They thanked the Stafford officers for their assistance and were heading back to the District in a matter of minutes.

“Can you text Cam to let him know we got her?” Freddie asked. “Tell the others, too.”

“Yep.”

Jaycee shrieked all the way back to DC, while they ignored her.

Cameron called Gigi at home. “They’ve got her.”

“Well, that’s a relief. Where was she?”

“Hiding out at her grandmother’s in Stafford. Cruz and McBride arrested her and said she made quite the scene.”

“Why am I not surprised?”

“I’m so sorry about all this and what she interrupted.”

“You have nothing to be sorry about, Cam, and we can pick right up where we left off the next time we have a night off together.”

“I’m not going to like working opposite shifts.”

“I could move to days with a different unit,” she said.

“You like this one.”

“I’m sick of working nights, though.”

“Let’s not do anything hasty. We’ll figure it out.”

“How soon will Jaycee make bail?”

“Probably by the end of the day.”

“And then what?”

“I hate to say it, but we need to be on our guard—all the time. She’s proven how unstable she is. I don’t want to scare you, but she blames you for our breakup even though you had nothing to do with it.”

“Don’t worry about me. If she’s stupid enough to come for me, I’ll be ready for her.”

“That scares the hell out of me, Gigi. You can’t let anything happen to you right when we’ve finally got everything we’ve ever wanted.”

“Nothing will happen to me. I wouldn’t miss this with you for anything.”

Cameron blew out a deep breath as the sleepless night started to catch up to him. He ran his hand over the stubble on his jaw. “I’ll call you later?”

“Please do and try not to be upset about Jaycee. This has nothing to do with us.”

“Keep telling me that, okay?”

“Anytime you need to hear it. Love you.”

“Yeah,” he said, suddenly emotional at hearing those words again. “You, too.”

As he ended the call, Sam came into the pit and made her way over to him. “I heard they got her.”

“They did.”

“And she’s making a stink.”

“Not surprised. What I want to know is how long will it be before she makes bail, and how am I going to do anything but worry about Gigi? Jaycee’s convinced she’s been wronged and is blaming everyone but herself.” He looked up at Sam. “After what Gigi went through with her ex, this is the last thing she needs to deal with. How do I make it stop?”

“I wish I had an easy answer, but I’m afraid you have to ride it out until she gets the message that it’s over with you.”