At the hospital
Neil ran through the hospital corridors, he ran at the same pace as the ambulance officers who were wheeling the trolley which lay his girlfriend on into the emergency department, once situated at a cubicle the hospital staff starts to do their jobs, after pushing past him and shoving him out the way they manage to get grace across to the other bed.
Neil walks away from the bay for a minute, hoping to let the hospital staff do their jobs, so he walks away to the reception area where he is met by sergeant jo masters his noble police officer who he taught and got to know very well, and he has faith in her, walking to her she greets him.
"Hey guv how is she" asks Jo?
"don't know their assessing her know, thought to give them some space to do their jobs, I asked the nurse to get me when they are finished with her, and when she is ready to talk" says Neil.
"Ok well you do know that you can't talk to her, since she is pregnant with your baby" says Jo.
"I know you don't need to remind me" says Neil.
"Ok guv, but I can talk to her, I think this case would be bad for everyone, well apart from max, he would love to take her statement" says Jo.
"Really well he isn't because I don't want to stress her out, once she is out of hospital I want her to come and live with me and Jake, be a proper family" explains Neil.
"Wow you have been thinking about this, so you going to be something like super dad" Jokes Jo.
"Know but I love grace and I want everything with her and I can't live without her, I go home and I can't stop thinking about her" says Neil.
"Wow don't hold back, so you think you're in love , to go further , like marriage" Jokes Jo.
Soon a nurse comes over and talks to them about grace and her injuries, but the one thing Neil wanted to know about is their baby, had she lost it or is it ok, first she put his mind at rest and told him that the baby was ok and it was healthy, now she got down to business explaining the injuries in detail, she started off with the concussion which was rated a grade 2 due to the repeatedly beating she took to the side of her head, luckily for grace she didn't crack her skull, then they told him that she had two cracked ribs and the rest is a mixture of bruising and exhaustion.
Neil huffed a sigh of relief, breathing through the frustration all he wanted to do know is get the man who attacked her and took her hostage.
"hey neil its great news about grace, but for now I think you should go back to the nick and organise a protection detail for her, and take the medical reports for Jack he would be expecting a copy of them, and I will talk to grace, I will let you know which ward she is on" explains Jo trying to reassure her former boss that he should leave grace to rest for a few hours before he cuddles her.
"ok but if she asks for me call me and I will be down within the hour" says Neil leaving the a&e department, heading back to the station.
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In the cubicle
Grace lay on the hospital bed thinking about her terrible ordeal and what has happened to her in the last 24 hours, she thinks about her life ever since she started at sun hill she first took a shine to Neil's kindness, his heart was in the right place and he knew how to treat a lady properly, but when it came down to his professional side as a boss he was fair to grace and the others, and that is what got grace attracted to Neil, he was a gentlemen and sometimes he had her welfare at heart, grace is brought out of her thoughts when she looks up to see jo walking into the cubicle, with her notepad in hand ready to take her statement.
"Hey nurse you are ok to talk to, fancy telling me how you ended up in this mess, we know about your ex-boyfriend and his involvement, I want your side" explains Jo.
"Great so did he spin you a lie, try and get a date with Stevie, he was always like that, did he say you didn't have enough evidence since h is a lawyer and he knows the law" says Grace thinking outside the box, trying to remember what her ex was like.
"Grace tell me your side, then I will tell you what I know, because I think you don't know some of the story" says Jo.
"Fine" answers Grace.
"Start when you're ready and take your time" says Jo.
"I was in bed on Monday night I hear a sound downstairs, I go down stairs I check out the downstairs I make sure its ok then I walk to the hall way near the front door I see its been jimmied, I go further to check it out, then out of nowhere this tall figure pops out dressed all in black and he pushes to the ground and he knocks me out" says Grace wiping a tear from her face.
"is that the first thing you remember" asks Jo?
"the first attack, then when I regained consciousness I recognized him, he was an old university acquaintance, he took me hostage, I remembered from the jasmine Allen riots, on the murder trial, the place they took Nate I remembered that, then I knew where I was, he took his mask off and I knew him, I was wondering when he would show up or do something stupid again" says Grace.
