Richard: Security cameras... in the private dining hall?
Sarah: I had the entire surveillance network activated this morning before I left for the bank.
Sarah: Every single word, every cruel laugh, and the exact moment you pulled that bone away from a starving toddler is recorded in full high-definition cloud storage.
Uncle Mark: Sarah, please! If that footage gets out, the firm's reputation in Dallas will be completely ruined!
Sarah: Then you better start walking before I decide to press 'Upload' to the local news stations.
Richard took a slow step backward, his hands raised in defensive surrender as the magnitude of his mistake finally hit him.
Richard: Look... I apologize, alright? It was poor judgment. I had a few drinks before you arrived...
Sarah: Alcohol doesn't make you cruel, Richard. It just reveals who you really are when you think nobody is watching.
Emma: Mommy, I want apple juice...
Sarah: I know, sweetie. Mommy is going to get you a huge plate of food right now. But first, these bad men are leaving.
She gestured sharply toward the open doorway.
Sarah: Out. All of you.
Uncle Mark grabbed his coat off the back of a fallen chair, muttering curses under his breath as he hurried past Sarah toward the driveway.
The other two relatives followed quickly behind him, heads ducked, refusing to make eye contact with her.
Only Richard remained, standing beside the ruined dinner table with a dark, bitter scowl on his face.
Richard: You think you've won, don't you? You think you can just destroy my family's legacy because of one little mistake?
Sarah: Your family legacy is a hollow shell built on bullying and stolen money, Richard.
Richard: What did you say?!
Sarah: You thought I didn't know about the offshore accounts? You thought I didn't see the trust fund transfers David was making to pay off your personal gambling debts?
Richard’s mouth snapped shut, his eyes widening in sheer terror.
Sarah: I’m an auditor, Richard. Did you really think I wouldn't trace where my husband was leaking our family investments?
Richard: You... you went through David's private books?
Sarah: I audited everything the day I found out he took fifty thousand dollars out of Emma's college savings fund to cover your losses at the casino in Biloxi.
Richard: That was a loan! He was going to pay it back as soon as the land deal went through!
Sarah: There is no land deal. The city council rejected your zoning application two hours ago.
Richard stumbled back against the overturned table, grabbing the edge to keep his balance as his knees buckled.
Richard: Rejected...? No... no, they promised me!
Sarah: They rejected it because I presented the environmental impact report that you tried to hide from the board.
Richard: You blocked my zoning permit?! That was my entire life savings invested in that commercial development!
Sarah: You tried to starve my child for a cheap laugh. Did you really think I would let you build a strip mall on protected wetlands using her stolen college fund?
Richard: You evil, calculating bitch...
Sarah: Leave. Before I call the state marshals who are currently reviewing your tax returns.
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