My jaw slacked, my eyes fixed on the window where the sprinkles had turned to rain. A shiver ripped up my spine as I death-gripped the phone.
“Are you sure?”
“As sure as the fact that Dr. Rose Floris has a stalker.”
Astalker.The words grabbed my throat, choking the air from my windpipe.
Astalkerwho’d broken into my house.
My pulse started to race.
“Was the recorder on?”
“Yep, 24/7 streaming if I had to guess.”
“It wasstreaming?How?”
“It’s a wireless recorder. Once your stalker?—”
“Please stop saying that.”
“Okay, once thedude who secretly wanted to video yougot into your house, he used your own Wi-Fi to connect to the internet.”
“And then what?”
“Probably went home and popped a boner and a bottle of Bordeaux.”
“You’re sick, you know that?”
“Hey, I’ve never spied on a woman.”
“I can’t believe this,” I muttered, shaking my head.
Andrew continued. “Hey, at least we know it wasn’t Crazy Carl, right?”
Carl’s tortured body flashed before my eyes, giving me a dose of nausea along with my racing heart.
“Anyway, I assume the guy set up the camera to streamthrough one of those live streaming apps, then went home, logged in, and voila.”
“Using my own internet connection.”
“Yep. If I were you, first thing I’d do when I got home was cut the internet.”
“Is there a way to trace the computer that the recorder is connected to? Maybe we could find out who it is that way?”
“Well, technically yes,butif this guy knowsanythingabout technology, or if he’s done this before, or if he’s even a bit intelligent, he’s probably got it routed to a fake IP address. Super easy to do.”
“Dammit.”
“Yeah. Anyway, I’ve got the recorder. Wanna see it?”
“Yes, of course.” My head started to spin. “Can you have your brother check it for prints?”
“If I were you, I’d call the cops and let them handle it.”
“Yeahright,Andrew, this will rank right below last weekend’s liquor store thief.”
Andrew laughed. “No, gerbils were stolen last weekend. And I don’t want to know what someone is going to do with twenty gerbils from the pet shop. Maybe we could ask your stalker.”
