Mr. Sterling: Mark, we just received the preliminary audit of the estate accounts.
Mark: How bad is it, Sterling?
Mr. Sterling: Over the last twenty-four months, Brenda liquidated nearly three million dollars from the family investment portfolio.
Mark: Three million? Where did all that money go?
Mr. Sterling: Wire transfers to offshore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and rapid mortgage pay-offs for properties under her sister's name.
Mark: She was systematically stripping our family assets before I reached thirty-five.
Mr. Sterling: Exactly. If you hadn't caught her today, the corporation would have faced bankruptcy within six months.
Maria: Excuse me, Mr. Mark... the district attorney's office is on line two.
Mark: Thank you, Maria. Put them through.
Prosecutor Vance: Hello, Mr. Vance. I'm Prosecutor Miller handling the felony child abuse and grand larceny charges against Brenda Vance.
Mark: Good afternoon, Prosecutor. Are the charges holding up?
Prosecutor Vance: Beyond expectation. The video footage from your backyard security system captured the entire chain incident in high definition.
Mark: We have backyard camera coverage?
Maria: I turned on the patio motion sensors this morning, sir! I forgot to tell you!
Mark: Maria, you are a lifesaver!
Prosecutor Vance: That video provides undeniable evidence of intentional cruelty to a minor. The judge has denied her bail request.
Mark: What about the financial fraud charges?
Prosecutor Vance: We are adding federal wire fraud and probate forgery to the indictment tomorrow morning.
Mark: She won't be able to buy her way out of this one.
Prosecutor Vance: Not a chance. She is facing up to fifteen years in state prison.
Mark: Thank you, Prosecutor. Keep me updated on the court dates.
Mr. Sterling: This is a decisive victory, Mark. We can file an emergency petition to freeze all her offshore accounts immediately.
Mark: Do it right away. I want every single dollar recovered for Lily's trust fund.
Maria: Mr. Mark, little Lily is asking for you in the living room. She wants to show you her drawing.
Mark: I'm coming right now, Maria. How is she doing?
Maria: She's smiling again, sir. She feels safe now that the mean lady is gone.
Mark: She will never have to worry about that woman ever again.
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