Eleanor: Security! Get these lunatics out of my charity event right now!
Arthur: Save your voice, Eleanor. The security staff in this building answers to me.
Eleanor: You're lying! I signed the contract for this hall three weeks ago!
Clara: You signed a contract with the Vance Hotel Group. And who do you think owns the Vance Hotel Group, Eleanor?
Eleanor looked at Clara, her mouth open in absolute shock.
Eleanor: That's... that's impossible. You work here as a low-level floor maid!
Clara: I wore this grey uniform tonight because I wanted to watch you closely. I wanted to see how you treated the people who serve you when you think nobody of importance is looking.
Eleanor: You stepped down from the family business years ago! You gave up your rights to the estate!
Arthur: She never gave up anything. You forced her out after you forged my signature on the updated will.
Little Leo, Clara's seven-year-old brother, stepped out from behind Arthur, holding a black leather binder tightly against his chest.
Leo: She took my trust fund money too, Dad. She said I wasn't allowed to go to school anymore.
Arthur: I know, son. Daddy is taking everything back tonight.
Eleanor: You have no proof of anything! My lawyers verified every single document after the accident!
Clara: Your lawyers were paid off with five hundred thousand dollars from my mother's private life insurance payout.
Eleanor backed away, her high heels clicking loudly against the marble floor as the crowd began to whisper around her.
Guest 1: Did she just say forged will?!
Guest 2: Look at Eleanor's face... she looks terrified!
Eleanor: This is a coordinated public attack on my character! I will sue both of you for slander and defamation!
Arthur: You can try, Eleanor. But first, you'll have to answer to the federal investigators standing right behind you.
Eleanor spun around, her face turning completely white as two men in dark gray suits walked through the ballroom's double doors.
Agent Miller: Eleanor Vance? Stand right where you are.
Eleanor: Who are you people?! What is the meaning of this intrusion?!
Agent Miller: Federal Bureau of Investigation. We have an active arrest warrant for grand larceny, wire fraud, and forgery regarding the Vance Estate Trust Fund.
Eleanor: This is ridiculous! Call my attorney right now!
Clara: Your attorney was arrested thirty minutes ago at his office, Eleanor. He gave up every single ledger you made him hide.