>> 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, is he -- you know, does he have a family or anything like that? and she was like, yeah. she's like, he's married. >> reporter: an affair with a married man. >> i don't really think 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 going on that shouldn't be going on? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: brooke left the job