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Cassie sat with that for a minute. She knew David’s job was dangerous, but as the years went by, she must’ve gotten accustomed to it. Of all the people they’d tracked down together, there was never a time when she didn’t feel like David was in control. Or that he’d made the right decision. And she hadn’t even heard of Aguilar before now. Cassie wasn’t one to doubt Harris’ judgment, but all this information was coming in too fast for her to process.

“Something isn’t right.” Harris said. She was leaning forward now, her elbows on her knees, one hand wrapped around the back of her neck. She was staring a hole through the floor. “David didn’t want me to be with him that night. Either he was trying to protect me, or he was trying to keep something from me.”

“What would he possibly want to keep from you?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” Harris’ laugh was hollow. “Probably better, actually.”

“If anything comes to me, you’ll be the first person I contact. I promise.”

“I appreciate that.” Harris stood. “I should go.”

“I’ll drop the keys off to you tomorrow morning.”

Harris scratched the top of Apollo’s head, and then ruffled Bear’s fur. “I promise I’ll take good care of them.” Harris made her way to the door with Cassie at her heels but stopped shy of opening it. “When you get back, maybe we can team up. Find real justice for David. Make sure he’s at peace.”

“Yeah. Of course.” Cassie smiled and watched as Harris left, pulling the door shut behind her. But as soon as the detective was out of sight, Cassie sank to the ground. Bear jumped off the couch and made his way over to her, nuzzling her hand with his nose. “Hey, handsome man. I’m glad you’re here.”

Apollo meowed from the couch but didn’t bother moving.

“You, too, Apollo. I don’

t know what I’d do without you guys.”

Cassie let the tears slide down her face, and Bear cleaned them away one by one. She thought some of the pressure would be relieved now that she’d made it through David’s funeral, but it still sat on her chest like a ten-ton elephant. She’d even been looking forward to this trip, to forgetting what she’d left behind in Savannah, but now it was simply an inconvenience.

Cassie didn’t fault Harris for wanting her help. If the situation were reversed, Cassie would be asking the same thing. And it wasn’t like she didn’t want to solve David’s murder. It would bring her as much peace as it would bring him. But the journey to justice wasn’t going to be an easy one.

And something told her she wouldn’t like the answers she’d find.

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