Theo left the Italian restaurant where he’d had lunch with Marcus who told him everything he had uncovered about Cedric’s murder so far. Theo was pleased that it had been assigned to a detective with whom he had a personal connection, although he wouldn’t have been above blackmailing a cop that he didn’t have something on already. Marcus promised to keep Theo and Cedric’s affair out of the investigation after Theo had sworn that he had nothing to do with it. Marcus really was a good guy at heart who knew that justice and law and order sometimes had a more ambiguous connection than others in his position. Marcus’ boyfriend was a perfect example of that.