Virgil chased after Fitz, but he was determined.

"Don't do it, man," Virgil pleaded with his partner. "Just leave it alone. It's not your place."

But it was too late: Fitz burst into his captain's office.

"Why isn't there more being done on the Tristan Edwards case?" Fitz demanded.

"And good morning to you, Caleb," his captain said, looking up from his desk with a cup of coffee.

"Powell said that the case was closed."

"You heard wrong. The case is cold."

"Well then heat it up. Light a fire under those detectives' asses and... "

"That's not your place to say... "

"The hell it is! The community is in shock. They're dubbing this perp the Grindr Killer and... "

"Well maybe your community will now take the proper precautions to protect themselves."

Fitz stood with his mouth agape. "Are you blaming the victim, captain? Seriously?"

"You're too close to this, Fitz. With all due respect, your community puts itself at higher risk than the community at large. You can only put out so many precautionary warnings. As tragic as your friend's death was, maybe this is exactly what they need to wake up."

"Let me see the case file. See if Powell missed something."

The case is cold, Officer Fitzgerald. Now I suggest you drop it before you and your partner get traffic duty for a week."

"Told ya," Virgil said as Fitz stormed out of the captain's office.

"That homophobic, dumb fuck Powell doesn't know shit," Fitz fumed. "This is a real threat to the community and Cap and Powell are just sitting there thinking, let the faggots kill themselves."

"The case is cold," Virgil said. "What can you do?"

"The only thing I can. I'm going rogue."

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