Chapter 6 - Reviewing High Definition Security Footage In The Den
While we waited for the squad cars to arrive, I helped my mother inside to the main sitting room and poured her a glass of warm tea.
Bianca remained outside on the patio, pacing back and forth like a caged animal trapped in a hunter’s sights.
“Julian,” my mother whispered, touching my hand gently. “The cameras... did the outdoor security system capture it?”
My eyes lit up as I remembered the ultra-high-definition panoramic lenses installed around the pool perimeter last month.
“Every single second, Mom,” I said, walking over to the oak desk in the corner and opening the master surveillance laptop.
I logged into the cloud server, pulled up the timeline for the exact hour, and hit play on the panoramic video file.
The screen crisply displayed Bianca standing over the pool edge, pressing her shoe against my mother’s fingers with a cold smile.
The audio captured her chilling words crystal clear: Because after I marry Julian, this house is mine.
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Followed shortly by: After the wedding, you won’t be alive long enough to complain.
I exported the file to a secure flash drive, feeling a grim sense of satisfaction settle deep within my chest.
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