“You saw it?”
“When the deputy searched his jacket. It fell on the evidence table.”
Lucas called the detective.
The matchbook came from Rhea’s Roadside Grill.
Across from Nora’s school.
Investigators pulled transaction footage.
One camera caught the intruder meeting another man four times over the previous month.
The second man wore a baseball cap.
His face appeared clearly only once.
Jojo recognized him.
A former associate of Denny’s.
The network tightened.
Still, Denny Ross remained out of reach.
No direct message.
No recorded instruction.
No payment clearly connected to him.
The man caught in the garage refused to cooperate.
For the first three days.
Then investigators showed him the conspiracy evidence.
Not threats.
Evidence.
Fraud.
Burglary.
Stalking.
Document fabrication.
Potential charges related to targeting a minor.
The confidence began to leave him.
On the fourth day he asked for a lawyer willing to discuss cooperation.