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Part 2<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Grant heard the sirens and froze. Then he looked through the window, saw blue lights flashing across the neighbors\u2019 cars, and let me go.<\/p>\n

Elaine set down her glass. \u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Before I could answer, Grant grabbed my phone from the counter and smashed it against the wall. \u201cShe called them. Dennis, lock the front door.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dennis finally stood up, irritated that the television had been interrupted. \u201cTell them it was an accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grant\u2019s confidence snapped back. He kicked the broken phone under a cabinet, wiped the stove with a towel, and shoved the ruined steak into the trash. Elaine poured wine onto the floor near me.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe slipped,\u201d Elaine said. \u201cShe was drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n

They rehearsed.<\/p>\n

Grant leaned close enough that I could smell whiskey on him. \u201cYou accuse me, and I\u2019ll tell them you attacked my mother. Three witnesses against one unstable wife. Who do you think they\u2019ll believe?\u201d<\/p>\n

The pounding on the front door shook the frame.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice! Open the door!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dennis unlocked it only after Grant arranged me beside the spilled wine. Four officers came in with body cameras running. Detective Mara Ruiz followed, her face controlled until she saw my hand.<\/p>\n

Grant spread his arms. \u201cThank God you\u2019re here. My wife had another episode.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elaine nodded gravely. \u201cShe burned herself, then started throwing things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mara looked at me. We had agreed on a phrase if I was in immediate danger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry dinner was disappointing,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n

Her expression hardened.<\/p>\n

One officer stepped between Grant and me. Another separated Elaine and Dennis. Grant started protesting, but Mara lifted her phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cInteresting story,\u201d she said. \u201cWould you like to hear yours?\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

She played the recording.<\/p>\n

Grant\u2019s voice filled the kitchen: Maybe now you\u2019ll learn not to ruin my dinner.<\/p>\n

Elaine\u2019s laughter followed. Dennis turning up the television sounded even louder than I remembered.<\/p>\n

All three faces went blank.<\/p>\n

Grant lunged for Mara\u2019s phone. Two officers slammed him against the refrigerator and cuffed him. Elaine shrieked that the footage was illegal. Dennis demanded a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Mara knelt beside me. \u201cAmbulance is outside. You\u2019re safe now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grant twisted in the officers\u2019 grip. \u201cThat camera is mine! This house is mine!\u201d<\/p>\n

I met his eyes. \u201cNo, Grant. It never was.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sentence terrified him more than the handcuffs.<\/p>\n

At the hospital, surgeons treated deep burns across my palm and fingers. Mara sat beside my bed while a forensic technician copied the cloud archive. The camera had recorded not only the assault, but Grant ordering his parents to fake evidence and destroy my phone.<\/p>\n

Then Mara opened another file.<\/p>\n

The camera\u2019s motion sensor had captured conversations from the previous week. Grant and Dennis had discussed shifting company money into shell accounts before filing for bankruptcy. Elaine had talked about forging my signature on a home-equity loan.<\/p>\n

Mara looked at me carefully. \u201cDid you know about this?\u201d<\/p>\n

I swallowed through the pain and smiled for the first time that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suspected it,\u201d I said. \u201cThat\u2019s why the camera was connected to more than the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

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