“Then ask her.”

It wasn’t a command to punish anyone.

It was a request for the truth.

Savannah had done her part by preserving what she could.

She would not chase the missing information on my behalf anymore.

Raymond answered when I called.

I asked him to preserve any existing records lawfully and to contact Clara for a voluntary conversation.

I told him not to access anyone’s private accounts, not to approach the children’s school, and not to turn this into a Mercer security operation.