“You two are hot and heavy, huh?” Dani asked as she held the door to the morgue for Gigi.

“Not as hot and heavy as I’d like to be. He treats me like I’m made of blown glass and might shatter at any moment.”

“That’s the way he ought to treat you after what you’ve been through.”

“I’m much better than I was.”

“But you’re not quite there yet, and he sees that.”

“I guess.”

“So you’re in love, huh?”

“Like I’ve never been in my entire life. I had no idea, Dan. None at all.”

“That’s amazing. That’s how it should be.”

“Is it weird that I’m a tiny bit thankful to Ezra for losing his mind and forcing me to end that relationship once and for all so I could have this exciting new thing with Cam?”

“Yes, it’s very weird to be thankful for the beating you withstood.”

“I’m not thankful for that. But I am thankful to be free of him and to have the chance to be with Cameron.”

“He’s such a good guy. I’ve always thought so, but seeing the way he’s cared for you these last few weeks has made me love him even more than I already did.”

“I’m glad you do. That means a lot.”

“They caught a new homicide today,” Dani said as they walked to the pit. “A twenty-four-year-old woman raped and murdered in Rock Creek Park.”

“Oh God,” Gigi said, her good mood deflating just that quickly. Working murder did that to you. It reminded you that even when things were going better than they ever had in your own life, other people’s lives were falling apart. And it never became routine, no matter how many years she came into work to news of yet another senseless killing. Her own recent brush with mortality had Gigi’s emotions hovering close to the surface as she walked into the pit for the first time in weeks.

Her colleagues embarrassed her with applause.

“Thanks, everyone.”

“Glad to have you back, Gigi,” Sam said. “You’re looking well.”

“I’m feeling much better.”

“Take it nice and easy until you’re back to a hundred percent.”

“Yes, ma’am.” It never got old reporting to the wonder known as Lieutenant Sam Holland. Gigi loved that the rest of the world would have the chance to find out what an amazing person she was now that she was first lady.

“Let’s get you ladies up to speed.”

Sam and Freddie went over what had been done so far in the Olsen investigation.