Chapter Thirty Five
Monday 19th January
09:31
The Beach
I was up and out early this morning and had a great work out at the gym and now I'm sitting on the beach with a nice smoothie, preparing myself to start work. I've just seen that girl again this morning. She seems to spend a lot of time at the beach. And she always looks so thoughtful. She met up with some girl today, a friend I presume. They don't look similar so they're probably not related.
Today, I've got a lot of work on for the formal disaster case. It's been hanging for a while but we're hoping to close it today. There were obviously a lot of consequences but we're not charging Melody for what she did so we're hoping to wrap it up and let it go.
Kane is still in hospital. He really was injured so badly. I'm just grateful that I was able to get him out before the explosion. I still have the odd nightmare about that. It was a very scary night.
A lot of the residents are still upset by the whole thing, which is understandable. We've had a few calls from high school kids and their parents, wanting us to press charges but I am adamant that it won't help. Melody needs proper support, which I hope she is getting. I should check on that really. But punishment isn't going to do any good.
Tuesday 20th January
18:01
Home
Yesterday was a pretty long day but the formal case is finally closed. Today, our energies were largely focussed on Jack's death. We went back to the crime scene and found that it had been trashed quite some time ago. It's our fault really because we shouldn't have left it. It's just that we've been lacking man power. We have two officers out forever – Jack and Angelo – and it's been kind of hard to keep up with everything. It's no excuse but that's all I have. Anyway, it was trashed. Fortunately, we had all our evidence already. We gave it another comb and then took the tape and everything down.
Jack's gun is still missing. Angelo swears he doesn't know why. I believe him though. He's lost everything. He's in jail. And from I've heard on the grapevine, he's having a terrible time. I'm torn between feeling compassionate and feeling glad. I don't know. It's all pretty confusing. I don't think it's even so much that he killed Jack although that breaks my heart, especially whenever I catch sight of Martha. But it's the fact that he just left him there. And that he lied about everything.
I wonder if he would have continued lying forever. If hadn't figured it out, I would have potentially been dating a murderer for how long? It makes me ill just thinking about it. To think that I kissed him, slept with him, let him touch me, had breakfast with him in the mornings... Ugh, I can't even bear thinking about it.
Anyway, we did a lot of work on the case today. It's shaping up to be an ugly picture.
Wednesday 21st January
22:23
Home
Ruby and I went to the movies tonight and it was really nice. I treated her to extra popcorn and a romantic comedy appeared to be exactly what we needed.
It was another hard day at work and I was really pleased when I found Ruby waiting for me, eager to spend the evening together. She really is awesome.
I'm going to take her out to a country park I found on my patrol a few weeks ago. I haven't been in but it looks really pretty and I think she'd enjoy it. I think we'll take a picnic and hang out for the day. I've got the whole weekend off so we can go either on Saturday or Sunday. I'm really looking forward to it.
Saturday 24th January
13:54
The Beach
Ruby and I are going to the country park tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to it. Is that sad? I'm just excited about spending time with her.
She's hanging out with Annie and Jai all day today. I've been working so hard this week, I'm pretty exhausted. So I had a nice lie in and then came for a run on the beach. Then I worked out in the gym and now I'm back on the beach, writing and enjoying the sunshine. I think I'm going to stay here for a while. It's nice and peaceful out here, which is a nice change to all the noise going on in my head. I just can't seem to let anything go.
I wasn't really close to Jack, although I did consider him a friend. I think his death has shaken me up more than I expected it to. And obviously there is the Angelo aspect. That hurts more in a way, because I really was close to him. Intimately so. And there's a lot of hassle being directed at the station for everything that happened. That, plus everything that's happening with Dad... I just want a rest.
Sunday 25th January
21:44
Home
Ruby and I had an amazing day. We packed a picnic and went to the country park, which was really beautiful. It was so nice just to hang out all day. We chatted non-stop about all kinds of irrelevant crap and also the more deep and meaningful stuff.
She's decided to forget all about Xavier, which is music to my ears. Let's hope that (if she has to date anyone), it will be a nice boy who won't be in any kind of dodgy trouble and won't break her heart.
Hey, you never know, maybe I'll even find someone for me too! I guess I'm a pretty awkward person to date. Maybe that's why I got so attached to Angelo. I knew he liked me a lot but I also knew I had enough power to keep it casual. I really suck at the whole commitment thing so things worked well with Angelo. You know, until he murdered one of our friends.
Next time… Charlie struggles with Angelo's absence, worries about Roman taking advantage of Martha and spend time with Ruby and Ross…