"Flynn?"
Kirsty looks at him in amazement, the barrel of the gun still wavering in front of her.
"What's going on?"
"You're making a mistake Kirsty... you're tearing your family apart... I had to do something..."
Dani had called him to tell him about Kirsty after she had walked out. She had been devastated at Kirsty causing yet more trouble. And he was determined to force her to see sense.
"You shot Kane?"
Now she knew why he was so quick on the scene after the accident. She couldn't quite believe it. Flynn, of all people. He was the one who counselled Kane. One of the few people who had given him a chance in the town. He was one of the last people she suspected.
"I did it for your Mum... she may have left but she didn't want her family to fall apart"
"You and Mum?"
She stared at him in bewilderment as he nodded. Confirming Kirsty's implications.
"We love each other Kirsty... that's why I did it... I'd do anything for her..."
She had virtually begged him to put an end to her family's trauma and he hadn't been able to refuse. Besides, it would make his life easier. And no one would suspect him.
Kirsty stood, stunned. Last thing she'd heard her Mum had found David. They had been happy. She felt ill, too ill to start asking questions. They had always been close, but she never thought they could ever be that close.
"...I thought I would teach you both a lesson Kirsty - but you're still leaving the caravan park to be with him..."
She looked at the gun, swallowing. Not able to take in what she was hearing. Flynn was trying to keep them apart. The lengths he was going to to hurt them was unbelievable
His eyes were piercing into her skin madly. He had tried twice to get rid of Kane, to stop the destruction, but it was as if he refused to let go. Flynn was just grateful no one at the hospital recognised him when he had paid Kane a visit earlier. He'd almost been caught out by that nurse, but thankfully she was new to the area and had accepted that he was Josh West. He had succeeded in getting hold of the camera footage due to his knowledge of the hospital system and just hoped there would be nothing else to connect him.
"There's no need to be scared of me Kirsty... so long as you go back home and cut all ties with Kane you'll be fine - both of you... you'll be apart but you'll be alive..."
She couldn't believe this was actually Flynn. He'd done a complete change around. Maybe he was just maddened by love. Or maybe he'd finally lost it, after years of trying to help others he had just flipped.
"I'll give you a moment to think about it"
........................
He was stood on the beach, the waves crawling up onto the beach, the light wind making him shiver. Waiting for his true love.
Then the gunshot ripped through the silence and the pain gripped through his body. He was falling, he couldn't stop himself. His head was spinning, there was someone there. Someone in the bushes.
His eyes flew open and he looked around the hospital room groggily, sweating. That nightmare had been haunting him ever since the shooting. He just wanted to recognise that blurred figure. He was sure it must have been Rhys, but he couldn't be positive.
"Are you alright mate?"
Dr Wilson rushed over to his patient.
"Yeah... just a nightmare... what happened?"
He felt a thousand times worse than he had done earlier. All he could remember was an alarm going off and being surrounded by doctors.
"There was a few problems... we think someone tampered with the machines you were connected to"
"Someone tried to kill me? Again?"
They thought they had the culprit in custody. Rhys. Was it really him. What if he had only tampered with the brakes and there were more people out to kill him.
"The police are outside - they want to know if you remember having a visitor earlier"
Carter had left to pay Josh a visit and Birkett had remained in the hospital to have words with Kane when he awoke.
Kane strained to remember. No, he had been sleeping. He had been exhausted. He couldn't recall any visitors after Kirsty had left.
"Right"
Kane nodded, not exactly pleased about having to talk to the police again. He had never been fond of them. Mainly because they looked down at him. They were constantly suspicious, just because he'd been in trouble in the past.
"So you'll see them?"
"If I have to... not that I'll be able to tell them anything they don't know"
Dr Wilson nodded and turned to leave
"Erm... could you call Kirsty for me and let her know what's going on?"
Wilson nods. He was going to do it anyway, it was obvious she was the one they should be informing, not Scott Phillips. He just hadn't had the time.
"Consider it done"
........................
Josh answered the door, frowning at Carter in between rubbing his eyes. Only a minute earlier he had been fast asleep. Dreaming of the day when the world would be his oyster. West Industries would be famous worldwide, he'd be a multimillionaire, everyone would look up at him.
"Sorry for getting you out of bed"
Carter apologised insincerely.
"Have you any idea what time it is?!"
He couldn't stand cops, all they did was interfere. Couldn't they see he was more important than they'd ever be. He deserved a bit of respect. Not the rude awakening he'd just received.
"Where were you earlier this evening?"
"I was here, working on my plans for the patch of land I've just bought in Yabbie Creek"
"Can anyone confirm this?"
The security camera footage at the hospital had given him no leads. It was as if someone had managed to get hold of exactly the right tapes. Josh could have had the contacts. He was just hoping he'd find something else to go on or he'd look stupid.
