Chapter 12 - The Polaroid Photograph Reveals A Figure Standing Inside

Lying beneath a stack of old receipt stubs was a single, slightly faded polaroid photograph dated three days before Natalie’s death. Grant picked it up by the white border, bringing it closer to the dim attic desk lamp to inspect the details.
It was a shot of the lake house exterior taken from the shoreline dock, showing the dark timber porch and glass windows. But as Grant focused on the kitchen window pane reflecting the twilight sky, his breath caught sharply in his throat.
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There was someone standing inside the dark house, peering out through the glass directly toward the camera lens. Investigators had explicitly been told by the bride that nobody else had visited the property that entire weekend.
Grant’s hands trembled as he handed the photograph silently across the table to Rachel.
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