Victoria: That camera was supposed to be disconnected! The interior decorators told me the second-floor wiring was shut off for renovations[cite: 1]!
Carter: The public security lines were shut off, Victoria. The private estate executive feed runs on a separate closed-circuit military satellite[cite: 1].
Victoria: You... You wired your own private residence like a maximum-security prison[cite: 1]?!
Carter: I wired this house because my son told me three weeks ago that his stepmother pinched his legs when I was traveling in New York[cite: 1].
Victoria: The boy had mosquito bites! I was putting antiseptic cream on his skin[cite: 1]!
Carter: The high-resolution video clearly shows you twisting his arm behind his back because he accidentally spilled apple juice on your designer rug[cite: 1]!
Victoria backed up two paces, her green gown catching on the edge of a mahogany console table[cite: 1].
Victoria: Carter, please... Think about our reputation in high society! Think about what the country club will say[cite: 1]!
Carter: The country club board revoked your family's honorary membership twenty minutes ago, Victoria[cite: 1].
Victoria: They can't do that! My grandfather was a founding trustee of that club fifty years ago[cite: 1]!
Carter: Your grandfather was an honorable man. You and your father are corporate thieves who preyed on a grieving widower[cite: 1].
The heavy front doors of the estate swung open with a resounding bang once again[cite: 1].
Four uniformed state troopers marched into the foyer, led by Detective Marcus Vance from the special investigations unit[cite: 1].
Victoria: Marcus! Thank God you're here! Tell these men who I am! Arrest Carter Sterling for assault[cite: 1]!
Detective Vance stepped past Victoria without even making eye contact, stopping right in front of Carter[cite: 1].
Detective Vance: Mr. Sterling, I am Detective Marcus Vance from the Massachusetts State Police. Is the child secure[cite: 1]?
Carter: Toby is in the private sitting room with our longtime housekeeper, Detective. Dr. Reynolds is examining his contusions right now[cite: 1].
Detective Vance: We have the ambulance staging outside the gates just in case pediatric transport is required[cite: 1].
Victoria: Marcus! Why are you ignoring me?! I am your second cousin! Look at my face, this man slapped me across the room[cite: 1]!
Detective Vance turned around slowly, his expression hard, professional, and entirely devoid of family warmth[cite: 1].
Detective Vance: Victoria Vance, step away from the table and place your hands behind your back[cite: 1].
Victoria gasped, her jaw dropping open as her eyes darted frantically between the four armed troopers[cite: 1].
Victoria: What did you just say to me? Are you insane[cite: 1]?!
Detective Vance: You are under arrest for felony child endangerment, aggravated assault on a minor, and grand corporate wire fraud[cite: 1].
Victoria: Child endangerment?! I didn't endanger anyone! I was walking a child down an ordinary hallway[cite: 1]!
Detective Vance: We received the live-streamed video file from Mr. Sterling's security team fifteen minutes ago, Victoria. The district attorney reviewed it and signed the warrant immediately[cite: 1].
Victoria: You can't arrest a Vance on the word of a corporate rival! I demand to speak to my personal defense attorney[cite: 1]!
Detective Vance: Your personal defense attorney, Arthur Pendelton, was detained at Logan Airport thirty minutes ago while trying to board a flight to Zurich[cite: 1].
Victoria's knees buckled beneath her, her hands clutching at the wooden molding of the wall to keep from collapsing[cite: 1].
Victoria: Arthur was arrested too...? Arthur had all our offshore account keys[cite: 1]!
Carter: And he surrendered every single encryption key to the federal prosecutors the second the handcuffs touched his wrists, Victoria[cite: 1].
Detective Vance: Troopers, secure the suspect immediately[cite: 1].
Two state troopers stepped forward, grabbing Victoria firmly by her bare wrists and twisting her arms behind her green silk dress[cite: 1].
The cold metallic snap of steel handcuffs echoed loudly across the open hallway[cite: 1].
Victoria: Ah! Be careful with my arms! This dress cost thirty thousand dollars in Paris[cite: 1]!
Trooper Miller: You have the right to remain silent, ma'am. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law[cite: 1].
Victoria: Carter! Tell them to stop! We can make a deal! I'll return the four million dollars to Toby's trust fund right now[cite: 1]!
Carter: The federal government has already seized every single dollar, Victoria. You don't have a penny left to return[cite: 1].