"No... surely you can take my word for it though?"
He was a rich and respected man. If they couldn't accept his word, whose could they accept?
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to accompany me to the station Mr West... I suggest you grab your coat... and you should probably get dressed"
He eyed Josh's silk PJ's with distaste. No doubt top of the range, but hideous all the same.
........................
"There was someone there... I looked up and I saw them"
Kane strained to remember. He'd told Birkett he couldn't remember anything about an earlier visitor, but he had mentioned his nightmares, all flashbacks to that day.
"The person who shot you?"
"Yeah... I just can't see his face"
It was really starting to frustrate him. It was like the information was at the back of his mind, on the tip of his tongue, but he just couldn't figure it out.
"So it's definitely a he"
"I don't know... I just... don't know!"
"Look, you've got my number... give us a call if you remember anything, anything at all"
Birkett stood up from his seat by the bed.
"Yeah... will do"
He nodded gratefully.
"Thanks for your help Mr Phillips"
He turned and left as Wilson entered and Kane smiled weakly.
"Did you call Kirsty?"
"I tried... but she's not at the caravan park and her mobile's switched off"
Kane tried to hide disappointment. He had hoped for some support
"Thanks anyway"
"I'll give it another go later"
...........................
Kirsty glanced up at the clock mounted on the wall. Midnight already.
"They'll be wondering where I am"
"Who?"
Flynn glanced at her from where he was leaning against the doorframe to the office.
"Just... my family"
"They think you're here anyway... we've got all night to work this one out, no one's going to be looking for you"
Flynn sat down opposite, smugly. He'd lit a candle on the table at the side of the room. Switching on lights would tell passers-by that there was someone in. He couldn't be doing with people asking questions.
"What do you want me to say Flynn? You know how much I love Kane"
Flynn shrugged.
"That's not my problem... people seem to think that they can hand all their problems to me but not any more... I'm not going to let people walk all over me any more..."
All the years listening to other people whinging. Trying to support everyone at once. He was just expected to get on with it. Perfect husband, perfect mate, perfect doctor and counsellor. It just frustrated him.
"All the time people look at me and think 'good old Flynn, can't put a foot wrong, always there for everyone else'... I'm fed up of it... it's time to take control, put myself first for once"
Kirsty shied away nervously. He was losing it, there was no doubt about it.
"So will you do the right thing and do what I want, do what your mother wants?"
"I can't"
Was she being brave or stupid? Here was the man who had almost killed Kane and she was risking answering him back. She still couldn't imagine Flynn as a bad person. He was right, they did think of him as a general do-gooder. Even now she found it nearly impossible to be scared of him.
"Very well... then, I've only got one choice"
He raised his gun
"You think my Mum's going to like this?"
"She never has to know..."
All Shelley knew was that he was out to get rid of Kane and repair the family. He could convince her someone else was responsible for her daughters death. She'd never suspect him, she loved him too much.
...........................
Kane whacked the alarm button and brought Wilson rushing into the room.
"Are the cops still here?"
Wilson shook his head numbly.
"They'll have left by now"
Kane seemed desperate, and it was obvious something was up. It was just a question of what.
"I've remembered... I know who it was"
"Who what was?"
It had been a long night, he didn't make the connection. Kane continued, ignoring the question
"It was Flynn... he shot me"
Kirsty looks at him in amazement, the barrel of the gun still wavering in front of her.
"What's going on?"
"You're making a mistake Kirsty... you're tearing your family apart... I had to do something..."
Dani had called him to tell him about Kirsty after she had walked out. She had been devastated at Kirsty causing yet more trouble. And he was determined to force her to see sense.
"You shot Kane?"
Now she knew why he was so quick on the scene after the accident. She couldn't quite believe it. Flynn, of all people. He was the one who counselled Kane. One of the few people who had given him a chance in the town. He was one of the last people she suspected.
"I did it for your Mum... she may have left but she didn't want her family to fall apart"
"You and Mum?"
She stared at him in bewilderment as he nodded. Confirming Kirsty's implications.
"We love each other Kirsty... that's why I did it... I'd do anything for her..."
She had virtually begged him to put an end to her family's trauma and he hadn't been able to refuse. Besides, it would make his life easier. And no one would suspect him.
Kirsty stood, stunned. Last thing she'd heard her Mum had found David. They had been happy. She felt ill, too ill to start asking questions. They had always been close, but she never thought they could ever be that close.
"...I thought I would teach you both a lesson Kirsty - but you're still leaving the caravan park to be with him..."
She looked at the gun, swallowing. Not able to take in what she was hearing. Flynn was trying to keep them apart. The lengths he was going to to hurt them was unbelievable
His eyes were piercing into her skin madly. He had tried twice to get rid of Kane, to stop the destruction, but it was as if he refused to let go. Flynn was just grateful no one at the hospital recognised him when he had paid Kane a visit earlier. He'd almost been caught out by that nurse, but thankfully she was new to the area and had accepted that he was Josh West. He had succeeded in getting hold of the camera footage due to his knowledge of the hospital system and just hoped there would be nothing else to connect him.
