Chapter 14 - The House Footage
My home-security system had been installed for burglary prevention.
Exterior cameras.
Entry points.
One hallway.
My office entrance.
No cameras inside private bedrooms.
The footage Claire copied did not show every crime.
It showed access.
Vanessa and Marcus entering my office at 11:43 p.m.
Marcus leaving at 12:26.
Vanessa remaining.
Then re-entering with a document scanner.
That timeline matched file metadata.
Another clip from two weeks earlier showed Vanessa letting Marcus into the house while I was in Chicago.
She later told me she had spent that evening alone.
Why lie about an innocent consultation?
Her lawyers argued privacy.
Investigators looked for corroboration.
They found it in texts.
Marcus:
Need the old Whitmore execution packet.
Vanessa:
Office cabinet.
Marcus:
Locked?
Vanessa:
Not for me.
May you like
There are sentences people spend fortunes explaining afterward.
That was one.
