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Gill sat swiveling in her office chair, staring at the piles of paperwork on her desk, "So that's what we have so far?"

"Yes Ma'am" Rob replied, looking up nervously from his notes. Gill stood up, and looked out of the window.

"So... Hastings has escaped from prison. No trace of his whereabouts -"

"Someone's onto that. It's become a wider investigation now. At least four other syndicates are trying to track him down" Rob interrupted, hoping that this news wouldn't anger DCI Murray any further.

"Good. That's good news. Andy Roper's been caught following Janet down the street. His car has been abandoned near the prison Hastings escaped from. He's received coded emails from an anonymous source. Janet has also received these emails. Am I correct?"

"Yes Ma'am".

"Has anyone decoded the emails?" Gill asked sitting back down in her chair.

"No Ma'am".

"Get someone onto that right away".

"Yes Ma'am" Rob said, standing up to leave the room.

"And Rob -"

He turned to Gill, a serious expression on her face.

"I will do everything in my power to clear Janet's name".

Rob nodded, "You don't believe she had anything to do with it?"

Gill shook her head, and then looked at her Detective Sergeant, "Do you?"

"No".

"Good" Gill replied.

.o.0.o.

BEEP BEEP!

Janet looked down at her phone.

'YOU OKAY?'

Janet smiled; it was from Rachel. She tried to pick it up, but there was no way she'd be able to text with the bandages on. Dorothy walked in with a mug of coffee for her daughter, and a cup of tea for herself.

"Mom could you dial Rachel's number for me please?"

Dorothy frowned, "I thought we were going to have a chat?"

"We are" Janet confirmed, "I just need to let her know that I'm okay. She'll be texting me every five minutes otherwise. You know how she is".

Dorothy raised her eyebrows. She didn't half know what Rachel was like, but she put up with her for her daughter's sake at least. She was glad really that Janet had a close friend that she could confide in, even if it was someone as ditsy as Rachel Bailey! Dorothy dialed the number and passed Janet her phone, and watched as she struggled to hold it to her ear. She was about to consider holding it for her, when Rachel answered the phone.

"Hi Rach".

"Janet! Are you okay?"

Janet laughed, waving her other hand in the air as if dismissing any thought of her being otherwise, "Yeah I'm fine. I couldn't text because of my bandages".

"Oh yeah I forgot... sorry".

"It's alright. Is there anything happening to do with Geoff escaping from prison and all that?"

It was quiet on the other end of the phone.

"Rachel?"

"I'm here... I don't think I should tell you over the phone..."

Janet looked up at her mother who was staring at her intently, "Tell me what?"

Rachel sighed, "I really don't think I should tell you over the phone. I'll tell you tomorrow if you're up to work?"

"Yeah, I'll be in tomorrow. It's not serious is it?"

'Serious? Oh, it's serious alright', Rachel thought to herself.

"No not too serious. Call me if you need anything okay?"

Janet nodded, "Okay. I'll see you tomorrow".

"Bye Jan".

"Byeee".

Janet put the phone down on the table, and carefully picked up her mug, "Where do you want me to begin?"

.o.0.o.

Rachel looked at her phone. It was 9pm.

"You coming for a pint Rachel?" Kevin asked leaning back from his desk. Oh she'd give anything for a pint! It wasn't the same without Janet though. She would always stay sober, while she drank herself silly.

"Nah thanks" Rachel replied, picking up her bag. She was about to walk out of the office, when she heard Gill's voice.

"You got a minute Rach?"

Rachel turned round, put her bags back on her desk and walked into Gill's office. She sat down in the chair opposite, wondering what she'd done wrong this time.

"Don't worry Rach I'm not going to scold you" Gill said with a look of amusement of her face. Rachel relaxed slightly.

"Janet told me what happened" Gill said, "at least everything she wanted to tell me".

Rachel nodded, "She told me too".

DCI Murray leaned forward in her chair, speaking her words in complete confidence, "Do you think we could compare both to see if she told us anything different? I don't think she did because she notices every detail, but..."

"Yeah, of course".

.o.0.o.

"I went to get coffee for Gill".

"Why?" Dorothy asked, dipping a biscuit in her tea.

"She was infuriated because we had a power cut and I thought that she just needed something to calm her down" Janet replied, now realizing how silly the situation seemed, "I went to the café on the corner and brought ten cups of coffee".

Dorothy looked surprised and wondered how her daughter had possibly managed to carry so many! Janet saw her surprise, and smiled, "Don't worry I managed; the woman behind the counter gave me a box. Anyway I walked back to the station and sent the coffees up to the office. It was then I think I realised my phone was missing".

Janet looked at her phone, confused, "How did I get my phone back?"

.o.0.o.

"So, she went back outside thinking she'd left it in the café?"

Rachel nodded, leaning forward in her chair, "Yeah. She went back outside and bumped into Adrian of all people! Then they both walked down the alleyway and talked".

Gill furrowed her brows, thinking hard, "I wonder why he took her down the alleyway?"

Rachel sat back, "I hadn't thought about that".

.o.0.o.

"So anyway, Ade and I talked for a bit and then he left".

Dorothy brushed the last crumbs of her biscuit off her jumper, "Didn't you go with him?"

Janet looked down at her mug.

"No" she said quietly.

"Janet said she was about to leave the alleyway when someone came towards her - out of the shadows she said" Gill stated, trying to remember exactly what her friend had told her, "And then she recognized him?"

"Yes. And he -" Rachel stopped, hoping that Gill would finish off her sentence.

"He pushed her up against the wall, and threatened her".

Rachel nodded, holding her head in her hands, "I guess that's how she hurt her fingers. She said he'd literally slammed her hands against the brick wall to hold her down. If she'd struggled then her skin would've torn against the surface".

Gill nodded in agreement, "Did she tell you why he threatened her?"

Rachel sighed, "No. She said she couldn't tell me. She said something terrible would happen if she did".

.o.0.o.

"What did he say?"

Janet shook her head, a lump forming in the back of her throat. 'Janet don't you dare cry again, you've done enough crying for one day!'

Dorothy put down her mug, and lifted her daughters face to meet her own, "Janet. What did he say?"

Tears threatened to fall, and she blinked hard to keep them at bay. Looking her mother straight in the eye she spoke the words that had been haunting her for the last few hours:

"He said that if I told anyone what he'd told me, Geoff Hastings would find me and kill me. Me… and Elise and Taisie".