For months, Ruth had questioned invoices and warned the board about the president's conduct.
She'd been one of the few people who consistently insisted on documentation.
Andre wasn't going to blame her for Cynthia's decisions.
"You helped stop it," he answered.
Ruth's eyes filled.
For a moment, she looked away.
Then Natalie opened the folder.
She explained that the immediate priority was preserving evidence, documenting losses, coordinating qualified safety assessment, and ensuring the association stopped any further unauthorized activity.
The broader financial questions would be addressed separately.
Andre nodded.
He didn't ask for revenge.
He wanted the pool safe.
He wanted the management demands stopped.
And he wanted everyone responsible for the incident to answer for their own actions through the proper process.
Natalie looked toward him.
"There's something else we need to discuss."
Andre frowned.
"What?"
She opened another document.
It was an invoice connected to the Graybridge material reference.
And the name of the person who authorized the purchase wasn't Cynthia Vale.
It was someone Andre had never suspected.
The authorization had been submitted through Bluewater Residential Services.
The supporting paperwork identified a senior operations employee named Peter Rowland.
Peter was forty-seven, experienced in facilities management, and had worked with Victor Ames for almost eight years.
He was responsible for coordinating vendor supplies, contractor schedules, and certain service arrangements.
The invoice associated with the silver canister appeared in a project folder originally labeled as emergency remediation planning.
The material wasn't documented as ordinary pool treatment.
Its purchase required a legitimate industrial purpose and appropriate handling controls.
But the records supplied to the reviewers contained descriptions that didn't match the residential wellness project.
Andre studied the paperwork.
"Who is Peter Rowland?"
Natalie explained his role.
Ruth added that several of the questionable invoices she'd been reviewing bore his approval.
For a moment, Andre looked toward the pool.
He'd spent months believing Cynthia was the central problem.
She certainly was responsible for her own dangerous actions.
But now the records suggested someone inside Bluewater had helped arrange materials and financial structures that made the incident possible.
Andre took a slow breath.
"Does that mean he knew what she planned?"
Natalie shook her head.
"Not necessarily. We need evidence of what he knew and what he intended."
He nodded.
The distinction was important.
An authorization might establish that someone arranged a transaction.
It didn't automatically prove they anticipated every later use.
But investigators now had another person to question.
And the inquiry was moving beyond the HOA president's backyard confrontation into the operations of a commercial services company.