Chapter 6 - The Hidden Camera

Claire didn't scream, nor did she shed a single tear as her husband sold her out to protect his inheritance.
She simply turned toward the antique mahogany bookshelf standing near the grand piano in the corner of the room.
Sitting between two leather-bound law volumes was a subtle, black digital nanny cam disguised as a smart speaker.
Claire tapped her phone screen twice, casting a live cloud backup feed directly onto the living room’s eighty-inch television.
High-definition 4K video instantly played across the screen, complete with crystal-clear audio capture.
The video clearly showed Evelyn standing up, screaming at the baby, and bringing her open palm down hard across Emma’s face.
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It captured the loud THWACK of impact, followed by Mark doing nothing except sipping his water glass while the baby screamed.
The living room fell into a suffocating, absolute silence as Officer Davis’s face hardened into solid granite.