I waited.

She folded the towel again.

“Try to make things easier for him.”

That was the first time I noticed how consistently Marlene defended Daniel without actually answering my questions.

I wanted to believe she was simply protective of her son.

I had no idea how much she already knew.

PART 3 — THE CAMERA THAT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO MATTER

The camera was high on a bookshelf in the nursery.

Daniel installed it shortly after we brought our son home.