Chapter 10 - Clover Contains Claire’s Backup
Emma slept with Clover every night.
The rabbit had a stitched blue ear.
Inside that seam, Ortiz found a tiny encrypted USB drive.
Claire had hidden it there.
Not in the camera.
In the toy beside it.
The drive contained consent forms.
Device IDs.
Internal emails.
Screenshots of remote-access dashboards.
And a recorded statement from Claire.
“If you’re seeing this, I either filed the complaint or I didn’t get the chance.”
I had to stop the video.
Her voice was too familiar.
Claire explained that the system itself had legitimate clinical uses.
The abuse came from retention.
Access that should have expired remained active.
Some employees used old feeds for testing.
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Others accessed them without documented clinical reason.
Children’s bedrooms had become data nobody properly deleted.
