Chapter 11 - The PhotographClara stared at the photograph for nearly a minute.
Her first instinct was to throw it away.
Instead, she turned it over again.
The Sterling estate appeared in the picture at night.
One upstairs window had been circled in red.
On the back was a second message:
"Ask Marcus about the missing footage."
Clara's pulse quickened.
She called Marcus.
He answered immediately.
"Clara?"
"Someone sent me a photograph."
Silence.
Then Marcus asked quietly:
"What photograph?"
When she described it, his voice changed.
"Don't tell Daniel yet."
"Why?"
"Because there's something I never told him."
Clara sat down.
"What?"
Marcus took a breath.
"The camera system didn't lose any footage."
"Then what happened?"
"Someone accessed the archive before I did."
"Who?"
Marcus whispered:
"An administrator-level account."
Clara looked toward the dark bookstore windows.
"Whose account?"
Marcus didn't answer.
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Because he didn't know.
And that frightened him more than anything.
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