Maya held the smartphone up for Julian to see. The bright screen displayed a high-definition video taken just minutes earlier behind the bar partition. The extreme close-up video clearly showed a woman's manicured hands slipping a tiny drop of clear liquid onto the green olive submerged inside Julian's martini glass. The high-contrast camera angle captured the exact moment Victoria had poisoned his drink before stepping back to watch him consume it. As Julian leaned closer, the reflection of his shocked, pale face appeared on the glass screen directly over the incriminating footage, a dramatic orchestral swell accentuating his horror as he realized he was seconds away from swallowing a lethal substance.
Maya looked directly at the crowd, her face streaked with tears and her voice cracking into a hysterical shout that silenced the entire room. "She poisoned the olive!" Maya declared, pointing a shaking finger directly at the woman in the silver sequined dress. Victoria’s arrogant expression instantly vanished, her face turning as white as a sheet as Julian slammed his martini glass down onto the table, shattering the stem into pieces. Security guards stationed outside the grand double doors burst into the dining room, moving swiftly to surround the disgraced socialite as Maya was gently helped up by the club's medical staff, ensuring justice was served before the poison could claim its victim.