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The next morning in the office, Alex quickly realised that Gene must have told the team to involve her as little as possible. People talked to her when necessary about mundane aspects of office work, but she heard nothing about the case of the body at the docks apart from small details that she overheard. Like the rest of her team, from those snippets of information, Alex knew that it wasn't a case for CID to deal with: there was really nothing to it, a nice change even for Alex. Although she was initially angry with Hunt for ruling her out, she was a little relieved at not having to think anymore about going back to the docks.
Inevitably, her thoughts wondered back to Gene and the tape he had found. Alex later went back and found the tape he was looking at, being top of the pile. She knew immediately that it was the most hurtful tape he could hear: Alex questioning him, his existence, his loyalty, his decency. The tape in which she does not trust him. All of that was over now; Alex had decided to overlook her initial fears in order to pursue her feelings. But, if Gene heard that tape, it would all be over... she would have to hide it - no, destroy it. None of those hesitations mattered now. Alex loved Gene, and always would.
Alex reached into her jacket pocket and fingered the tape, anticipating wildly to get it out of her life and out of her mind. 'How to destroy it...' she wondered. And then it came to her, out of nowhere. It would involve one last trip to the docks. Alex leapt up from the desk, putting on her jacket and immediately resting her hand on the tape in the pocket.
Alex drove like maniac to the docks: and she had been in a car with the Gov. There were no PCs around and it looked like the scene had been cleared. The sense of urgency overwhelmed her as she entered the property. She stood on the edge of the first dock, and pulled the tape out. She looked at it for a few moments in a momentary lapse of certainty. Alex closed her eyes and took a long, deep breath. She stepped back and hurled the tape as far as she could, opening her eyes just in time to see the tape sink and disappear into the murky water. Relief flooded through her and a weight lifted from her shoulders.
As she turned and walked back to the car, fear started to boil in her chest as the memories of this place began to surface. Alex managed to ward them off successfully however and headed back to the car. As she got in, Alex began to wonder if there were any other tapes she needed to worry about. It was a stupid question; she didn't want Gene to hear any. But, Alex needed that outlet and the ability to listen to all of her tapes in her efforts of figuring out the world around her. She had to trust Gene, and she did. 'I'll just go back and move them...' Alex began to justify. And then she sped off in the direction of her flat.