Caught up

Chapter 10

When they arrived at Sam's house, Phil watched as she packed a couple of bags and he then helped her carry them downstairs.

"Mum what's going on?" Abi walked through the front door.

"Are you Abi?"

"Yes. Why? What's going on? Where is she going?"

"She's going to stay with me for a few days."

"What? Why? She doesn't even like you. She looks awful."

"She was attacked last night when we were undercover."

"So?"

"She can't be left alone."

"She wouldn't be alone. She'd be with me."

"She needs to be with someone who knows what to do if anything happens, and someone who can stay with her all the time. You can come with her if you want."

"I can't I have school, but I don't want her getting upset. Mum wouldn't you rather stay with Grandma?"

"I need to be able to get to the station and she wouldn't know what to do if something did happen."

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah."

Phil loaded her bags into his car while Sam said goodbye to her daughter.

"Get in." he opened the door for her and went round to the driver's side and got in himself. The journey back to Phil's house was silent and there was an awkwardness between them.

Phil pulled up on his drive and they carried the bags inside. Suddenly Sam groaned and clutched her side and doubled over with pain.

"Go and sit in the kitchen." She did as he told her and he followed moments later. He knelt in front of her and took in her appearance.

"Take off your shirt."

"What?! No!"

"Take it off." This time Phil said it a bit more forcefully and Sam started to unbutton her blouse. Once all the buttons were undone, Phil moved the material aside to find that she had bruising over her chest and stomach.

He ran his hands over her body and she gasped at his touch.

"Sorry."

"It's ok." He checked for broken ribs. He tried to focus, but every so often his eyes strayed to her breasts.

"This looks bad."

"I realise that I never thanked you for helping me."

"I was just doing my job you don't need to thank me. You go upstairs and I'll bring your bags up and you can change. I'll also get you a towel so you can have a shower."

"Thank you."

I'm going to leave that there for now, but please review and I will ud soon. Luv Sam xxx