The siren wails grew louder outside the estate gates. Red and blue lights flashed across the tall front windows, casting long shadows across the foyer.
Officer Davis: Mr. Vance? I'm Officer Davis, squad 14. What's the situation here?
Marcus: Officer, my wife and I caught our live-in maid dropping our five-month-old daughter from the second-floor balcony.
Officer Davis: Ma'am, stay where you are. Place your hands behind your back.
Clara: Officer, please listen to me. I caught the baby! I saved her life! Mrs. Vance pushed the bassinet!
Evelyn: She's delusional, Officer! Look at her! She tried to murder my sweet child!
Officer Davis: Ma'am, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Clara: Officer Davis, check my phone in my purse on the kitchen counter! Please, just check the audio recorder!
Marcus: What audio recorder?
Clara: Every afternoon when I clean the house, I run a voice note app on my phone to record my task checklist so I don't forget my daily duties.
Evelyn: She's making up stories to stall for time! Arrest her already!
Officer Davis: Quiet, ma'am. Where is the purse?
Clara: On the kitchen island. The black leather bag. The phone is unlocked on the counter top screen.
Officer Davis motioned to his partner, who walked quickly into the kitchen. Marcus folded his arms, his jaw set tight, while Evelyn adjusted her diamond bracelet with trembling fingers.
Officer Miller: I got the phone, Davis. The recorder app is active right now. It's been running for two hours.
Officer Davis: Stop the recording and play back the last five minutes on speaker.
Evelyn: This is ridiculous! We don't have time for this nonsense!
Marcus: Evelyn, stop talking for a second. Let him play it.
The phone speaker crackled. Clara's voice echoed into the quiet room, followed by the distant sound of clinking glass and footsteps upstairs.
Phone Audio (Evelyn's Voice): If Marcus leaves me, I get nothing because of that stupid prenup. But if something happens to her... he'll be ruined.
Phone Audio (Clara's Voice): Mrs. Vance, what are you doing with the bassinet?
Phone Audio (Evelyn's Voice): Oops... clumsy me.
A loud crash played through the speaker, followed by Clara's scream and the heavy thud of her body hitting the floor.
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