Andre nodded.
He didn't want to touch the water.
Didn't want to experiment with household products.
And didn't want to rush the process.
He wanted qualified professionals to restore the pool safely.
Then he wanted to understand why so many people had been willing to risk his home for a contract he'd never agreed to sign.
Peter Rowland denied knowing that Cynthia intended to contaminate Andre's pool.
When questioned through the appropriate investigative process, he acknowledged approving certain supplier transactions and coordinating emergency-remediation proposals.
But he insisted those activities were legitimate commercial planning.
He said Bluewater sometimes maintained arrangements with specialized suppliers because particular facilities required services beyond routine pool maintenance.
Investigators examined that explanation.
They didn't assume that purchasing industrial material automatically proved a plan to misuse it.
They wanted to understand who requested the product, how it was described, where it was delivered, and what instructions accompanied the transaction.
The documents revealed inconsistencies.
Certain purchase descriptions didn't match the actual project.
Some billing references included facilities whose owners had never authorized Bluewater's involvement.
And internal messages showed that Peter was aware of the difficulty obtaining permission from Andre.
One message was particularly troubling.
It discussed the possibility of an "unplanned water-quality event" creating a more favorable negotiating position for the company.
The message didn't explicitly instruct anyone to contaminate a pool.
But when examined alongside the future emergency-remediation documents and Cynthia's actions, it raised serious questions about intent.
Peter's attorney argued that the language referred to ordinary contingency planning.
Investigators considered that possibility.
Then they examined the timeline.
The purchase authorization.
The draft hazard report.
The proposed management agreement.
And the communication between Peter, Victor, and Cynthia during the days before the incident.
The pieces were beginning to form a picture that couldn't be explained by sloppy paperwork alone.
Ethan Shaw became an important witness.
He described the pressure employees faced to prepare proposals before property access had been confirmed.
He also explained that he had questioned the Graybridge references because the material descriptions didn't resemble the products normally associated with residential pool service.
At first, his concerns were dismissed.
Then he was told to focus on scheduling rather than supplier decisions.
Ethan didn't claim to know everything that happened.
He wasn't present when Cynthia entered Andre's backyard.
He hadn't handled the silver canister.
And he couldn't personally establish who planned the contamination.
But he could describe the records he'd seen and the concerns he'd raised before the incident.
His account helped investigators understand how unusual transactions moved through Bluewater without adequate scrutiny.