“Is that all?” Adrian asked the man in charge of the surveillance in his house.

“Yes, sir.”

“How is that possible? I want to see the gate area,” he commanded.

The surveillance operator nodded and typed quickly on his keyboard, bringing up the footage of the gate area. The screen flickered for a moment before displaying the view of the gate from earlier that day.

Adrian watched intently, his eyes scanning for any sign of the mysterious man. The footage showed Lopez hurrying to the gate, her father briefly coming into view before she led him towards the back of the house.

"Pause it," Adrian ordered.

The operator paused the...