Richard: David, please, let's sit down and talk like civilized people!
David: Civilized? You let this woman abuse your own granddaughter!
Richard: I didn't see what happened outside! I swear on my life, David, I didn't know!
David: You always look the other way when Evelyn acts up, Dad. You've been doing it for five years.
Evelyn: Oh, stop playing the victim, David! You brought that kid here today to manipulate us!
David: I brought her here because she wanted to see her grandfather on his birthday!
Lily raised her head slightly, tears streaking through the dirt on her cheek.
Lily: Grandpa... why did lady push me?
Richard stepped forward, his eyes filling with sudden tears as he looked at the little girl.
Richard: Oh, Lily... sweetie...
David: Don't touch her. You lost the right to be her grandfather the moment you defended this monster.
Evelyn: Get out of my house then! Go back to your little apartment and stay there!
David: This isn't your house, Evelyn. The deed is registered under the Vance Family Trust.
Evelyn: And Richard is the primary trustee!
David: Was the primary trustee. Until he signed the corporate management papers last month.
Richard gasped, turning his head sharply toward David.
Richard: David... what are you talking about?
David: The documents you signed without reading last week, Dad. The ones Evelyn rushed onto your desk.
Evelyn: Shut up, David! Shut your mouth right now!
David: She had you transfer primary trustee authority to her, didn't she?
Richard: Evelyn... did you do that?
Evelyn: I did it to protect our assets! David was trying to cut us out!
Richard: You told me those were standard insurance renewal forms!
Evelyn: You're too soft, Richard! If I didn't take control, your son would have taken every penny!
David: Look at her, Dad. She lied to you, she stole from you, and today she hurt your granddaughter.
Richard: You manipulated me... for five years, you've been lying to me!
Evelyn: I built this family's social standing! I gave you a status in this city you never had before!
David: You bought social status with my mother's life insurance payout!
Evelyn sneered, crossing her arms over her ruined pink shirt.
Evelyn: Your mother was dead and buried. That money was just sitting in a bank doing nothing.
David held Lily tighter, his chest heaving with deep, controlled breaths.
David: I'm leaving now. I'm going straight to the pediatric emergency room to document Lily's injuries.
Richard: David, please... let me come with you.
David: Stay here with your wife, Richard. You chose her five years ago. Live with your choice.
Evelyn: Go ahead, run to the hospital! No court in this state is going to arrest me over a tumble in a garden!
David: We'll see about that when the police look at the security cameras mounted on the patio.
Evelyn's sneer froze on her face as her eyes darted toward the corner of the ceiling.
Evelyn: Those cameras... those cameras don't work!
David: I had the security system upgraded two days ago, Evelyn. Every angle of the backyard is recorded in 4K clarity.