“I have the footage.”
“All of it?”
“One hundred and twenty-six days.”
“Do not edit, copy, or send anything yet.”
“I already created an encrypted backup before I left Australia.”
There was a brief pause.
“That may have saved the case.”
I told her about Thomas.
She asked whether he had access to the house.
“He has keys, financial authority, and access to every Hale account.”
“Then we need to move quickly.”
I opened another recording.
Thomas entered my mother’s bedroom at 11:42 p.m.
He wore gloves.