Her own smile matched his, full of pride in the man her husband had been. He'd come so far in the years she'd known him, and she was a better person for having had him in her life.

"He really was," she confirmed with a nod. "We were a team. If it was physical information, he took care of it, and I handled getting everything else." She took a shuttered breath, her smile fading. "We got the job done. Every time." And he'd never been afraid of her, not once.