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Yes, my... It's Daniel Barrett.

My password is "Lacy214."

Thank you, Mr. Barrett. Are you

currently experiencing a break-in?

Uh, I don't think so.

I don't know.

We were sleeping,

the alarm went off.

Uh, I'm at the keypad now.

Uh, it's not telling me

what sensor was tripped.

- You there?

- Yes. Yes, Mr. Barrett.

We believe this was a false alarm

due to a system malfunction.

What kind of malfunction?

What sensor was tripped?

- All of them.

- What?

The system is reporting

that all eight entry points to the house

were breached at the same time.

I don't understand.

How is that possible?

We're not sure what happened either,

but we'll send someone out tomorrow

at 9:
00 a. m. to check your system.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

OK. Thank you.

They said it was a false alarm.

A system malfunction.

Daniel, what's happening?

Mr. Barrett, have you talked

to your children about this?

Yeah... They both said

they were asleep.

And you're sure

they're telling you the truth?

Hey, I've got kids, too. Right?

I mean, they do stuff like this to get

your attention, then they lie about it.

Happens all the time.

It's no reflection on you as a parent.

Oh.

I understand how that can happen,

but this doesn't seem

like one of those things.

My wife doesn't feel safe

in the house right now.

Listen, I know this can be tough,

but... is there any reason

for either of your children

to be angry with you or your wife?

Any... discord in the family?

Kids have a way

of picking up on these things.

Excuse me, Mr. Barrett?

I'm all through here.

I couldn't find anything

wrong with the system.

So what set it off?

Well, it could be any number of things.

It's technical.

Bottom line, though, I don't think

anybody actually tried to get in.

Look, do either of you have

anything that you want to tell us?

Like what?

Um...

Uh, look,

we know things have been

a little strained around here lately.

And... when that happens,

that can create feelings

towards us that, um...

It's about the photos, isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Did either of you take them?

We were sleeping.

How could we take them?

Sammy?

Sam, did you have that dream again?

About the Sandman?

What dream?

Samuel...

...did the Sandman take the photos?

It's OK. You can tell us.

I can't.

What's going on, Lace?

What do you mean, you can't?

He told me not to say.

Daniel, stop.

I don't care about the photos right now.

Daniel, are we gonna talk about this?

Now you want to talk?

When were you gonna tell me

he was having these dreams?

I didn't think it was a big deal.

- Kids have nightmares.

- Yeah.

Yeah. They don't act them out, though.

Obviously, I was wrong.

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