That is what made him unanswerable.

Chapter 11 — The Cameras

Once Don Ernesto placed that SUV in the alley, the investigation had a thread to pull, and the detectives pulled it.

Traffic cameras and nearby business surveillance footage were subpoenaed.

One camera had caught my father’s Lincoln Navigator heading toward the industrial district that night.

Another had captured its license plate turning down the exact street near the supermarket.

And one clear, high-definition frame showed my father, unmistakably, behind the wheel.