FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED
ELLA'S POV
I spent the following morning continuing my own careful, independent review of everything Vera had shown me, understanding that while Jason's security logs had already provided compelling evidence contradicting the messages' claimed timeline, something about the actual technical presentation of those fabricated messages continued nagging at my analytical attention.
"I keep looking at this," I told Delia, spreading printed copies of the message screenshots across her kitchen table with the same careful, methodical focus I'd once applied to identifying Cross's original financial manipulation. "Something about the formatting feels slightly off, though I can't quite articulate exactly