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Ben took a deep breath.

“Okay, I admit I’m at a disadvantage to get the information I need. But I can’t ask you to risk your career to help me.”

“You didn’t ask. I offered.”

“That’s what I don’t understand. Why?” But he didn’t give time to answer. “How do you know I’m not guilty?”

He looked away from her as if her response to that question didn’t matter.

Oh, it mattered, all right. She hated that she couldn’t tell him what he needed to hear. If only she could announce her fervent support the way the other troopers had. But she wasn’t built that way. She needed proof. Police and lab reports were like the building blocks of her constitution, the glue bonding them together. Indisputable proof.

That Ben Peterson even tempted her to step away from what she knew and trusted scared her more than any domestic or shots-fired call ever could.