Cole's POV
The fake evidence went live at eleven on Tuesday night.
Catherine had planted it in a discoverable email server that looked like it belonged to the fabricated law firm. The metadata was clean enough to pass basic checks and messy enough to fail under scrutiny. We had tested it three times. Every test came back the same. Surface verification: convincing. Forensic analysis: obvious fabrication.
Now we waited to see if Victor took the bait.
I was in my office reviewing Daniel's testimony notes when Marcus called.
"Rachel Simmons just left Zara's apartment. She was inside for forty minutes. Audio picked up a conversation about legal consultations and contract negotiations. Zara mentioned the attorney's name twice."
"Did Rachel record it?"
"Phone shows an active voice memo app
