He found internal communications.
Dozens of messages.
Inspection reports.
Resident complaints.
Enforcement schedules.
And then he found her.
Kelly Mason.
President of the Oakridge HOA.
Her name appeared repeatedly.
Nick read message after message.
Then he found one written three days before the attack.
He read it twice.
Then a third time.
The message contained one sentence:
If the city won't do it, we will.
Nick stopped breathing for a moment.
Allison appeared in the doorway.
She looked at the screen.
"She sent them," Allison whispered.
Nick turned toward her.
"We need to prove it."
Allison looked through the hospital window at their son.
"No."
Nick waited.
"We need to make sure nobody can ever do this to another child."
That changed everything.
The Evidence
Nick contacted an old college friend who worked in satellite data analysis.
Within hours, he obtained imagery of Oakridge Drive.