The loading door had been painted twice since the accident.
Priya used the renovation records to identify the earlier configuration of the corridor.
The second cart could have fit between the wall and the emergency control cabinet.
If it had remained there during the crowd surge, it might have narrowed the path for staff trying to reach the switch.
That possibility mattered, but the cart itself was long gone.
Priya photographed the space and added Miriam’s statement to the reconstruction.
Owen was disappointed that the visit produced no dramatic discovery.
He said the town needed one decisive fact that would end the argument.
Priya replied that the gate had been chained, the emergency stop had failed, and the crowd count was unreliable.
Those were already significant findings.
The absence of a single villain did not make the danger less real.
Owen stared at the floor.
Then he said he was tired of people asking why Daniel had been near the gate.
Priya said that was exactly why the reconstruction mattered.
It could answer the question with evidence instead of accusation.
While we were leaving, Vivian appeared at the fence beyond the parking lot.
She stood beside her car and watched the inspectors carry equipment inside.
I walked toward her before I could talk myself out of it.
She did not retreat.
I asked why she had come.
She said she wanted to see whether the arena still looked the way she remembered.
I told her she could request a supervised visit through the city.
She looked past me at the loading door.
She said she had once believed that closing the building would end the arguments.
Instead the silence had given every rumor room to grow.
I asked whether she had written the message on my windshield.
She looked startled.
She said she had not.
I could not tell whether she was telling the truth.
I told her I had given the message to the officer handling the vandalism case.
She said I was right to do that.
Then she asked whether my mother was doing well.
I told her that was not a question she had earned the right to ask.
She accepted the rebuke and returned to her car.
That evening the officer called to say the anonymous note contained no direct threat.
He said he would keep a copy with the existing report.
I asked whether he thought the situation might escalate.
He said he could not predict another person’s behavior.
He advised me to call if anyone approached my property or damaged it again.
I thanked him and checked the new lock on my front door.
