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Family Ties?
Sandra glared at the phone as she waited for the DS from the Traffic division to call back. She knew in her bones that the car crash that had put Emily Driscoll in her coma had something to do with the case they were working on. It made her blood boil to think of the quiet, hard working detective constable laying in a hospital bed. It made her heart break to think of her friend sat by his daughter's bedside as he and Clarky waited for her to wake up. She shook her head as she opened the A4 file on her desk. She knew that the twenty year old robbery had something to do with the crash, she just had to find the link that would give them the answers.
"Sandra?" Jack spoke quietly as he stepped in to her office.
"Hello Jack." She looked up from her paperwork as she heard him walk in the room.
"Any news?"
"Nothing." She watched as he shook his head before taking a seat opposite her desk.
"Look, Sandra." He paused as he got her full attention.
"You think the same as I do. Someone tried to kill Emily and CLarky to throw us off the case." She watched as he nodded once.
"I'd bet money on it." Jack watched as she narrowed her eyes.
"Me too."
"The question is, what do we do about it?"
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Brian watched as Esther began preparing for bed. He couldn't get the image of Gerry crying in Sandra's arms at the hospital. He couldn't help but wonder what would happen to him and Esther if Mark had been injured. The thought made him feel sick.
"Brian?"
"I was just thinking." He sighed as she raised an eyebrow.
"Now you do surprise me. I'd be worried if you weren't." She smiled kindly as he stepped towrds her.
"I was thinking that I might give our Mark a ring. See how e is." He watched as Esther nodded.
"Mark is fine." She rested a hand on his shoulder. "You were always like this when there were cases involving kids."
"Emily is 35."
"And Mark is 37. Doesn't stop them being kids in our eyes." She watched as he nodded. "I spoke to him earlier. He's fine. So is Teresa. No need to worry about them."
"Why her though? Why Emily?"
"I don't know."
"Is it a case she was working on? Something Clarky was looking into or is it her connection to UCOS?" He began pacing as Esther watched him.
"Brian."
"Well, if it is UCOS then it isn't just Emily in danger. There's Sandra's mother."
"Grace Pullman can take care of herself. Did you see the way she spoke to Sandra? Disgraceful way to talk to her only child. If I ever spoke to Mark like that."
"Then there is Jack's niece and nephew. Gerry's other kids. His Paula has got a little lad. And you and Mark. Of course there is you and Mark to think about." He rested his head in his hands as she sat on the sofa beside him.
"Listen to me." She paused until she had his full attention. "You know that this car crash is awful. There is nothing that can turn back time but there is something you can all do."
"What?" He looked at her as she rested a hand on his cheek.
"Do your job. Look after Gerry and do your job."
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Gerry stood in the hospital doorway as Clarky sat next to Emily's bed. She was hooked up to a life support machine and all manner of equipment. He felt sick as he looked at how pale his eldest child was. Emily was always chatting away, always had something to say for herself and such a bundle of energy that it nearly killed him to see her laying in the bed not moving.
"Your dad's here." Clarky spoke quietly as Gerry watched. He stepped into the room as Clarky placed her hand back on the bed.
"Hello luv. Time you were out of that bed innit?"
"She's having a lie in for once." Clarky answered as the woman in the bed remained oblivious to their presence. Gerry fell silent as Clarky turned to face him. "Why is this happening Gerry? Why?"
"I don't know son." He sighed. "But God help the bastards when I find out."
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A/N More soon? Please review if you are reading this, so I know whether it is worth continuing.
