Chapter 6 - One Camera Never Stopped Recording
Most west-wing cameras had been disconnected.
One had not.
A small exterior camera above the service courtyard used a separate
backup system.
It captured the hallway window.
No audio.
Limited angle.
But enough.
Nathan watched Vanessa carry catered trays past the west wing toward
parties.
He watched delivery boxes arrive.
He watched Peter remove grocery bags intended for the family kitchen.
Then he watched Rosa leave the estate carrying a suitcase while Vanessa
stood in the doorway.
The timestamp matched Rosa’s termination.
Two days later, Peter wheeled four new locks through the service
entrance.
Nathan paused the footage.
“What locks?”
Security checked.
The girls’ bedroom doors had ordinary handles now.
But old screw marks showed additional hardware had once been installed
outside.
Nathan felt physically sick.
He asked the girls carefully, with a child specialist present.
Sophie answered.
“Mama Vanessa called them quiet locks.”
The locks were gone.
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Someone had removed them before Nathan came home.
The question was who knew he was coming.
