Chapters (40)
- Title page
- PROLOGUE
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- CHAPTER TEN
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- CHAPTER NINETEEN
- CHAPTER TWENTY
- CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
- CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
- CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
- CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
- CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
- CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
- CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
- CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
- CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
- CHAPTER THIRTY
- CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
- CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
- CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
- CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
- CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
- CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
- CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
- EPILOGUE
Right, so I found the corresponding text from after the caterer incident, at five forty-six a.m. She told one of her staffers that she wanted to look into a new catering company because the current one was incompetent. So we know the text matches her expected location. She sent multiple other texts throughout the night, all very demanding, most unpleasant. I wont depress you with the details. But there were two in particular I wanted to draw your attention to.
He punched up a new screen that included the texts with their timestamp and what appeared to be locations on the estate.
So, he continued, other than these two texts its basically impossible to verify Salters location at the time they were sent. Despite their vitriol, they either werent specific enough or nowhere near a camera. But these are different.
He enlarged one text. It read: Busters wreaking havoc. Getting complaints. Dont need a lawsuit. Kick him out. The timestamp was 2:57 a.m.
Now look, he said.
He played a video time stamped 3:04 a.m. from the South House main entrance. It showed the door open and a portly, balding man being escorted forcefully to an area to the west of the roundabout, where several taxis were waiting. He was placed in one, which pulled out seconds later.
What did I just see? Jessie asked.
That was Buster Catalano, the comedian.
The guy who does impressions of people no one cares about, Karen added.
Right, Jamil said. Hes also notorious for being grabby. Hes been sued for sexual harassment twice. It appears that he was up to his old tricks and Salter wasnt happy about it. In fact, she was so unhappy that she personally supervised his removal from the estate.
He recentered the image and magnified it to show a figure standing in the doorway, watching Buster being taken away. The face was cut off because of the camera angle but the business suit and doily scarf were visible. Jamil looked over at Jessie proudly.
We couldnt mark her location with facial recognition earlier because there was no face to recognize.
Thats good, Jamil, she said, really good. Whats the other text?
Jamil pulled that one up. It read: Be there in 2 min. It was from 3:13 a.m.
So I checked to see what she was replying to, Jamil said. And it was this.
He pulled up a text from someone named Mary Proul. It read: Grease fire extinguished in the kitchen. Ugly mess. Smoky. Please advise.
This is what we see a few minutes after that, he said, zooming in on a small open space between the junctions of the South House and East House. According to the house plans, thats the side door of the service kitchen.