Victoria: Clara, please... we are family! We can work this out!
Clara: Family? You locked me out in the rain when I was in labor three weeks ago!
Daniel: What?! Mom, you locked her out while she was in labor?!
Clara: She told me I was making too much noise and embarrassing the dinner guests.
Arthur: You did WHAT to my daughter?!
Arthur's voice boomed like thunder across the marble driveway, making Victoria flinch in sheer terror.
Victoria: She was exaggerating! She was only in early labor!
Clara: I had to walk two miles in the cold to get to the public bus stop while you drank champagne inside!
Arthur: Marcus! Call the district attorney's office immediately! I want criminal charges filed for endangerment!
Victoria: You can't prove that! It's her word against mine!
Arthur: I bought the neighborhood security camera feeds from the gate system this morning, Victoria. I have video proof of everything you did.
Daniel dropped to his knees on the hard stone, burying his face in his hands as tears began to fall.
Daniel: God... what have we done? What have we become?
Clara: You let your mother destroy your life, Daniel. I tried to warn you, but you never listened.
Daniel: Clara, I'll leave her! I'll cut her off forever! Just give me a second chance!
Clara: You had nine months to stand up for me and your baby. You chose your mother every single time.
Arthur: The car is waiting, Clara. Let's get my granddaughter settled in her nursery at the penthouse.
Clara: Thank you, Dad.
Clara turned her back on the estate, stepping down the marble stairs toward the waiting luxury sedan.
Victoria: Wait! You can't leave us here with nothing!
Arthur: Marcus and the sheriff will be here in twenty minutes to oversee the eviction. I suggest you start packing your own bags, Victoria.
Victoria: I am a Vance! You can't throw me out on the street!
Arthur: You threw a mother and a newborn baby out twenty minutes ago. Now you get to see how it feels.
Arthur walked down the steps, leaving Victoria screaming hysterically on the empty porch while her son wept on the driveway.
The heavy car door closed with a soft, solid thud, sealing Clara inside a warm, quiet world of luxury.
Clara: Is this really real, Dad? Am I really safe now?
Arthur: You are safer than you've ever been in your life, my sweet girl. Nobody will ever hurt you again.
The luxury sedan pulled away from the gates, leaving the ruined family standing in the shadow of the house they had just lost.