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of her family throwing them together on this case wasn’t one sided. It stood to reason a well versed detective with years of experience might not like the idea of working with a novice. Especially one so well connected with his boss and co-workers.
    “I’m all ears.” Listening to his spiel was the least she could do. His involvement in her work would be limited. Unknown to him, he wouldn’t be by her side to work the case like her family planned. He’d remain in the background for information when she needed it. Sunny placed the neat stack of photos in the center of the table and sat back.
    “Glen took me under his wing when I first joined the force. I was fresh out of the academy. He showed me the ropes and this would be a chance for me to pay him back.”
    “I didn’t realize you worked together so closely.”
    “I haven’t seen him since he retired, so it’s been a few years.” He stared at his clasped hands. “After working with him a short time, he told me about Karina. At the time it’d been well over ten years since she’d been strangled and he still had a hard time dealing with it.”
    “He still does,” Sunny sighed.
    “You know he tried to solve it on his own don’t you?”
    She nodded.
    “Some of his buddies on the force helped too.” Their gazes held for a moment. He looked down, grabbed the pictures she organized moments ago, and sifted through them a second time. “They spent nights and weekends going over evidence. Everything always came back to Benny in theory, but they couldn’t come up with anything concrete.”
    “Hmm.” Sunny had no plans of divulging any of her information.
    “At one point Benny came into the station to report Glen for harassment after they had a confrontation at a grocery store.”
    “This happened before Glen retired?”
    Judson nodded.
    “What happened?” Sunny scooted forward. Finally, something of interest she didn’t know about.
    “Glen and some of his buddies followed Benny around trying to intimidate him, a push here, and a shove there, angry words. They wanted to see if they could break him, or he’d slip up and say something to pin himself to the crime if they riled him up a bit.”
    “Why does everyone assume Benny had something to do with it?” Her heart stilled as she waited for his reply.
    “He was the last person to see Karina. They were involved. His bad reputation didn’t help matters either. At least as far as Glen was concerned.” Judson’s tone hardened. He’d bought into everyone’s beliefs as well, not giving Benny the benefit of the doubt
    The more Judson spoke and the more she watched his facial expressions, it became obvious he really cared about Mr. DeVito. She considered letting him get more involved than she’d planned. The thought of sharing her belief in Benny’s innocence and the tips she’d been getting from some outsider made her pause. No need to jump right into it, she’d take this slow. “Did he say anything?”
    “Nothing. Glen was positive Benny killed Karina, or at the very least had something to do with it. Too bad he couldn’t prove it.”
    Sunny pulled some papers from a manila envelope on the floor. “These are old newspaper clippings Mr. DeVito had in his files. I also have a copy of the original police and autopsy reports, but they’re about useless.”
    “How’s that?”
    “Most of the autopsy report is blacked out. Not sure why.”
    Sunny sat back while Judson scanned through the reports. Chocolate jumped on the arm of Judson’s chair and watched him through hooded eyes.
    “Whenever I look at pictures of Benny and Karina I can’t imagine them as a couple. They were complete opposites in every aspect of their lives.” Judson reached out to pet Chocolate, but her cat jumped from the chair before he could touch him.
    “He doesn’t warm up to strangers very quickly.” Sunny chuckled.
    “He’s not the only one.”
    Sunny swallowed her quick comeback as she considered the possibility he