Chapter 8 - Victor Had Never Really Left
Noah was safely at home.
Victor had only photographed the daycare entrance.
Police stopped him.
He claimed Rachel had hired him to investigate the Mercer family.
Rachel denied it.
The contract appeared genuine, and payment came from an old account in her name.
But Michael also had authority on that account.
Michael had secretly hired Victor while making it appear Rachel had done so.
He wanted Victor to map the Mercer family’s connections to the old insurance money.
He didn’t realize Victor himself had reasons to find the missing ledger.
Investigators then discovered the manipulated photograph on Rachel’s camera had been edited using software connected to Victor’s company.
The remote access came from Charles’s study during the party.
Security footage finally captured Victor climbing through the study window.
He had been inside the mansion while everyone was focused on Noah.
Victor had installed the hidden nursery camera days earlier during a vendor walkthrough.
He wanted to monitor what happened if Michael approached Rachel.
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The shadow upstairs was Michael.
The person secretly watching everyone else was Victor.
