"I have something you haven't seen."
She opened the original video.
Denise watched.
The recording began almost five minutes earlier than the viral clip.
Reigns appeared.
Before Denise entered the store.
He walked directly toward Crystal's Boutique.
He spoke privately with Linda Mercer.
Linda nodded.
Reigns disappeared from view.
Less than a minute later, Denise entered.
Denise's breathing stopped.
"He was already there."
Tiana nodded.
"My cousin was arrested here last month. I started recording Reigns whenever I saw him."
Denise watched the footage again.
The timeline destroyed Reigns's explanation.
He hadn't simply responded to an unexpected theft.
He had been there beforehand.
Talking to store management.
Preparing.
Planning.
The question was:
Why?
Follow the Money
Maya had lost her phone during the attack.
But she had automatic cloud backups.
Investigators later recovered data connected to attempted access on the device.
That led them to Officer James Martinez.
Martinez was one of Reigns's closest associates.
With proper warrants, investigators obtained communications.
The evidence was devastating.
Emails connected Reigns to Greenwood executives.
Messages discussed arrest numbers.
Several referenced "target groups."
Financial documents showed transfers between Greenwood-linked businesses and New Horizon Supervision Services.
Then came one email.
It was short.
Cold.
And unforgettable.
Higher enforcement gives us stronger conversion into supervised cases. Keep mall numbers up.
Denise stared at the sentence.
People weren't people anymore.
They were numbers.
Arrests.
Fees.
Probation payments.
Revenue.
Carla assembled the legal evidence.
Maya organized the financial records.
Tiana preserved the original video.
Reverend Green gathered witness statements.
And Denise built the timeline.