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Dexter emptied the box onto the coffee table in the living room as Caroline tried to get her head around what she was seeing.
‘Dex, these are confidential documents. I’m off the case. I’m suspended. I’m not allowed to see these.’
‘They’re not the originals.’
‘What, so you photocopied them to hide the fact you were breaking the law? That’s even worse.’
‘It’s not breaking the law. It’s circumventing procedure.’
As if her brain wasn’t confused and muddled enough as it was, Caroline was struggling to work out why Dexter was helping her now. If he’d wanted to do the right thing, why hadn’t he fought her corner? He’d had his chance to display his loyalty and he’d chosen not to. And now here he was, risking his career in order to prove a point.
‘Listen, I’ve been doing more research and