"Can you tell me who took you" asks Jo?
"Matt Hinckley" answers Grace.
"Good now is there anything else you remember" asks Jo?
"No, so what did davdra tell you" asks Grace?
"well I will start from the beginning for you, we met Sunil Davdra when Nate and Kirsty attended a call out near the aldborn estate, they lost the guy, when they went back to see what was the problem they found Mr Davdra on the floor bleeding, he refused to give his name, they found drugs in his possession, we had to arrest him, that's when we found out that he lost his job as a barrister and we found the connection between him, you and matt Hinckley" explains Jo.
"So what was I in all of this" asks Grace?
"you where the target, after what happened in university, matt held you responsible and you stood up to him and he didn't like it, just like Emma, both of you were strong women and he couldn't stand to look at you" says Jo.
"Emma" asks Grace?
"yeah she and matt married before you arrived and he abused her , but she uncovered it and told the truth he lost his job as a lawyer, we understand from Mr Davdra that he started taking drugs and he involved sunil, and then sunil got hooked and lost his job, know matt hates you both for technically ruining his life" says Jo.
"Did you get him" asks Grace?
"no he went we have people out looking for him, but for now you need to rest, and I am going to let you get some rest, I don't want di Manson on my back for making you and the baby stressed" says Jo.
"Wait he knows about the baby" asks Grace?
"Yeah he was over the moon, but don't tell him I told you, he was going to ask you to move in with him and Jake once you're out of hospital" says Jo.
"Really well I will act surprised" says Grace leaning up in the bed breathing hard, alerting jo to something wrong with her.
"You ok" asks Jo concerned?
"Yeah nausea, I hear its normal to be nauseous and tired in my condition" answers Grace.
"Yeah I heard so would you like me to tell Neil to come and see you" says Jo laughing at her answer.
"Yeah please and I promise I will rest" says Grace lying back in bed.
"See ya later" says Jo leaving grace to sleep.
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At the station
In CID
Everyone gathered round the desks in the briefing room devising a pan on how to catch matt Hinckley and what would the charges be, apart from giving the cops the run around and hurting one of their own, they all sat listening to jack talk until he stops, everyone looks around to see sergeant jo masters walking through the doors of the CID briefing room.
"Jo how is our good detective" asks Jack.
"she is fine, in pain feeling all the ill effects of pregnancy and she is resting she just asked me to let the di know that she wants to see him, I am just going to process her statement so then she can officially sign it for me" says Jo.
"Ok good err Neil you can go and give our best to grace and tell her she is on sick leave for two weeks" shouts Jack as Neil leaves the briefing room.
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Hospital ward
Neil walks into the ward where grace is being kept in overnight for observation, when he arrives he speaks to the nurse asking her where grace is, she points to the first bed on the left, after finding her bed he walks over to the bed casually, at the bed he sees grace lay in bed fast asleep, he didn't want to wake her so he just sat in the chair beside her bed, watching her sleep like all the other times, but this time he wasn't in the bed next to her, but he found looking at her made him smile, he knew he loved her and now he loved his baby she is carrying, sitting there he grabs hold of her hand and he cradles it, he places their interlocked hands on her stomach as if to protect their unborn baby.
Ten minutes went by and Neil still sat their holding her hand, soon grace wakes to the feel of a hand holding hers, she looks down to see her hand and Neil's lay flat against her stomach, She looks up to see Neil looking at her and smiling.
"Hey how you feeling" asks Neil?
"Great, just tired and in pain" answers Grace.
"Well that's normal, but the pain isn't, and everybody says hi and jack says you are on sick leave two weeks, and that's mandatory, then you will be on light duties" says Neil.
"Great, so how do you feel" asks Grace?
"What do you mean" asks Neil?
"Well I didn't get chance to tell you first about the baby, so I think I should ask how do you feel about the baby" asks Grace?
Happy, you know what I can't think of anyone I would want to carry my baby but you the one person I love, and I want you to move in with me and Jake" asks Neil?
"Ok I will" answers Grace.
"Really" says Neil shocked.
"Yeah I will know come here" says Grace kissing him on the lips