He held each page directly under the brass desk lamp, turning them until he reached my scanned tax returns.

He took out a small digital camera, took clear photographs of my tax forms, and returned the papers to the drawer before stepping out of the room.

“He did this four separate times between October and December,” Samuel said.

“Your father set up the motion-sensor camera after he noticed files moving in the desk drawers.”

“Did he watch these videos while he was sick?” I asked.

“He watched every frame,” Samuel said, closing the video window on his screen.