Det. (#13)

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Do you think I should do something with this?

Bromstead put his hand back on the steering wheel after trying to put his hand on my shoulder. I had jerked it off and shifted to turn and look out the window.

"C'mon, Yezhov, you can't shut me out. We're on this case together, not separately. Now you need to get your sh*t together, and help me."

I looked at his reflection through the passenger window, and he was looking back at me with his brown eyes.
"Fine."

He looked back at the road and his grip tightened on the wheel.
"You don't need to have an attitude."

"I don't, I just said 'fine'." I looked back out the window and saw the dark shadows and the lamplights blur together. Hot tears ran down my face and I felt so ashamed of how I'd been acting toward Bromstead.

I turned towards hum and shook mu head. "I'm sorry for acting so terrible these last few days. I just didn't think that something like this could happen to such good people like, Nelly and her family." I wiped my face but Bromstead kept his eyes on the road.

"We'll catch them." He said. "I swear..."

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