Chapter 9 - The Locks
The smart-home audit became critical.
Chloe had administrator credentials I knowingly gave her.
That was normal.
We were married.
She ran the house.
But the secondary profile was not normal.
Account:
C.H. Residence Services.
Created by Derek at Chloe’s request.
It allowed control over interior locks without generating alerts to my main account.
Why?
Chloe told Derek I traveled internationally and did not want:
“constant dementia alerts.”
Derek believed her.
The log showed Eleanor’s bedroom locked from the outside dozens of times.
Some for twenty minutes.
Some for hours.
The longest:
Nine hours and seventeen minutes.
Overnight.
Mom remembered that night.
“I needed the bathroom.”
Her room had an en suite.
Thank God.
“What happened?”
“I kept knocking.”
“Did anyone come?”
“Maya did in the morning.”
Maya had no code then.
She called Chloe.
Chloe said Eleanor accidentally enabled privacy mode.
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The lock model did not have an occupant-controlled privacy function that worked that way.
Another lie.
