One sleepless night, he finally opened the footage. What he saw shattered every assumption. Nina wasn’t careless—she was methodical. She performed precise physical exercises with Ethan, stretching and rotating his limbs with clinical focus, referencing notes she carried with her. He watched her cry silently while preparing bottles, composing herself before returning to the boys. He saw therapy equipment purchased with her own money, hours of unpaid work, and meticulous documentation. Then came the bath-time clip: Nina discovering a mark on Ethan’s scalp, photographing it instinctively, then deleting the evidence when she heard Jonathan’s car. Dr. Collins had said everything was fine—but it wasn’t.
