Chapter 6 - THE CALL SERENA HID
The mystery deepened when James checked the household security footage.
It showed Serena receiving a delivery that morning.
Small padded envelope.
No bakery logo.
She carried it directly into the kitchen.
Then deleted the delivery notification from the shared household tablet.
James stared at the screen.
“Why delete this?”
Serena’s face tightened.
“Because it was personal.”
“What was in the envelope?”
She said nothing.
Emily sat nearby with a blanket around her shoulders.
James replayed the footage.
The envelope was about the right size for the vial.
Not proof.
But enough to demand an explanation.
Then Serena’s phone rang.
She declined the call.
James saw the name.
Nathan Bell.
He recognized it.
Serena’s former business partner.
The same man she claimed she had not spoken to in months.
James looked at her.
“Answer it.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“It has nothing to do with this.”
The phone rang again.
Emily looked up.
Serena silenced it.
James’s expression changed.
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The unexplained vial was now connected to at least one lie.
And lies had a way of making every innocent explanation harder to believe.
