Lightning Split Boulder in Half — What Rangers Found Beneath, Left Them Horrified

Vivian stared at the document. “That's the missing page.” The investigator nodded. It listed witnesses who claimed Harwood agents had moved boundary markers in 1778. A note at the bottom said the page had been kept by a Harwood employee after Vale disappeared.

When investigators questioned Rusk, he remained calm. “I bought a copy from a private collector,” he said. Vivian folded her arms. “And you never thought it mattered that the page came from the same notebook we just found?” Rusk replied, “You can't prove I knew that.” Jonah spoke from across the room. “Maybe not yet.”

Independent experts soon confirmed that Vale's papers, the Miller's Crossing marker, and the bedrock carving all supported the same original boundary. Logging was suspended while the courts reviewed ownership. Calder was removed from duty, and investigators began examining his relationship with North Ridge.

Rusk still insisted his company had inherited the dispute rather than created it. Vivian had one question left. “Where did you actually get that page?” Rusk leaned back in his chair and smiled. He said, “You don’t really expect me to answer that.”