Clara: You... you put a hidden camera in the hall?
David: I built this company from nothing, Clara. Did you really think I didn't protect my home and my child?
Officer: Ma'am, drop the bag immediately. Step down the stairs now!
Clara: David, please! Let's talk about this in private! Don't do this in front of these people!
David: Open the bag, Officer.
The uniformed officer stepped forward, taking the heavy leather bag from the landing and unzipping the main compartment on the foyer table.
Officer: Sir, there are several stacks of bearer bonds, three passports, and a stack of signed life insurance documents in here.
David: Look at the insured party name on those policy forms, Officer.
Officer: The policy lists David Vance as the insured, with Clara Vance named as the sole primary beneficiary for five million dollars.
David: The signature at the bottom is a forgery. I never signed that document.
Clara: It's not what it looks like! Mark made me do it! He threatened to tell you about my past debts if I didn't help him!
David: So you pushed my little girl off a balcony to save yourself?
Clara: I didn't mean to push her so hard! She grabbed my arm and I panicked!
Detective: 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: David! Tell them to stop! You can't let them arrest me!
David: You tried to kill my child for money, Clara. You're going to prison for a very long time.
The officer pulled Clara's hands behind her back, snapping the metallic handcuffs around her wrists as she began to sob hysterically.
Clara: David, I love you! Please, don't destroy my life!
David: You destroyed your own life the second you put your hands on my daughter.
Officer: Escort her out to the patrol unit.
As Clara was led down the front steps in handcuffs, the detective walked over to the hallway console where the security system router was mounted.
Detective: Mr. Vance, we need the cloud storage footage from that balcony camera for the formal charge of attempted murder and grand larceny.
David: I'm pulling up the live mobile feed right now. Look at this playback from 2:14 PM today.
The high-definition video clearly captured Clara standing over Maya near the railing, her face twisted in anger as she shoved the young girl backwards over the wooden banister.
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