“Look at the date,” she said.

The request had been filed six days before the collapse.

It described cracked supports, dangerous movement in a loading-bay beam, and a recommendation to close that section until an engineer could inspect it.

A red stamp across the top read RECEIVED.

“Where did you get this?” Vincent asked.

“Tommy mailed it to himself.

He said he was afraid the original would disappear.”

Below the stamp was the receiving clerk’s initials, and beside them another handwritten notation: W.