The software allowed someone with the correct credentials to control the computer without sitting in front of it. Its connection logs pointed toward an address used by an outside contractor. That contractor had been hired through Nolan’s office.
Daniel spread the report across the table. “This does not prove Nolan installed it. But it undermines the claim that the purchase must have been made by you.”
I traced the timestamp with one finger. At 2:13 a.m. I had been holding Dad’s hand, listening to the monitor and promising him I would look after the company. I had not known that somewhere else, someone was making my computer speak in my name.
The backup phone was next. Its number had been linked to the purchase, but billing records showed it had been inactive for weeks. The carrier’s records suggested the number had been reassigned through a process that investigators now wanted to examine.
