Chapter 338

At dusk

As soon as Mirabella arrived home, she noticed the new surveillance cameras mounted by the front door and several infrared scanners placed high on the walls. Raising an eyebrow, she swiftly approached the devices. Those guys’s movements were efficient.

In the house, she paused at the smart home system installed in the foyer, tapping the screen with her fingertip.

Shawn, who had been leading the way, saw his daughter examining the security panel and circled back. “Oh, I forgot to mention. A couple of guys came by this afternoon to upgrade the security system.”

“Mm–hmm,” Mirabella responded, retracting her hand from the device.

“This new system has more bells and whistles than the old one I installed, but I’ll be darned if I can figure out half of them,” Shawn confessed, with a hint of frustration in his voice. The technicians had only shown him the basics, and after an entire afternoon fiddling with the app. he was still none the wiser.

Hearing this, Mirabella raised an eyebrow. “Let’s go inside. I’ll show you how it works.”

“Alright.”

and followed his daughter into the living room. Sitting down, he pulled out his phone, launched the app, and showed her a few features, saying, “See these? I haven’t dared to

and began explaining the functions in simple terms. Twenty minutes later, she pressed her

at his daughter sheepishly. “Am I just too old–fashioned for this stuff?”

you. It’s the software – it’s too

felt vindicated. “Right?! I knew it was too complicated. Your mother insists I’m just being dense.”

silently nodded, letting the

a brilliant daughter like you?” Shawn puffed

Fine, if that was what you wanted to believe.

review materials Nick had sent arrived.

forwarded one of the boxes to her place.

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be delivered the same

be rude to refuse again, she accompanied Jenna to her home after school

a quaint, vintage–style cottage – a type of home typically inhabited by the well–established local families.

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