easy to get along with. >> shawn smoot, the name rang a bell with brook's family and friends. not long after brooke's divorce shawn had hired brooke as an assistant in the insurance office. >> i remember the day that she had the interview. we had lunch right before and she was so excited, you know. >> it was a real job. and i said, there's going to be so much potential for you to move up in this company, you know. i was really proud of her. >> did you feel like this was kind of the fresh start brooke needed? >> yeah, we did. we thought -- we all thought it was going to be a good thing for her. >> did she seem happy? >> oh, yeah, she loved it i think there was a couple of other ladies in the office that she worked with. everybody got along, and she enjoyed it. >> she had formed a really i guess tight relationship with her boss. >> 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