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Rebecca had to admit that after the prior evening’s attack, she took Richie’s paranoia over her well-being a lot more seriously than she had previously.
As much as she preferred to be logical and practical, her gut cried out that things were not as they should be at work, and that the problem might start higher up on the food chain than her boss, Lieutenant James Philip Eastwood. All the way up to City Hall, in fact.
Calderon and Benson had been in charge of the investigation into the death of the Mayor’s chief of staff, Sean Hinkle. But they had been pressured to end the investigation quickly, and that meant a determination of suicide. Lt. Eastwood had made it clear that if they delayed, they would not be looked upon with favor by anyone in the department or City Hall.
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