Chapter 4 - THE WOMAN WHO KNEW SHE WAS BEING WATCHED

The room went completely silent.

The video kept playing.

Evelyn stood beside the drink table, staring directly at the small camera hidden above the pantry door.

Then she smiled.

Not a nervous smile.

Not a confused smile.

A confident smile.

The kind of smile someone gives when they already know the outcome.

Daniel slowly turned toward me.

“She knew.”

My voice was barely a whisper.

“She knew about the camera.”

We watched the footage again.

This time slower.

Evelyn looked around the backyard.

She waited until nobody was close.

Then she reached into her pocket.

A small white packet appeared in her hand.

She opened it.

Dropped something into Ethan’s tea.

And stirred it.

But before walking away, she looked up.

Straight into the lens.

Then she smiled.

My stomach twisted.

“She wanted us to find it,” Daniel said.

“What?”

“She wanted us to think we caught her.”

I looked at him.

“Why would someone do that?”

Daniel didn’t answer.

Because he already knew.

His mother had spent years playing games with people.

She never moved without a reason.

Suddenly, my phone rang.

Unknown number.

I answered.

“Hello?”

Silence.

Then a voice.

A voice I recognized.

Evelyn.

“You two are watching the footage right now, aren’t you?”

My blood went cold.

Daniel grabbed the phone.

“How did you get this number?”

She laughed softly.

“Daniel, you always were too emotional.”

“Where are you?”

“Does it matter?”

“You hurt my son.”

“No.”

Her voice became sharper.

“Your son hurt himself.”

Daniel froze.

“What did you say?”

“I told him not to drink it.”

“That’s a lie.”

“Is it?”

She paused.

Then continued.

“You should be careful accusing people, Daniel. Sometimes the person who looks guilty isn’t the one who loses.”

The call ended.

Daniel stared at the phone.

“She’s threatening us.”

I looked at the camera footage again.

There was something bothering me.

“Wait.”

Daniel looked at me.

“What?”

“Go back.”

I pointed at the screen.

“Right before she puts something in the tea.”

The video replayed.

Evelyn reached into her pocket.

But behind her…

There was someone else.

Standing near the back door.

Watching.

A shadow.

A person we hadn’t noticed before.

Daniel zoomed in.

The image became blurry.

But the shape was clear.

Someone had been there.

Someone else knew.

And that meant one terrifying possibility.

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