Chapter 8 - The Kitchen Camera Archive
Our camera system retained ninety days of local storage.
Older backups existed on a security server because my insurance company required enhanced retention around high-value property areas.
The kitchen was covered at entrances and major work surfaces.
Not every inch.
Investigators began with February.
The night before I became ill.
Nora entered the kitchen at 9:16 p.m.
Staff had already finished.
She remained thirteen minutes.
At 9:29, she left carrying a tray.
Two cups.
One for me.
One for herself.
She drank hers in the library.
I drank mine in my study.
Could a video show contamination?
No.
The critical area was partly obscured by the kitchen island.
Still:
She prepared both cups separately.
Mine on one side.
Hers on another.
Then carried them out.
December.
Same pattern.
October.
Again.
May you like
Not proof alone.
Pattern.
