EPISODE 4: THE INVESTIGATION ## CHAPTER 1: THE COMPANY Marcus Williams had always been good at finding things that didn't want to be found. It was why he'd become a cop—or almost a cop. Three more weeks of academy training and he'd have his badge. But right now, he was using those skills for something the department would definitely not approve of. Foxwood Development LLC was registered in Delaware, which meant minimal disclosure requirements. But corporate structures always left trails. The company had been incorporated six months ago. Its officers were listed as "trustees of a private trust," which told Marcus exactly nothing. Its capital came from an investment fund based in the Cayman Islands. Someone was going to a lot of trouble to hide who really owned this project. --- ## CHAPTER 2: THE TRAIL Three days of digging—phone calls to contacts, database searches on the academy's computers (technically unauthorized), favors called in from people who owed him—led Marcus to a name. Harrison Mercer. Mercer was a Chicago-based real estate developer with a reputation for aggressive projects. He'd built shopping centers in three states, always on land that had been considered "difficult" or "problematic." He'd been sued twice for environmental violations and had settled both times for undisclosed amounts. But the connection to Foxwood was buried under seven...