“A bottle. Not necessarily that bottle. And footage can be manipulated.”

Nora began to cry. Lily stood completely still. Then the child tugged Graham’s sleeve. Her small hands moved. Pretty lady hid another thing.

What thing?

Tiny black eye. Lily pointed toward Vanessa’s purse.

Dana seized it before Vanessa could move. Inside the lining, beneath a torn seam, she found a miniature electronic device — a remote access drive. Dana connected it to her secured laptop.

The screen filled with copied passwords, camera controls, edited security files, and documents prepared for Graham’s incapacity hearing. Then another file appeared: a video taken from a camera Vanessa had installed inside Nora’s room.