All Chapters of My Blind Son, the Peeping Tom?!: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Someone was banging on my front door early in the morning."Mia! Tell that peeping Tom son of yours to come out and apologize to my daughter right now! I can't imagine what horrors he'll pull if he's already secretly watching my daughter while she's in the shower at such a young age!"I frowned and looked out the window. As expected, my neighbor, Penny Halpern, was standing at my front doorstep once again with her daughter, Monica Ritter.We'd only just moved in a week ago, but Penny had banged on my front door fiendishly late last night and accused my son, Benedict Geller, of peeping at Monica in the shower from his window.I raised Benedict myself. I knew he'd never do something like this, but Monica's red-rimmed, tear-filled eyes suggested otherwise."I saw him staring at me, and he even snapped pictures of me with his camera! I thought I'd been mistaken at first, then I found out he did this every day! It's creeping me out!" she wailed.Penny comforted Monica, then turned to

Penny waved the camera in the air and turned it on in front of everyone. All the photos in storage were of Monica, taken from the same angle."See? These are all sneaky shots of my daughter!" Penny held up the camera to my face. "Here's the undeniable proof you asked for. What do you have to say about it?"The neighbors egged her on. "He's crossed a line! We need to teach that creep a lesson!""There's a fine line between loving your kid and spoiling him. You may allow his depravity now, but society won't!""You'd better get your son to come home now and apologize for his crime!"Penny wiped her tears, interjecting, "If you delete these photos and compensate us, we can move on from this. I don't want this to get out, either… But if you refuse, I'll take your son to court!"Some of the neighbors praised Penny for her generosity and kindness. I, on the other hand, found this entire exchange hilarious. "This camera doesn't belong to my son. We've never had a camera in the house."F

A deathly hush filled the room.Penny's and Monica's eyes widened to the size of saucers, disbelief coloring their faces. The rest of the neighbors and the police officers froze, all of them too shocked to speak.It was as if the air around us had gone still. The neighbors who'd wanted the officers to teach me and Benedict a hard lesson now swallowed the rest of their words.I clutched Benedict's hand and felt his fingers curling slightly against my palm. He was nervous. I knew the accusations earlier must have scared him.Gently caressing the back of his hand with my thumb, I slowly looked up and swept my gaze over the crowd.I said evenly, "I told you there was no way my son would peep at anyone. I raised him, and I made sure to do it right so he wouldn't do something so despicable. More to the point, he's congenitally blind."I didn't raise my voice, but my cadence was clear and firm in this heavy silence.Turning to look at the police officers who'd gone still, I asked, "Now

Upon arriving at the police station, the officers immediately ran a forensic test on the camera. It wasn't long before the results came out.Neither mine nor Benedict's fingerprints were found on the camera, only Monica's and Penny's. More importantly, there were no records stating Benedict or I had purchased a camera, though the same couldn't be said for Penny. It was revealed that she'd bought that camera a year ago.The truth about those photos in the camera quickly came to light as well; the police found a drone in Penny's house.When I saw the drone, I immediately recalled how Benedict had recently told me he'd heard drone-like sounds at night. It aligned with the theory that Penny and Monica had used the drone to capture photos from a specific angle so they would look as if they were taken from Benedict's bedroom.After that, Penny and Monica transferred the photos from the drone to the camera. They then brought the camera with them and used the scuffle earlier as a smokesc