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Chapter1 : Alive and kicking?
Harry was furious. Beyond furious. She knew the team had made the arrest. That the CPS were more than happy to proceed with the case, but that was not the point. Slamming her desk draw shut with far more force than she need she looked up to see Dave looking at her. Chas had made a hasty retreat to the kettle.
"What?!"
"I. Er. Well."
"Dave, what do you want?" Her cut glass English accent made her words more clipped than they needed to be. It wasn't Dave, the baby of the team she was angry with.
"Dempsey. Where is he?"
"I have no idea." Harry snapped. "Try the morgue, the way he was behaving at the dockyard."
"Oh." Dave bit his lip as he glanced towards Chas, hoping the older officer would help. Chas smiled slightly, deciding that when Harriet Makepeace was in this mood it was best to stay away. Dave would learn.
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Dempsey shoved his hands in the pockets as he marched through the building. He knew Harry was angry with him. He knew she thought he was overprotective but if he hadn't pushed her then the blonde woman would be dead. The bullet that had just missed his chest would have blown her head clean off. He knew that image would haunt his dreams for the foreseeable future. Narrowing his eyes he headed towards the larger, older man in the corner of the bar. A Freddie Mercury lookalike offered him a drink. Dempsey raised an eyebrow as the flamboyant barman waited for his answer.
"Scotch."
"Hey! James!" The older man watched him approach.
"Stay away from me." He took the scotch, downing it in one gulp. "Stay out of my life. Ma didn't want you, I don't need you. Capich." He turned and walked away.
"Son, you're little lady know about me? You told her the whole story of James Albert Dempsey? Thought not. The cop who's Dad is a villain." Dempsey felt his hands curl into fists. Fighting the urge to punch his father he turned back to him.
"She knows everything that's important." He looked the older man up and down. "Stay away." He left the bar, knowing he wouldn't miss the older man. He never had."
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A/n please review. Is anyone reading D&M fic?
