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hundred percent sure until all the results are in, but we believe so. She was found yesterday, and her fingerprints came up in the computer. That’s how we knew who she was so soon.” Mac stiffened his backbone and met Mr. Leviston’s devastated gaze. “I’ll find who did this to Marissa, and I’ll put him in jail.”
    “No dark promises to kill him?”
    Mac shook his head. “It might make us all feel better if he was to die, but it won’t really be justice. I don’t believe in ‘an eye for an eye.’ All that does is lead to more sorrow. Let us handle this, and I promise we will find him.”
    Marissa’s father looked at him with eyes the same color as Marissa’s. “I believe you, Mac, and thank you for coming to tell us personally. I know this isn’t the most enjoyable part of the job.”
    Mac snorted. “At times there are no parts of this job I enjoy.”
    “When can we get the body released to us? We need to start planning the funeral.”
    After standing, Mac reached for the inside pocket of his coat. “Here’s my card. Call me if you have any questions, and I’ll let you know as soon as possible about when you can get the body.”
    Mr. Leviston stood as well and, after setting the card on the coffee table, held out his hand to Mac. “As strange as this may sound, Mac, I’m glad you’re the one on the case. We might not have had anything to do with each other for years, but I still feel like I know you. You’ll keep your promise, and we’ll get justice for Marissa.”
    “Yes, sir.”
    They shook hands, and Mac felt like he’d just sealed a vow with the handshake. They went to the front door, and before Mac left, Mr. Leviston rested his hand on Mac’s shoulder.
    “Mac, I wished we had taken you with us all those years. It hurt all of us to leave you behind.” The older man shook his head.
    Mac shrugged. “I understood why you did it, and it all worked out in the end. It was rough going, but I found a family.”
    Of sorts . José Guzman wasn’t the perfect father, but the elderly man had done his best to keep Mac from running the streets and getting into any more trouble. He gave Mac a last name that meant something instead of one he hated with every atom in his body.
    “I’m glad you and Marissa had a chance to find each other again. She often wondered what you were doing. You were the older brother she never had.”
    Mr. Leviston choked back a sob, and Mac knew it was time to leave. Grief started to take Marissa’s father over. Mac didn’t need to be there when the man broke down.
    “I’ll call as soon as they release her body.”
    “Thank you again.” Mr. Leviston shut the door behind Mac.
    Trudging to his car, Mac thought about getting a different job. Maybe he could be a security guard at a mall or something like that. A job that didn’t involve telling people their loved ones were victims of a violent crime. He shook his head and slid behind the wheel of his car. He started the vehicle and pulled out of the driveway, going back to his office.

Chapter Three

    Tanner rubbed his sweaty palms on his jeans and glanced around his dining room. Nice dishes, not his fancy stuff, and good silverware. No candles or any other romantic object to make it look like he was trying to seduce the ranger, even though he’d wanted Mac since the moment he saw him.
    Normally Tanner was good about not mixing business with pleasure. He’d met a lot of handsome men while doing his job, but Mac Guzman got under his skin in a way none of the others had.
    With a small smile, Tanner laughed warily. He needed to be careful because, like he had told Mac, he had his own secrets. It was one that could change his entire life if anyone ever found out about it. His secrets were one of the reasons he didn’t have many close friends. It was easier to keep people at arm’s length than let them in and risk losing everything.
    He wandered into the living room and dropped onto the couch. He wouldn’t look at his