It read:
She’s leaving the meeting. Delay her. Do not let her reach the contact.
Keep reading — tap the button below to continue.
Another message arrived six minutes later.
Use your judgment. Make it look routine.
Grant had deleted the messages.
But they had been recovered from a cloud backup.
Miller had received similar messages.
The evidence was no longer circumstantial.
The officers had not simply acted arrogantly.
They had interfered with an investigation.
When Grant was questioned, he initially refused to cooperate.
He hired an attorney.
Miller did the same.
Both claimed they had been following orders from a supervisor.
But investigators discovered something important.
The supervisor had never instructed them to stop Victoria.
The messages came from a personal phone belonging to Northstar’s security director.
That director reported directly to Richard Vale.
The traffic stop had been coordinated privately.
The officers had used their authority to create fear and delay.