Chapter 3 - The Children Saw SomethingMason had been crying in the hallway.
Suddenly, he stopped.
The eight-year-old stared toward the corridor leading to the kitchen.
“Dad…”
Daniel crouched beside him.
“What is it?”
“Grandma went downstairs earlier.”
Vivian immediately stiffened.
“Mason, enough.”
Daniel looked at his son.
“What did you see?”
“I was looking for my soccer shoes.”
Vivian stepped forward.
“He's upset. Don't drag him into this.”
But Mason shook his head.
“I saw Grandma near Elena's locker.”
The room went silent.
The officer looked at Vivian.
Vivian's face hardened.
“I was looking for the necklace,” she said. “That proves nothing.”
Technically, she was right.
A child's memory could be confused.
The necklace was still inside Elena's locker.
The police still had evidence.
Daniel knew one thing with certainty:
He needed something stronger than suspicion.
Then Caleb tugged his father's sleeve.
“The little camera sees downstairs, right?”
Daniel froze.
Six months earlier, during renovations, contractors had repeatedly entered the service hallway.
So Daniel had installed a small security camera above the rear staircase.
His mother had complained about it.
Daniel had almost forgotten it existed.
Now he looked toward the hallway.
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The camera was still there.
And it covered the lockers.
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