“There’s something else. I turned on the baby monitor before they came.”
“We haven’t installed it.”
“I placed the camera on the bookshelf last month. I thought we could test it before the baby arrived. It records to the cloud.”
My heart began pounding.
“Did it record tonight?”
“I think so.”
I pulled out my phone, downloaded the monitor application, and entered the password Emily gave me.
The footage loaded.
At first, the camera showed the empty living room.
Then the front door opened.
My mother entered with my sisters.
They did not behave like guests.
They moved like people searching a crime scene.
Brittany checked beneath couch cushions. Kayla opened drawers. Lily walked toward the hallway carrying a small screwdriver.
Then Teresa appeared in front of the camera.
Her voice was perfectly clear.
“Find the blue envelope before Ethan gets home. Once that baby is born, we lose our chance.”
