worked with. everybody got along, and she enjoyed it. >> she had formed a really, i guess, tight relationship with her boss. >> reporter: but brooke's family had no idea how close brooke's relationship with her boss shawn smoot actually was. some of her friends did. >> well, she had told me, in the beginning, that she had started working for this guy, shawn smoot. and a little bit down the road, i had, like, saw them out eating or something like that. >> as things progressed in their relationship, i was, like, what's going on here? i was like, this guy, he seems a bit older. you know, does he have a family or anything like that? and she was like, yeah, he's married. >> reporter: an affair with a married man. >> i don't really think that -- she was, like, committed to that relationship. i think it was just her just coming through a divorce. and she had this attention from this man. >> but there's still something