And now, the missing videos, good for them, bad for her.

He did not yet know the exact mechanism.

But he understood the shape of it completely: someone was building a case that his daughter was disturbed, unmanageable, in need of being sent away, and someone wanted her sent away in order to get at the house that belonged to her.

His six-year-old was not the obstacle to the scheme.

His six-year-old was the target of it.

And at that exact moment, Sarah stepped out of the kitchen, holding a mug, wearing a bright and easy smile.