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sat.
     
    He slipped inside and took a seat across from him again, not waiting for Madison to follow him in or take a seat. “What if we told you we had evidence against you now?” he asked. Liam tilted his head slightly.
     
    “What evidence would that be, detective?” he retorted. Liam paused, trying to hide his annoyance at the almost casual manner in which he was being spoken to.
     
    “Well we went through your home, we got a warrant because we have a written statement to say that you were the one that hired him to kill the three victims,” he stated. He watched Liam’s eyes narrow slightly and he couldn’t stop his own grin. “Billy seems pretty convinced that this will be your end.”
     
    “What did you find?” Liam asked, his tone becoming much lower.
     
    “I’m not sure, he didn’t really answer that,” he stated with a shrug. He could tell from the way the man was changing that something was at his house, something he didn’t want them to find and use again him. Liam suddenly straightened some.
     
    “You don’t have any evidence, do you?” he asked. Trent chuckled.
     
    “Not yet,” he answered. He stood up, putting a hand on Madison’s shoulder. “I need to make a call,” he stated. His hand slid off her shoulder as he stepped into the hallway and pulled his phone out. He turned, to make sure he could he see into the cell and keep an eye on Madison. It took several rings before he got an answer.
     
    “Billy here,” the voice on the other end greeted.
     
    “It’s Trent. There’s something in his house he doesn’t want us to find,” he responded.
     
    Billy chuckled a little.
     
    “Like a list of people and debts owed and not all of it for drugs?” the man asked. Trent stared into the glass a moment.
     
    “I thought you still needed a warrant?” he asked. He heard a chuckle from the other side again and rolled his eyes. “You already had the warrant didn’t you? You sneaky bastard,” he muttered. Maybe now he could understand how the man got information from his suspects.
     
    “Bingo. Now, we’ll book him when I get back,” he answered. The man hung up and Trent entered the room again, practically laughing until he saw Madison with tears lingering in her eyes. He quickly jammed the phone back into his pocket.
     
    “We have it; you’re going to jail,” he practically growled to the man. He motioned for Madison to stand up and glared at the other man.
     
    Liam arched a brow. “It’s not that easy though,” he answered. He chuckled some as he watched the woman get up and head to the door, the detective following. Trent took hold of her hand once they were out and headed to his office. He felt it would definitely be more private there, without cameras and prying coworker ears and a place she could break down if she really needed to. It was a bad idea to leave them in a room together and he had a feeling it would be, but he thought Liam would lash out physically rather than emotionally as he had.
     
    He closed the door to the office behind them and, without really thinking about it, put his arms around her and pulled her close. “I want to know what he said to you,” he muttered, soft but stern at the same time. If he could, he would beat the man, but he knew he couldn’t. For one, he was on duty, and two, it wasn’t right anyway. Nor was the man worth it. He was scum; that was it. Madison shook her head, however, and looked up at him, her eyes still only lined with tears.
     
    “I think it’s enough closure though,” she muttered softly. She forced a bit of a smile but he couldn’t stop his own grin.
     
    “Only if you’re sure,” he muttered. It wasn’t a lie, per se. He wanted to have her, full heartedly and now, but he also wanted to make sure she was all right, make sure she was really ready to move on. She nodded a bit.
     
    “I’m sure. He’s our man, he’s a villain, he’s the type I swore to bring in,” she muttered. He nodded and pulled