Dispatcher: Sir, please state your location and the nature of your emergency.
Dominic: We are at the Sterling Manor on Oak Ridge Drive. I need armed officers and medical personnel right now. Victoria Sterling just attempted to murder a young woman by throwing her off the second-floor balcony!
Victoria: Hang up that phone right now, Dominic! That is an order!
Dominic: The suspect is still on the premises, standing on the second-floor landing. Send units right away!
Dominic ended the call and slipped the phone back into his pocket, keeping one arm wrapped protectively around Maya as she sat up slowly on the cold marble floor.
Maya: Is she going to come down here, Dominic? I'm scared to be in the same room with her.
Dominic: She isn't going anywhere near you again, Maya. If she takes one step down those stairs, I will arrest her myself before the police even arrive.
Victoria: You are making the biggest mistake of your life, Dominic! I am Richard's legal widow! Everything in this estate belongs to me!
Dominic: You're wrong, Victoria. Richard knew what kind of person you were. That's why he changed his life insurance policies and his final will three weeks ago.
Victoria: What are you talking about? Richard never met with his lawyer without my permission!
Dominic: He met with Mr. Vance in secret while you were away at your charity gala in Houston. I drove him to the law office myself.
Victoria's hands began to tremble as she stood up straight on the balcony, her cold composure completely slipping away as she stared down at Dominic.
Victoria: What did he put in that document? Tell me!
Dominic: He named Maya as his primary beneficiary. She isn't just an outsider, Victoria. She is Richard's biological daughter from his first marriage.
Maya: My mother never asked Richard for a single dime while he was alive, Victoria. But when he found out he was sick, he insisted on making things right with me.
Victoria: No... no! That's impossible! Richard told me his first wife had no children!
Dominic: He lied to you for twenty years because he knew you would try to destroy her just like you tried to do today!
Victoria's face turned red with anger as she slapped her hand against the marble banister, her voice screeching across the empty foyer.
Victoria: She has no proof! A court will throw out any fake claim from a nobody in satin pajamas!
Dominic: We have the DNA test results notarized by the state lab, Victoria. And we have the video recording of Richard signing his final testament in front of three independent witnesses.