Chapter 6 - INSTALLING THE DIGITAL WATCHTOWER
Instead of panicking or calling Jasmine in a tearful rage—which was precisely the emotional reaction she was paying to elicit—I channeled every ounce of my legal training into defensive preparation. The newly delivered doorbell camera was installed within twenty minutes, supplemented by wide-angle security lenses mounted discreetly inside the apartment facing all accessible windows and entry points.
On my laptop, I created a master directory titled State v. Martinez, establishing subfolders for digital forensics, financial fraud, physical trespassing, and harassment. Every timestamped screenshot of the forged bar exam documents, every attempted login IP address, every neighbor's account, and every threatening note was cataloged with rigorous precision. Jasmine was operating under the arrogant assumption that she was still tormenting the insecure, frightened teenager from high school; she didn't realize she was provoking an officer of the court.
