Before anyone could leave the property, Mason called Wade back toward the last SUV that had just been hooked up for transport. While inspecting the vehicle's interior through the window, both men noticed a leather folder resting on the passenger seat, left behind in Marissa's rush to stop the towing crew. Printed clearly across its cover were three words that would change the entire direction of the investigation: Hollister Acquisition Phase Two.
From that moment forward, the story stopped being a simple dispute over towed vehicles and became something closer to a documented conspiracy. Nobody touched the folder without proper authorization, and Mason logged it carefully as potential evidence rather than allowing anyone to open it on the spot.
Once the appropriate legal process was followed, the documents inside revealed that Marissa had been building pressure against Wade for months, long before the first fabricated notice ever landed in his inbox. The plan, laid out in surprisingly explicit language, unfolded across three distinct phases designed to work in sequence:
Phase one involved sending a steady stream of fake HOA violations meant to exhaust Wade financially and emotionally until he simply gave up.
Phase two called for removing every vehicle from his property, entirely crippling his business, and making the land appear worthless and undefended.