Chapter 428

Katie described, “He’s around thirty, about 180 centimeters in height, medium build, with blond curly hair. I’ve seen him several times, even at night.”

At this, Anastasia’s alarm bells went off. “Katie, why didn’t you say something before? When did you start seeing him?”

“I didn’t think much of it at first, so I forgot to mention it,” Katie recalled. “I think it was about a month ago. I saw him climbing out of our backyard. I thought he was a burglar, so I confronted him. He said he dropped something in our yard and was retrieving it. I didn’t suspect anything at the time. But last night, I saw him lurking around our front door again.”

“Let’s check the surveillance footage,” Anastasia suggested quickly.

They hadn’t lost anything from the house recently, so it didn’t seem like burglary.

Salma admitted, “I’ve never seen him.” If it hadn’t been for Katie’s disclosure, Anastasia would have been completely unaware.

Anastasia pulled up the surveillance footage and searched for the time Katie mentioned. Sure enough, the footage showed a man skulking around their front door.

The man was wearing a hat and a mask. He climbed into the yard around nine o’clock the previous evening, sat on the porch steps for a while, and then climbed back out.

was puzzled. He climbed in but didn’t steal anything. What was he doing?

last night. I was

did you hear anything

Salma shook her head. “Not a sound.”

the door. I only saw him climb out of the yard

screen, deep in thought. “Who is this man?” She didn’t recognize him. She watched the footage again and again

lost anything or not, Anastasia had to tell Herman about the intruder. This was not a

“Katie said she first saw this man lurking around our house about a

dropping Pattie at school, was on his way

held his tongue, not wanting to embarrass her in front of

and handed the screenshot to Dailey.

Salstrom Manor.

since she returned last night, Grannie Anita had felt uneasy. She had made a mess of things. Julie had ended up in bed with Joseph. Julie was supposed to be interested in Herman. Now Grannie Anita was worried about what Julie might

what’s the matter?” Feiman was about to leave the house. Seeing his mother sitting on the living room sofa, lost

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