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livid that I was cleared. I swear I thought for a moment that he was just going to walk out. He hasn’t said a word to me since.”
    She wasn’t at all surprised. Her eyes quickly flicked up to the scar just below his hairline, like they did every time she thought of the altercation he had with Officer Ross.
    He had walked Rilynne home one night after work and upon leaving her apartment building, was stopped by Ross.
    “Breaking in our new detective, I see,” Ross was leaning against the lamppost in front of the building next to hers. “She looks like she would be a bombshell in the sack. Let me know when you are done, I would love to take a shot at that.”
    Ben hadn’t said a word before walking up and punching Ross in the face. Ross quickly responded by grabbing Ben’s shirt and slamming his head into the post.
    “Well, you don’t have anything to worry about,” he said. “As someone who has been suspected of murder, I happen to know that the team working on it is good at finding out the truth.” He ran his hand gently along her leg. The gentle graze of his fingers sent warm shivers up her leg, causing it to erupt in goose bumps. Ben smiled. “Besides, you have me. They may have kicked me out of my own lab, but that just means I can focus all of my time and energy on helping you figure this out. And we will.”
    Rilynne smiled and let her head fall back against the couch. “Well, there’s one thing I know for sure,” she said. “Greene isn’t going to let me anywhere near the station after today.”
    “Well, it’s a good thing she has no control over who the detectives associate with after work,” he said. He swung her feet over the edge of the couch. “Get dressed. We’re going out for a drink.”

Chapter Seven
    “ W ell, look who it is!” Tylers called out when they stepped into Travis Bar. Rilynne looked around and saw every member of the homicide department sitting around a large table in the back. Everyone except Detective Wilcome. “If it isn’t our very own vigilante. Have your sights on anyone else?”
    “Oh, shut up,” she said. She pulled up chair and dropped down at the end of the table while Ben headed for the bar.
    Tylers grinned and quickly downed the shot sitting in front of him. Judging by the slight slur in his voice, it was not his first. “Oh, I’m just giving you a hard time. Not a single person here even considered the possibility that you actually killed that guy. Well, all except for LaShad.”
    “Hey,” LaShad called out defensively. “All I said was it was hard on everyone when someone guilty got away with murder. It’s not unheard of for people to occasionally snap and take action when the law won’t.” Rilynne raised her eyebrow at him. “I didn’t say I thought you did,” he added quickly. “You would never cross that line. We know you wouldn’t.”
    “Well, thank you,” she said sincerely. “Now if only faith was enough to get this all cleared up. The only way to get that done is to find out who is setting me up,” she said, looking around the table. “I don’t suppose any of you could give me a status update on how that search is going?”
    Everyone looked around, but no one seemed to want to speak first. After several long moments, Matthews finally said, “We are looking at everyone who could have anything against you,” he replied. “No one’s standing out at the moment. We aren’t going to give up, though. We’ll find who’s responsible and clear your name. No one will stop until we do.”
    Rilynne felt a warmth of admiration building within her as Ben pulled up a chair and handed her a cold beer. “What’d I miss?” he asked.
    “Oh, nothing,” she said sardonically. “Just LaShad believing I’m a murderer.”
    Ben shot LaShad a curious glance as an echo of laughter swept across the table. Before he had a chance to react, though, his expression hardened. Rilynne tracked LaShad’s gaze over her shoulder, to the television against