Chapter 8 - THE CAMERA ARCHIVE

Arthur preserved thirty days of security footage.
He and his lawyer reviewed activity around the art corridor.
Seraphina had repeatedly photographed:
inventory labels,
safe markings,
crate numbers,
insurance tags.
Not illegal in a house she expected to join.
Then one clip showed her holding Elena’s household inventory.
She tore off one page.
Put it in her purse.
Later that day, Julian Blake emailed Arthur’s assistant:
PROPOSED PHASE ONE TRANSFER LIST.
It contained six items from that exact page.
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Arthur had never sent it.
Someone had.