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Harris blew out a big breath and placed a hand on Cassie’s shoulder. “I was. I’m sorry about that. This case has been stressful.”
“I never intended to add to your stress.”
“I know.” Harris laughed again, this time with a touch of hysteria. “I still don’t understand you. I’m not sure I believe what you do is real, but I’d be an idiot to not see that it gets results.”
“You’re not the first person to say that to me.”
“That doesn’t surprise me.” Harris looked up at David. “What about you? Did you believe her the first time around?”
Cassie answered for him. “Oh, definitely not. He threw me in jail. Overnight.”
Harris smiled. “Really?”
“I did,” David said.
“Yeah. I don’t blame him. It was a rough case. I was going crazy seeing all the victims. I didn’t know what to do. I wanted someone to listen to me.”
“And he did.”
“Eventually.” Cassie shrugged. “Took him a while, but yeah. We worked on another case after that. And another. He could see I wasn’t nuts. Started to trust me.”
Harris stood and the other two copied her movements. “Tell me, Detective Klein. How long did it take for you to start believing in ghosts?”
“Not sure I do.” David looked over at Cassie, and a gentle smile made its way to his face. “But I believe in her.”
Cassie allowed the warmth of his words to fill her up. She reached out and squeezed his arm. “Thank you for coming for me.”
“You’re welcome.” The smile faded. “But if you ever pull something like that again, I’m throwing you back in a jail cell, Quinn.”
“I get the feeling you’re quite the handful.” Harris looked at Cassie.
All Cassie could do was shrug. “I bend the rules when I don’t think there’s another option.”
Harris’s eyes sparkled. “I’m pretty sure that’s what vigilantes say, and they’re frowned upon.”
“I just want to help,” Cassie said.
Over the last few days, she had struggled with her abilities and how her future would be impacted if they didn’t go away. As comforting as the idea was to never see another dead person, she knew she would miss it sooner or later. It was on days like this that it all felt worth it.
Cassie peered around Harris and saw the EMTs loading the young woman on a stretcher. She looked alert and she was talking with the paramedics and one of the other officers.
“Her name is Katie,” Harris said. “You saved her life.”
Cassie let the bubble of emotion overwhelm her for a moment and tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She would’ve made a million different choices if she had to do it all over again, but she couldn’t deny that it felt good hearing those words.
“You did a stupid thing tonight, Quinn,” David’s voice softened. “But it was a good thing, too.”
“I don’t disagree, but let’s not make it a habit, okay?” Harris said.
“I’ll try not to,” Cassie replied.
Harris stood. “We should get back to the precinct.” She turned to Cassie. “We’ll need to take your statement and I want to get started on questioning this asshole sooner rather than later.”
Twenty-Nine
David pulled up to the precinct and put the sedan in park. Cassie opened her eyes when she felt the vehicle stop. She allowed the cool night air from the open window to calm her down from the night’s events.
“Cassie.” David turned to her, speaking for the first time since
