She looked surprised.

“I know what you’re thinking,” Vincent added.

“There was a time I would have sent two men to find Ortega.

That’s why I hired you to stop me from doing that.”

Elena distributed a timeline.

Six days before the collapse, Thomas had filed his urgent inspection request.

Three days later, the port received a letter declaring the building safe for continued operations.

The letter bore the signature of an engineer named Rachel Kim.