Victoria: Detective, listen to me! This is a private family misunderstanding! My husband is fabricating false accusations to win a divorce settlement!
Detective Vance: Ma'am, we have witness testimony from your housekeeper downstairs, and Dr. Vance is currently treating the burn injury on the child's arm. Place your hands behind your back immediately.
Victoria: Get your hands off me! Do you know who my family is in Dallas?!
Officer Miller: I don't care who your family is, ma'am. You are under arrest for felony child abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, and attempted grand larceny.
The female officer grabbed Victoria's wrists firmly, pulling them behind her white silk robe and snapping the cold steel handcuffs around her hands with two sharp clicks[cite: 1]. Victoria let out a high-pitched scream of rage, struggling against the officer's grip as she was escorted through the double doors of the master bathroom[cite: 4].
Victoria: Brandon! Tell them to stop! You're destroying our family name!
Brandon: You destroyed yourself, Victoria. Take her away, Detective.
Detective Vance: She'll be processed at the county jail tonight, Mr. Sterling. The bail judge will review the child abuse charge at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and our department will support the emergency protective order.
Brandon: Thank you, Detective. Make sure she doesn't get bail.
The heavy front doors of the mansion slammed shut downstairs as the officers loaded Victoria into the back of the patrol cruiser[cite: 4]. The master bathroom fell completely quiet, filled only with the bright natural daylight shining on the pristine white marble floor[cite: 1].
Brandon walked over and picked up the red lighter from the floor, dropping it into his suit pocket[cite: 3, 4]. He walked out of the bathroom and down the grand staircase, heading straight toward the kitchen where Lily was resting[cite: 1, 4].