Hailey — What the Neighbor’s Camera Revealed
“Can it be our garden too?” she asked.
“Absolutely.”
She dug a hole, placed a flower in it, and patted the soil with her hands.
For a while she was simply a little girl playing outside, not a witness in an investigation or a child recovering from injury.
I watched her hands and thought about the camera image that had haunted me for weeks.
That image showed fear.
This one showed concentration and pride.