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Chapter 7- Me Or Her
Stuart walked into CID later that afternoon, the office was virtually empty, apart from Stevie and Mickey who sat in the corner of the office watching some CCTV footage of an armed robbery. He poked his head around the door of the DI's office and saw Sam sat at her desk, still typing away at her computer. 'Sam,' Stuart said.
Sam looked up from the screen, 'what is it Stuart?' she asked.
'I need a word,'
'What about?'
Stuart closed the door and Sam stepped out from the other side of her desk and perched on the edge. 'You know my ex-girlfriend Rachel?' he asked, Sam nodded, 'well, she came to see me earlier on today and she told me she's got a plumbing problem at her house.'
'What's that got to do with us?' Sam asked.
'She asked if she could stay with us until the problem is sorted,'
'She did what?!' Sam exclaimed.
'You heard me,' Stuart replied.
'What did you say?'
'I said yes,'
'You did what?!'
'I said she could stay look Sam, its only for a few days, until its sorted,'
'Yeah course it is,' Sam scoffed.
'Sam, you know you're the only one for me, I'm not interested in her anymore,'
'Yeah right,'
'You're jealous of her, aren't you?'
'No I'm not,' Sam lied.
'You've got no reason to be,'
'Really?' Sam shouted at him, 'there is no way I'm going to put up with her living under my roof.'
'What am I supposed to do? Kick her out? She's got nowhere else to go,'
'Yes she has! She could've stayed in a hotel, she didn't have to come and stay with us. I'm sorry Stuart but…it's either me or her,'
Stuart looked at her, 'you what?' he asked.
'You heard,' Sam replied calmly, 'either she goes or I go, its up to you Stuart.'
'I can't chuck her out now Sam, she's already moved in,'
'I don't believe this!' Sam exclaimed, 'you moved her in without consulting me?'
Stuart nodded, 'I'm sorry Sam,' he said.
'Yeah, course you are,' Sam replied. 'Just get out.'
Stuart opened the door and left the office, just as he was told to. As soon as the door had closed, Sam felt tears beginning to well up in her eyes. She had no idea how things could've gone so wrong so quickly for her and Stuart, Sam couldn't believe Stuart had chosen Rachel over her, she had been right about her all along, she was trouble. Stuart going to dinner with her was bad enough but this was worse, he had invited his first love to stay in their house, she couldn't believe he'd done that without consulting her. Sam couldn't live in the same house as her husband's ex-girlfriend so she had no other option but to find somewhere else to stay until she had moved out again. Sam was jealous of Rachel, even after all this time; Rachel still seemed capable of wrapping Stuart around her little finger. Sam sighed to herself, she had to find somewhere else to stay…but where?
Sam left at about 5:00 that afternoon. She didn't bother looking to see if Stuart was still in his office, she just wanted to go home and get her stuff before he had a chance to try and change her mind. She had spent most of the time since her conversation with Stuart thinking about where she was going to go, then she thought of just the person. He would let her stay, she knew it. Sam got into the car outside the station and drove off in the direction of her and Stuart's house.
Sam pulled the car up outside the house a little while later. She walked up to the door and opened it, Sam dropped her bag in the hall and began to walk towards the stairs. 'Mum?' Adele called from the living room, 'is that you?' she added as she came to the living room door.
She saw Sam go up the stairs and decided to follow and find out what was wrong.
Adele opened the door to Sam and Stuart's room and saw Sam hastily packing some clothes into a holdall. 'Mum?' she said, 'what are you doing?'
Sam looked up at her, 'I'm sorry darling but this is what I have to do, your dad's left me with no choice,' she replied.
Adele walked towards the bed and sat down, 'what's he done now mum?'
'He's invited his ex-girlfriend to stay because she's got some sort of plumbing problem at her house,'
'He's done what!' Adele exclaimed.
'Yeah, I know. I can't live with her so I'm moving out until your father's seen sense,'
'Where are you going to go?'
Sam reached across her bed and pulled a stack of post-it notes towards her. On the top one she scribbled down the address, 'this is where I'm going to stay,' she said.
Adele reached out to take the piece of paper but Sam pulled it back further, 'but before I give this to you, you've got to make me a promise,' Sam continued.
'Of course mum, anything,'
'You don't give this to your dad,'
'Why not?'
'Because I don't want him to know where I am. He's got to see sense and I hope this will give him the push that he needs, '
'OK then, I won't give it to him,'
Sam passed Adele the post-it note and rested her hand on her youngest daughter's cheek, 'thank you darling,' she whispered before enveloping her in a hug.
'I'm gonna miss you mum,' Adele said.
'I'm gonna miss you too darling but you've got the address, you can come and see me whenever you like,'
Adele smiled at her as she watched Sam pack the remainder of her clothes into the holdall, 'anyone would think you're going for a month,' Adele joked.
'Who know how long she's gonna be here for,' Sam replied bitterly.
'She won't be here for that long, a few days at the most,' Adele said confidently.
'I hope so darling, you know, I don't want to do this but if this is what it takes for your father to come to his senses…' Sam trailed off as she picked up the holdall.
'I know mum,'
Sam walked towards the bedroom door and opened it before descending the staircase, with Adele following in her wake.
Sam got to the bottom of the stairs just as Marcus came through the door, he saw the holdall in his mum's hand and looked at her, 'you going somewhere mum?' he asked.
'Yeah, I am. At least until she's gone' Sam replied.
'Who are you talking about?'
'Oh, it's a long story Marcus, Adele will explain, I've got to go before your dad gets back,' Sam said as she lent across and kissed her son's forehead, 'I'll see you soon,' she added before stepping out onto the front step and closing the door after her.
Marcus dropped his bag on the floor and turned to his younger sister, 'what is going on here Adele?'
Adele gestured for Marcus to follow her into the living room, 'mum and dad have had a big bust-up,' she started.
'About?'
'Well…dad got a call from his ex-girlfriend yesterday and she invited him out for a drink, they went for dinner after that and he didn't get back until late last night. Now, dad's invited his ex to stay here because she's got some kind of plumbing problem,'
'What did mum say to all that?'
'The fact that she's moving out to get away from her should answer that, she won't come back until she's gone,'
'How long do you reckon that's going to be?'
Adele shrugged her shoulders, 'I don't know,' she said. 'I don't know what to do Marcus.'
'There's nothing you can do Adele, its mum and dad's problem, they've got to sort it out between themselves,'
Adele smiled at him, 'I guess you're right,' she said.
Marcus smiled back at his little sister and enveloped her in a hug.
Sam pulled up outside a house on Brisbane Close. She looked up at the house as she got out of her car; she took her holdall off the back seat before locking the car up and walking up the path towards the door. Sam took a deep breath and pushed down on the doorbell. Through the glass, she saw a male figure come to the door and she heard the lock click. The door opened and Sam smiled as she saw Phil stood in the doorway…
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