Someone had been watching her.
The officers searched the passage and found a second device, along with a small flashlight and several discarded food wrappers.
There was no intruder in the house, but it was now clear that someone had entered the hidden space recently.
When Camilla was asked whether she had enemies or anyone who might want to frighten her, she could think of no one.
Then Edoardo asked about her father’s belongings.
“Did you keep his documents?”
“Most of them. Why?”
“Did he own anything besides this house?”
Camilla shook her head.
“Not that I know of.”
But that evening, while officers continued their investigation, she remembered something her father had told her shortly before his death.
He had been sitting in the living room, looking unusually serious.
“If anyone ever asks you to sell this house, don’t agree until you’ve checked the basement.”
At the time, Camilla had assumed he was simply being sentimental.
