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How will the grandmother and the father handle this matter?

Grandma Elena’s hands tremble as she opens the bathroom medicine cabinet. She searches behind the luxury skincare bottles until her fingers strike a hidden wall compartment.

Inside sits a concealed glass vial filled with a clear liquid, labeled Industrial Laxative Powder, beside Sophie’s hidden, unadministered antibiotic prescription bottle.

ELENA

(Voice shaking, gasping)

Dear God... She was withholding her real meds and poisoning her...

[CAMERA QUICK-PAN TO THE BEDROOM]

Elena grabs Sophie’s kid-safe tablet from the nightstand. She opens the recent web history and screen recordings saved automatically by the parental control app.

[CAMERA ANGLE: CLOSE-UP - THE TABLET SCREEN]

Search entries flood the screen: "How to cause chronic illness in children without trace," "Sovereign inheritance laws for adopted stepchildren Texas," and a recorded video showing Valerie pouring the clear liquid into Sophie's nightly glass of milk while whispering threats to the sleeping child.

The front door slams downstairs. Footsteps rush up the staircase.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

Valerie enters, holding a travel bag, her face pale. She stops dead when she sees Elena holding the tablet and the vial.

VALERIE

(Cold, defensive)

Elena... You shouldn't be snooping through my personal belongings.

ELENA

(Eyes blazing with fury)

You poisoned my granddaughter! You made her suffer just to isolate Alejandro and claim his estate!

VALERIE

(Lunging forward, hysterical)

Give me that tablet!

Before Valerie can grab it, Alejandro steps into the doorway accompanied by two POLICE OFFICERS. His eyes are cold, filled with lethal precision.

ALEJANDRO

Don't touch her.

Valerie freezes, backing away as the officers step around Alejandro, drawing their handcuffs.

OFFICER

Valerie Rivers, you are under arrest for aggravated child endangerment and poisoning.

VALERIE

(Screaming as she is handcuffed)

Alejandro, please! She's lying! The child made it all up!

ALEJANDRO

(Voice dropping to a cold whisper)

It's all on the tablet, Valerie. You're never coming near my family again.

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NEXT DAY

[CAMERA ANGLE: WIDE SHOT - SOPHIE'S ROOM]

Sunlight pours through the window. Sophie sits up in bed, color returning to her cheeks, the IV line steady on her arm.

Alejandro sits beside her, holding her hand, while Elena kisses the little girl's forehead.

SOPHIE

(Softly)

Is she gone, Daddy?

ALEJANDRO

(Tears in his eyes, kissing her hand)

She's gone forever, princess. You're safe now. I promise.

Sophie smiles, resting her head against Alejandro's chest as he pulls her into a tight, protective embrace.

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