He had been very clear.

Do it by the book.

Secure the evidence.

No dramatic scene.

And in time I came to see the wisdom, and the deeper decency, in his patience.

A confrontation would have felt good for an afternoon.

But a case built carefully, lawfully, on evidence that would hold, was the thing that would actually protect not only Raymond but anyone else those two men might one day have harmed.

Raymond was not interested in the pleasure of revenge.