What came next was an argument over preservation.

The company had received a request to delete all recordings from the previous month.

The request had been submitted after my hospitalization, using credentials associated with the Callahan household.

That fact frightened me almost as much as the fall.

Someone had been willing to erase whatever the system held before anyone outside the house could inspect it.

But the request had not immediately destroyed everything.

A retention hold was placed after the company received notice of the investigation.