Page 58 of Family Bonds- Jarrett & Andi

“Do you know if anything is missing?” Jarrett asked.

“I’ll find out, but first I’m going to pull up the security cameras. I’ll know when they were shut off and wanted to make sure I did this all while the police were involved.”

“Why?” his cousin Kelsey asked, as she stepped into the room holding her dog in her arms.

“Because you don’t want to worry about any tampering. Van would know this. It keeps the investigation cleaner.”

Van pulled his laptop out and they saw exactly when the alarms were shut off. They’d have no idea when the person left since they weren’t turned back on. Whoever it was knew the code to get into the house and the alarms.

“Who set up this system, do you know?” Mac asked.

“I’ve got a card here somewhere. I’ll call and see if they can see something I’m not able to.” Van went through the videos and tried to scan any movement in the front and didn’t see anything. No one coming through the front of the property.

“Go back,” Jarrett said. “Lights flickered there.”

Van rewound and noticed on another screen that the motion lights in the back came on, but an animal could have caused that. Only no one thought so when it was a minute before his alarm went off.

“There is a door to the garage back there. You need a key for it,” Van said.

“Which might explain how someone got in,” Jarrett said. It was the first thing that came to his mind.

“Do you know anyone that your grandfather might have given a key to?” Kelsey asked. “I’m positive my father knew how to get in the house, but he was at the wedding and he’d never do that.”

“I have no idea,” Van said. “I’m going to see if I can notice any activity in the last few days around the house.”

There wasn’t far to go to see a face show up on his front porch and then move back before it could trip the fact someone was there on his phone.

“Who is that?” Mac asked.

“My father,” Van said.

“Why is your father here?” Kelsey asked.

“Your guess is as good as mine,” Van said.

“Have you had any communication with your father?” Mac asked. “Any reason he’d be here and walk on your porch and not even ring the bell or knock?”

If Jarrett thought that was odd he wasn’t sharing that fact either. He wasn’t one to judge someone’s personal life.

“No to it all,” Van said. “But I’ll find out.”

“Are you going to call him now?” Kelsey asked. It was seven at this point.

“No,” Van said. “I’ll call tomorrow. If it’s him I’m not giving him the satisfaction of my knowing he was here. Didn’t you say you can track the dock cameras?”

“We can,” Mac said. “But that won’t stop him from leaving.”

“Something in my gut says he wouldn’t come in and look around and leave. Again, the alarms were shut off. A key had to be used. He’d have none of that. It’s not him that was in the house.”

“Are you sure?” Kelsey asked.

“Positive. There is another reason he’s here and right now I can’t deal with him and this. I’ve got to focus on who was in my house. We aren’t staying though. Let’s change and go back to your house tonight.”

“Probably smart,” Jarrett said. “Let us know if you think of anything else.” There wasn’t much more for them to do. Nothing had been damaged, nothing missing. Mac and he would both log the call and file a report.

“I will,” Van said.

Jarrett drove Mac home and then returned to Andi’s.

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