treat tiny Leo like her own blood child.
She always acted like a perfect loving mother when Mark was around.
Now a dark cloud of suspicion filled the entire luxury house.
Mark: Elena, you better have proof for what you are saying.
Elena: I have written down every single date in my cleaning log book!
Elena: I wrote down every hour she left the house while you were gone!
Victoria: You fire her right now, Mark, or I am leaving you!
Victoria took three quick steps toward the grand wooden staircase.
Her high heels clicked loudly on the hard marble floor.
Mark: You are not going anywhere until we settle this right now.
Mark held baby Leo securely against his broad shoulder.
He walked directly toward Victoria with a heavy authoritative step.
His voice was trembling with deep rising fury and frustration.
Mark: You! Tell me everything right now!