CHAPTER EIGHT
As everyone filed into the conference room for the briefing, Avery realized it was the most people she had been around since Ramirez’s death. Sure, there were more people than this in the grocery store when she’d had to go from time to time, but those people were dispersed throughout the store. Here, they were all packed into one room. It felt a little claustrophobic, but much like receiving her Glock and her badge earlier in the day, it felt warmly comfortable.
O’Malley had greeted her with a handshake as he took to the front of the room. Watching him prep for the briefing made her realize just how shaken up things had become within the A1 after she had left. While O’Malley had endured his share of running things in the past, he seemed more stressed now, making her think t
