The next morning, Odette woke up and the camera in the vent was gone. She had destroyed it last night, stomped on it. Now the vent was empty, just a dark hole.
She stared at it for a long time, then got dressed for college.
She had Lit class again, but Professor Harris was in hospital, so class was canceled. She sat in library instead, trying to do homework, but her hand kept shaking.
Her phone buzzed at 10 am.
Unknown: I removed all cameras from your room. You can check.
She did not reply. She went back to the mansion at noon to check. She looked in Teddy's eye, in the vent, behind the mirror, under the desk. Nothing. She even checked the bathroom mirror.
No cameras.
For the first time in a week, she felt like she could breathe in her own room.
At 2 pm, Mara knocked. "Miss Sterlin
