The tension dissolved. For the first time in years, he sat on the kitchen floor in a custom-tailored suit and tasted a lumpy, half-raw pancake that somehow felt like the best thing he had eaten in months.
But the warmth didn’t last.
The front door slammed. Heels clicked sharply across marble.
Victoria stormed into the kitchen, wrapped in perfume and fury. Her eyes scanned the mess with open disgust.
“What is this disaster?” she snapped.
Nathan tried to explain they were simply playing. Victoria twisted the moment into chaos and irresponsibility. She humiliated Grace in front of the children, calling her “untrained” and “uncivilized.” Though Nathan defended Grace—an act that lit anger in Victoria’s eyes—the damage had begun.
That night, Victoria suggested installing hidden cameras “for the boys’ safety.” Nathan agreed, unaware they would soon expose the truth.
Two days later, tension filled the house. On Thursday afternoon, Nathan left his father’s gold Patek Philippe watch on his office desk during a video call. Hours later, it was gone.
Victoria reacted instantly. “Grace was cleaning in there,” she whispered. “We should check her bag.”
Reluctantly, Nathan confronted Grace. In the living room, she emptied her purse—lip balm, a worn wallet, a photo of her mother. Tears streamed down her face.
“There’s nothing, sir. I would never—”
Victoria grabbed the bag and shook it. The watch fell onto the glass table.
“Thief!” Victoria cried.
The twins wrapped around Grace, sobbing. Blinded by what seemed like proof, Nathan asked Grace to leave that night. He didn’t involve the police for the children’s sake—but he sent her away in the rain.
The mansion returned to silence. A suffocating one.
Later, alone in his office with a drink in hand, Nathan noticed a security alert: Motion detected – Office – 5:42 p.m.
He opened the footage.
The glass slipped from his hand.
The video showed Victoria entering the office, taking the watch, and later placing it into Grace’s bag. His breath turned shallow. He searched more recordings.
He saw Victoria pinch Ethan’s arm for asking for juice. He heard her call the boys “annoying brats.” And he saw Grace—kneeling to tie shoes, comforting tears, praying softly with them before bed.
Nathan broke down.
Then his grief hardened into resolve.
That evening was his engagement dinner with Victoria’s family and Dallas’s elite. He made a decision.