You weren't fired. You were just - you took a leave of absence for a while. After you- after we-

[ martin groans, shifting to bury his face in the scruff of one of his dog's fur. it's a slightly melodramatic gesture, but it's accompanied by the pure relief that is being away from all of that, at least for a little while. ]

You ended up having to lie low for a bit. There was- there was a body in your office, and some of the police thought it might have been you. But it wasn't.