Lily pointed her small hand toward the high brick wall of the detached garage.
Lily: Grandma makes videos with the little lights on the wall!
Emily turned her gaze toward the spot where her daughter was pointing carefully.
A sleek grey security camera was mounted high up under the roof line.
It was angled directly down at the lawn where the incident had taken place.
Emily realized instantly that the entire encounter had been captured on video stream.
David reached into his pocket and pulled out his smartphone to check notifications.
Emily stepped forward instantly and snatched the phone directly out of his hand.
David: Hey! Give that back, Emily! What are you doing?
Emily: You have full access to the house security system on this device!
David: You're overreacting, Emily! Put the phone down so we can talk like adults!
Emily: I am going to see exactly what happened before we talk about anything!
She unlocked the device rapidly using the pass code she had known for years.
She opened the security application and tapped on the garage camera folder.
Her fingers moved quickly across the glass screen as David tried to step closer.
Margaret's calm demeanor began to crack slightly as she watched Emily search.
The older woman took a step back, her hands fidgeting at her sides nervously.
Emily found the video folder labeled with today's date and timestamp recorded live.
Beside it was another file folder with a strange title saved in memory.
The folder was named with bold letters referring to custody and family estate legal claims.
Emily tapped the recent video file, allowing the high-definition recording to play back.
The footage was crystal clear under the bright afternoon sun illuminating the lawn.