Proof does not make Jamie safer. It makes everything sharper. When an unknown number warns her about the folder she is building, Jamie realizes CJ already knows she is about to report — and he is not going to wait.

The screenshot in Mara’s hand changes everything. It is not vague. It is not suggestive. It is an instruction: push Alex’s name. Jamie has imagined proof before, but holding it feels worse than doubt. Proof does not calm her. It sharpens the danger.

St. Patrick’s Day covers campus in green, but Jamie feels none of the ease everyone else is pretending to have. The louder the celebration gets, the more exposed she feels. Crowds are good at many things. They are especially good at giving fear witnesses.