Without wasting a moment, I pointed towards the camera that we had strategically placed and declared,
"First, I need to get that off from there."
I quickly stacked up chairs to reach the camera.
As I cautiously climbed onto the makeshift platform to retrieve the camera, a sense of unease washed over me when I noticed that it wasn't blinking as it should.
I took it off the wall, my eyes widening almost immediately.
I exclaimed, "Why is this off?"
The realization sank in that the camera had been deliberately turned off.
"Someone turned it off!" I stated with a mix of frustration.
"It must be the same person who took the book," Mark deduced. I nodded in agreement, the gravity of the situation sinking in.
"If they knew we planted a camera—” I began, panic seeping into my words.
