It was a Monday morning and Miriam came into work as usual, and went to her and nicks office and through herself down on the chair at her desk, suddenly nick walked in and saw Miriam.

"Oh" said nick

"What?" said Miriam?

"Oh I just wasn't expecting you to be in my office" said nick

"I see you haven't yet figured out what the word are means" said Miriam smiling

Nick smiled back

"Here are some patients notes that need signed off" said nick

Nick handed the notes to Miriam and Miriam put her hand out to get them, but as she took them off nick noticed that she was in pain and she genially touched her wrists before sharply moving her hand away.

"Are you ok" said nick

Nick slowly put his hand out to look at Miriam's wrists, but as he touched her she quickly pulled her wrist back.

"Miriam" said nick

Nick could see the tears in her eyes

"Its nothing" quickly answered Miriam

"Miriam" said nick "look at me, let me take a look"

Miriam didn't make eye contact with nick but nick could see a tear slowly dripping down the left side of her face.

Suddenly Zoe walked through the door

"We need your help in resus" said Zoe

Miriam got up and wiped the tears from her eyes and quickly walked past nick and Zoe, nick and Zoe looked at each other before following her.

"Something's not right" said nick to Zoe

Zoe and nick continued walking to resus where Tess and Charlie were waiting; Tess quickly got Miriam ready to do the procedure

Tess slowly moved Miriam's hair out of the way to fasten the apron she was putting on her, when she saw burses around her neck, Tess froze but then continued trying to forget what she had seen

Nick was standing beside Miriam as she got ready to start, Miriam lifted the patient notes off the side of the bed too look at before she started, but dropped it with the pain in her wrist.

Nick bent down to pick it up

Tess, Zoe and Charlie were concerned at this point they could all see how much pain Miriam was in.

But instead of giving it to Miriam nick set it to the side and slowly lifted up the sleeve covering Miriam's arm, Zoe could see the tears dripping down Miriam's face as he did this.

Nick looked at Miriam in shock when he saw the bruising around Miriam's wrists, but when nick saw her he could already see the pain in her eyes.

Miriam just took off the apron and give it to nick, but nick instead handed it to Zoe and ran off after marina, Tess looked at Zoe

"Were they..." said Tess

"Hand marks" said Zoe "yes"

Miriam had ran back to the office and sat down as she walked in, but nick closed the door and stood in front of her, and slowly examined her wrist.

"Who did this to you" said nick

Miriam wouldn't look at nick she just keep staring at the wall

"Was it tom" said nick looking at Miriam

Tom was Miriam's husband of 11 years

"Miriam you need to tell me because whoever it is has snapped both your wrists and it's probably not the first time it's happened either" said nick