PART 3
Ronnie gathered four of his trusted military colleagues in a rented lakeside cabin near the Blue Ridge Reservoir. None of them wore their military uniforms, and they carried no weapons.
Iván, a communications expert, tracked corporate registrations and public property records. Matthew, an intelligence analyst, drew complex diagrams connecting businesses, city officials, and bank accounts. Thomas, a former combat doctor, reviewed local employee medical files. Daniel, a physically imposing veteran, received a single, simple instruction.
“Your only job is to be there to protect us if anyone tries to use physical force,” Ronnie told Daniel.
For three days, the men worked tirelessly, turning the wooden walls of the cabin into a giant map of the Higgins family empire.
The Ridge Credit Union routinely granted predatory loans to the lumber mill employees. When a worker suffered a physical accident and stopped making payments, they quickly lost their home. The foreclosed property always ended up in the hands of a real estate shell company owned by Ellis Higgins.
The lumber mill concealed these workplace injuries because Chief Gordon May systematically altered the official police reports. Next to the factory, the family operated the Hope Wellness Center, where a corrupt doctor prescribed highly addictive pain medications without medical follow-up. Several local overdose deaths had been recorded as simple heart attacks by a medical examiner who played poker with Ellis Higgins every Friday night.
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Paige secretly met the team at the cabin to hand over the high-resolution original video from her phone.
“I can also show you where they keep the double-entry accounting books,” Paige whispered, her hands shaking. “I know which truck transports the cash envelopes, and which nights the city officials visit the ranch.”
