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“Not here.”
“Dammit, Costa, we’re on the same team.”
“Are we? You have been lying to her for months. She mourned his death. She still struggles because she blames herself—that she wasn’t here to have her partner’s back.”
“There was a threat on her life and she wouldn’t leave if she knew Colton was in deep cover. I have more considerations than Kara’s feelings. I have a corrupt cop on my staff,” she said, her voice very low, “and I don’t know who the fuck it is.”
“You don’t?”
“No!”
He didn’t believe her. He was about to confront her when she said, “No one knows Colton is alive except me, Lex and my commander. I need him to stay deep as long as possible.”
“Dyson didn’t?”
“In LAPD we kept it from our own people, but Dyson helped put together the investigation.”
“So other people did know.”
She didn’t say anything.
“Did you know that Violet was here?”
“No.”
“So you didn’t even know that your own detective had a key witness staying in his house?”
She hesitated.
“Do not lie to me, Gomez.”
“I didn’t know she was here, but yes, Lattimer told me yesterday afternoon that she was safe.”
“Kara has been busting her butt trying to find her!”
“I didn’t even tell my boss.”
“You don’t trust your boss? This is a mess, Gomez.”
“I trust him, but Violet identified a cop as Chen’s killer. A cop! We’ve been trying to figure out how to work this, because everything has gotten out of control.”
“A cop by the name of Steve Colangelo.”
She blanched.
“You lied to me. Yesterday, then just now, not two minutes ago. This is when you should have brought the case to the FBI,” Matt said. “The FBI investigates public corruption.”
She laughed. “Trust me, they would have fucked everything up. You know how Thornton went after Kara. She wasn’t the only detective on the FBI hot seat. Half the men and women I know have had to deal with asshole feds who fucked with their cases, treated them like shit on their shoes. And don’t pretend you don’t know there are feds just like that. It’s the culture here. LA FBI pisses all over us and tells us to be grateful for the rain.”
She was on a roll, and Matt didn’t interrupt. When Elena was done ranting, he said, “Colton Fox. He has evidence that an FBI agent may be compromised. Violet Halliday gave it to him.”
“So Kara has Violet?”
Matt didn’t want to trust this woman—she had lied to him, lied to Kara, but she was his access to Colton.
“She has her someplace safe. Don’t ask me where, I don’t know.”
Elena relaxed. “That’s okay. Kara will keep her safe.”
