Scarlett POV
I went back inside and pulled up the security footage. Delaney followed me into the study.
“Are you sure this is going to help?”
“I need to know if he’s lying.”
I found the recording from last night and hit play.
Jaxen appeared on the screen, walked into the house, and left a short while later.
I checked the timestamps. He hadn’t stayed nearly as long as I’d thought.
A few minutes later, he came back, this time carrying the first-aid kit.
I stared at the screen.
Delaney leaned in. “He really did come back.”
The camera didn’t show what happened inside the bedroom, but it showed enough.
Jaxen hadn’t been hanging around for hours. He’d come in, gone upstairs, left, then returned just for the first-aid kit.
Maybe I’d been wrong.
I hated admitting it.
Jaxen had gi
