Izzy only had one more chance to get to Kim. “I’m not pointing the finger at you by any means, but I am asking whether you’d be willing to speak to the detectives about your experiences with him. They need to understand the type of man he was. The whole picture. Not just the sanitized version of events they get from the rest of Arlington PD.”

Kim looked away. “I don’t think I can do that.” Her eyes filled with tears.

Izzy took Kim’s hand. She knew the pain the other woman felt. “I’m so sorry he hurt you too. I’m not going to push, but know that if you ever do need anyone to talk to about this, completely outside this case, I’m here for you. It took me a long time to get to a better place.”

“You must be a lot stronger than I am, because I don’t think I’ll ever be in a better place as far as that topic is concerned. I’m sorry, but I need to go.”

Kim grabbed her purse and quickly walked away before Izzy could say anything else.

Izzy put her head in her hands. She didn’t think Kim had murdered the sergeant, but she definitely knew the sergeant had hurt Kim. Badly. And if that was the case, there were probably other women, and Izzy intended to find more evidence of his wrongdoing. If for nothing else, then to set the record straight about what kind of man Sergeant Henry Tybee really was.

A monster.

Since yesterday, Cass had been giving him the cold shoulder, but Zane figured she just needed time to blow off steam. Hopefully they’d be able to get back to where they were. He racked his brain, trying to figure out when their relationship had taken a turn. They’d been solid as a rock for the past few years—and completely in the platonic sense.

Maybe he wasn’t being sensitive enough to everything Cass had gone through. After all, he wasn’t the one with a target on his back. He was going to try to be patient and give her the time and space she needed. But if they got through this mole investigation and things still weren’t good between them, he couldn’t see their partnership lasting, and that really bummed him out. But that was a battle for another day.

The team had been summoned to HQ for a meeting, and he and Cass waited in a conference room for everyone else to arrive. He hoped Mason had some good news for them.

Layla walked into the conference room by herself. He wasn’t sure where Hunter was. He didn’t know the full backstory between them, but it was obvious that there was something beyond business.

He noticed Layla had dark circles under her eyes. This case was wreaking havoc on them all.