CHAPTER 4 — THE NIGHT EVERYTHING EXPOSED ITSELF
That night, I set up the living room camera.
Not hidden.
Not illegal.
Just open.
Visible.
Honest.
I told everyone I was upgrading security.
No one questioned it.
Except Richard.
He stared at it longer than anyone else.
Just for a second.
But long enough.
Chloe was sent to bed early.
Meredith was in the kitchen.
And Richard stayed behind after dinner.
“Everything alright, Dad?” I asked casually.
He smiled.
A controlled smile.
“Yes, of course.”
But his eyes didn’t match it.
That night, I waited.
And I didn’t have to wait long.
At 2:17 a.m., the motion alert triggered.
I opened the feed.
Chloe’s room.
Dark.
Still.
Then—
A shadow in the hallway.
Slow movement.
Careful steps.
Richard.
My breath didn’t change.
But something inside me went completely cold.
I watched him stop at her door.
Pause.
Then open it.
And I didn’t move.
Not yet.
Because now I had what I needed.
May you like
Not suspicion.
Proof.
