Its 11 o'clock now and hours after we'd arrested John Felsham and hours since I finished the paper work and Gerry went out. Now though as I here a knock on the door I know it's him. I know he's angry with me, I haven't had any time alone with him to ask, now that he's here though I'm the one who's angry. I know I was angry at him earlier this morning for not avoiding the situation between Frank and Felsham but I've since realised he tried his best and I'm just stressed.
When frank brought this case to my desk I knew it spelt trouble but I wanted to prove I could still do important meatier cases, I suppose it was myself I was trying to convince. I know Frank usually spells trouble and Gerry had problems with him back when we were trying to nail Ricky Hanson but then I can't hate him, he knew my dad and said he watched over me. He's a connection to my dad and unlike Jack he'd tell me everything not just the good points.
"Gerry?" I ask as I open the door, he's there but he's got a black eye and a cut above his eye and is barely standing but that could be the drink.
"Sandra, I love you honey." He almost seems sober as he speaks and I can't smell the alcohol on his breath although his clothes stink of it.
"Yes Gerry and I love you too, come in. What happened?"
"I think I fell over, well I tripped over the bar stool." He tells me and I don't know if I believe him but right now I need to get him cleaned up and explain about today.
"Okay well go get changed and I'll get your eye sorted." He walks up the stairs and I can hear him walk into our room to find some clothes from the stash he keeps here. I've got him a glass of wine and me one too and I have the first aid kit in front of me waiting for him as he walks back down the stairs and sits beside me.
"Let me clean that cut." He sits still as I get some water and cotton wool and carefully wipe the cut until there's no blood around it and it's now just a red cut. Now he just sat there staring ahead of him and it's beginning to scare me.
"Sandra?"
"Yes."
"Would you really have left us today?"
"I don't know Gerry, you know I love you, and you know I love UCOS but I also love my job. I mean what would I do without it."
"I know but I thought when Strickland told us to clear our desks you may have put up more of a fight and not glanced at me before leaving."
"I thought you'd want me to keep doing what I love and I came back, I didn't leave you all."
"I do want you to keep doing what you love but I thought you'd have put up more of a fight. I thought you were leaving us and more importantly me."
"Gerry even if UCOS ends and I leave, I will never leave you. This is it, I'm with you now and that's not going to change. I love you."
"I love you too and I'm sorry for getting angry and annoying you during the week."
"Don't Gerry, I was stressed, I never meant to take any of it out on you." I lean forward and kiss him as he needs reminding I'm not leaving him for anything and I need to apologise.
