Two uniformed police officers walked through the front entrance doors, led by Mark's personal security guard, David.
Officer Miller: Mr. Vance? We received an urgent distress dispatch from your security team.
Mark: Over here, Officer. Thank you for arriving so quickly.
Chloe: Officers! Thank goodness you're here! This man just smashed a glass coffee table with a baseball bat and threatened us!
Officer Miller: Ma'am, please step back. Mr. Vance, what is the situation?
Mark: Officer, my wife, Chloe Vance, unlawfully confined my seven-year-old daughter in a dark basement closet for fifteen minutes, causing severe emotional distress and child endangerment.
Chloe: It was a game! It was just a game of hide-and-seek!
Officer Miller: Ma'am, locking a door from the outside does not constitute a game under state law.
Mark: I have full 4K security footage with audio showing her forcing the child into the room and locking the door while the child screams.
Mark handed his smartphone directly to Officer Miller.
The officer watched the video screen, his forehead creasing into a deep frown as the footage played.
Officer Miller: This is very clear digital evidence of child endangerment and false imprisonment, ma'am.
Evelyn: Officer, I am Evelyn Vance! I am a senior board member of the city hospital! You cannot arrest my daughter in my house!
Officer Miller: Ma'am, I don't care if you're the governor. Child endangerment is a arrestable felony offense.
The second officer stepped forward, grabbing Chloe's arms and pulling them behind her dark satin dress.
Chloe: Get your hands off me! Mark, tell them to stop! Tell them you forgive me!
Mark: I will never forgive you for what you did to my child.