Vittorio set the signet ring on the table between them.

He didn't raise his voice.

That was what frightened everyone most.

"How long?" he asked Marcus.

Marcus said nothing.

"How many times has she done this to Elsie?"

Still nothing.

Vittorio turned to the nearest staff member.

"Bring me the household logs.

Every incident report from the past two years."

Helena stepped forward.

"Vittorio, this is not the place—"

"You sl@pped a three-year-old at her own birthday party." His voice dropped lower.

"There is no place for this conversation.

There is only this one."

The logs arrived faster than anyone expected.

A staff member had already been holding them near the door.

Waiting.

Vittorio opened the first page.

His jaw tightened.

Marcus finally spoke.

"Dad, those are private—"

"Fourteen incidents." Vittorio's finger moved down the page.

"Fourteen times in twenty-two months.

All documented.

All signed off." He looked up slowly.

"By you."

The room went cold.

Elsie, still in the bodyguard's arms, whispered something.

The bodyguard leaned down.

Then stood straight and looked directly at Vittorio.

"Sir…

the little one says there's a video."

Helena's hand shot to her bag.

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What's on that video — and why did Helena move so fast to hide it?

The full truth comes out in a way no one in that room expected.

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