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What now?

Gill pushed her foot on the accelerator as Rachel sat silently next to her. Both women knew Janet was lucky to be alive following the attack but neither really knew how she was going to cope once she got out of hospital.

"Have you spoken to Aide?" Gill asked suddenly as Rachel shook her head.

"No."

"She's your best friend. Your partner, I thought you would have spoken to her husband on the day a psycho stabs her." Gill shook her head.

"He doesn't like me. Thinks I am a bad influence on her."

"Yeah right." Gill smirked. "Like you can lead Janet Scott astray. She's not exactly easily led."

"True." Rachel sighed. "God, this is a mess."

"I know." Gill sighed as she pulled her car into the hospital car park. "I bloody know it is."

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Andy placed the phone back on the desk as he closed his eyes. He was desperate to go to the hospital but knew Janet's husband wouldn't be happy to see him. He shook his heads as he thought of the girls, knowing that both of them were incredibly close to their mother. He glanced at the clock before deciding he didn't care what Aide did or didn't think, he was going to go to the hospital. He had to know how she was.

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"Excuse me." Gill marched through the insanely busy A&E waiting room as a harried triage nurse tried to avoid a drunk being sick on her. The nurse glanced up as she saw the pair of brunettes standing over her.

"Sorry, bit tied up."

"So I see." Gill smiled as Rachel shot the drunk a filthy look. The man shrank back as Rachel smirked.

"Looking for a friend. Janet Scott, blonde, 46 assaulted earlier today. They were taking her to theatre."

"The police lady?"

"That's 'er." Gill smiled slightly as she pulled out her warrent card. "I'm her boss. DCI Murray."

"Oh." The nurse got to her feet as the drunk began singing. Rachel stepped away as the nurse headed towards the reception desk. "You're best off asking Sarah on reception. She knows where people are . What ward they go to when they leave here."

"Thanks." Rachel smiled slightly as Gill ushered her away from the drunk, knowing the younger woman was tempted to tell the drunk serenading the waiting room exactly what she thought of him.

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Everything either ached or felt numb. That was the first thing that sprung to Janet's mind as she opened her eyes. The light in the room was too bright and she had no inclination to open her eyes. A warm hand was resting on her own as she was slowly dragged back to consciousness.

"Hello."

"Mum."

"You seem to be determined to give me a heart attack." The older woman smiled slightly as Janet met her gaze.

"Mum? What happened? Where's my girls? Where's Aide?" Janet tried to sit up as the alarms around her screamed in protest at the sudden movement.

"Settle down." Dorothy rested a hand on her arm as she tried to get her daughter to settle. "The girls are fine. Ade was worried about them, so he took them home."

"Oh." Janet closed her eyes briefly. "Geoff?"

"He's being dealt with." Both sets of eyes flew to the door of the HDU as Dorothy raised an eyebrow.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" The older woman got to her feet as Janet frowned. Her hand flew to her abdomen as she realised what had happened. Memories of the previous afternoon flooded her mind as she saw Rachel and Gill stood in the doorway.

"I solved the case. Didn't I? I found Veronica's killer."

"Yeah." Gill nodded. "The scum is currently answering a few questions. CID have got this one."

"I thought you were the Major Incident Team." Dorothy huffed as Rachel nodded.

"We are."

"Well isn't this major enough for you? My daughter with a knife in her stomach." Dorothy blinked back tears as Janet squeezed her hand.

"Mum."

"Of course it is." Rachel started as Gill raised a hand.

"We aren't allowed to investigate. The Chief Superintendant has taken it out of my hands. It's because Janet is on my team."

"But."

"Mum, it's how it works." Janet sighed as she watched the three women argue. "CID will have to investigate what happened. Not MIT because I am on MIT."

"Yeah." Gill nodded. "We've got him. He killed a child. He killed his sister and he tried to kill you." She held Janet's gaze as she spoke.

"Yeah." Janet sighed as Dorothy got up and kissed her hair.

"You rest." She ordered as she walked passed the younger women, nodding for Gill to follow her. Rachel pulled a face as she watched her boss leave with her best friend's mother.

"Are you sitting down or what?" Janet smiled slightly as Rachel crossed the room to her.

"You alright?"

"Yeah." Janet smiled slightly, "Considering I've just been stabbed and been to surgery. You know I can't really remember much about what happened."

"That can't really be a bad thing. Where's Ade?"

"Home." She sighed. "He took my girls home."

"Oh right, I just assumed."

"Yeah, so did I. I was sort of hoping he'd be here. You know, holding my hand when I woke up."

"You ok?"

"No." Janet sighed. "No, we haven't been for a long time. Why should now be any different?" Rachel sighed heavily as she resisted the urge to say what she really thought of her friend's husband. Now was not the time.

"He's in shock. You didn't see him when we found you."

"No, no I didn't. I haven't seen him at all."

Rachel looked away as Janet closed her eyes. She had no idea what to say to her best friend. The man that had put her in Intensive Care was in custody charged with murder and attempted murder as well with assault on a police officer. There was no way she was going to have to see Geoff again. The fact Ade had run from the hospital like the coward he had always been in Rachel's eyes made her feel sick.

"Your Mam's right. You need a rest." She watched as Janet's eyes fell closed. Silently she slipped out of the room as she realised her friend was sleeping. Smiling slightly she closed the door only to see Andy walking up the corridor.

"What do you want?" Rachel hissed at the man that believed she was an airhead.

"I." Andy paused, unsure of what to say.

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A/N More soon?