"There's no need to be scared of me Kirsty... so long as you go back home and cut all ties with Kane you'll be fine - both of you... you'll be apart but you'll be alive..."
She couldn't believe this was actually Flynn. He'd done a complete change around. Maybe he was just maddened by love. Or maybe he'd finally lost it, after years of trying to help others he had just flipped.
"I'll give you a moment to think about it"
........................
He was stood on the beach, the waves crawling up onto the beach, the light wind making him shiver. Waiting for his true love.
Then the gunshot ripped through the silence and the pain gripped through his body. He was falling, he couldn't stop himself. His head was spinning, there was someone there. Someone in the bushes.
His eyes flew open and he looked around the hospital room groggily, sweating. That nightmare had been haunting him ever since the shooting. He just wanted to recognise that blurred figure. He was sure it must have been Rhys, but he couldn't be positive.
"Are you alright mate?"
Dr Wilson rushed over to his patient.
"Yeah... just a nightmare... what happened?"
He felt a thousand times worse than he had done earlier. All he could remember was an alarm going off and being surrounded by doctors.
"There was a few problems... we think someone tampered with the machines you were connected to"
"Someone tried to kill me? Again?"
They thought they had the culprit in custody. Rhys. Was it really him. What if he had only tampered with the brakes and there were more people out to kill him.
"The police are outside - they want to know if you remember having a visitor earlier"
Carter had left to pay Josh a visit and Birkett had remained in the hospital to have words with Kane when he awoke.
Kane strained to remember. No, he had been sleeping. He had been exhausted. He couldn't recall any visitors after Kirsty had left.
"Right"
Kane nodded, not exactly pleased about having to talk to the police again. He had never been fond of them. Mainly because they looked down at him. They were constantly suspicious, just because he'd been in trouble in the past.
"So you'll see them?"
"If I have to... not that I'll be able to tell them anything they don't know"
Dr Wilson nodded and turned to leave
"Erm... could you call Kirsty for me and let her know what's going on?"
Wilson nods. He was going to do it anyway, it was obvious she was the one they should be informing, not Scott Phillips. He just hadn't had the time.
"Consider it done"
........................
Josh answered the door, frowning at Carter in between rubbing his eyes. Only a minute earlier he had been fast asleep. Dreaming of the day when the world would be his oyster. West Industries would be famous worldwide, he'd be a multimillionaire, everyone would look up at him.
"Sorry for getting you out of bed"
Carter apologised insincerely.
"Have you any idea what time it is?!"
He couldn't stand cops, all they did was interfere. Couldn't they see he was more important than they'd ever be. He deserved a bit of respect. Not the rude awakening he'd just received.
"Where were you earlier this evening?"
"I was here, working on my plans for the patch of land I've just bought in Yabbie Creek"
"Can anyone confirm this?"
The security camera footage at the hospital had given him no leads. It was as if someone had managed to get hold of exactly the right tapes. Josh could have had the contacts. He was just hoping he'd find something else to go on or he'd look stupid.
"No... surely you can take my word for it though?"
He was a rich and respected man. If they couldn't accept his word, whose could they accept?
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to accompany me to the station Mr West... I suggest you grab your coat... and you should probably get dressed"
He eyed Josh's silk PJ's with distaste. No doubt top of the range, but hideous all the same.
........................
"There was someone there... I looked up and I saw them"
Kane strained to remember. He'd told Birkett he couldn't remember anything about an earlier visitor, but he had mentioned his nightmares, all flashbacks to that day.
"The person who shot you?"
"Yeah... I just can't see his face"
It was really starting to frustrate him. It was like the information was at the back of his mind, on the tip of his tongue, but he just couldn't figure it out.
"So it's definitely a he"
"I don't know... I just... don't know!"
"Look, you've got my number... give us a call if you remember anything, anything at all"
Birkett stood up from his seat by the bed.
"Yeah... will do"
He nodded gratefully.
"Thanks for your help Mr Phillips"
He turned and left as Wilson entered and Kane smiled weakly.
"Did you call Kirsty?"
"I tried... but she's not at the caravan park and her mobile's switched off"
Kane tried to hide disappointment. He had hoped for some support
"Thanks anyway"
"I'll give it another go later"
...........................
Kirsty glanced up at the clock mounted on the wall. Midnight already.
"They'll be wondering where I am"
"Who?"
Flynn glanced at her from where he was leaning against the doorframe to the office.
"Just... my family"
"They think you're here anyway... we've got all night to work this one out, no one's going to be looking for you"
Flynn sat down opposite, smugly. He'd lit a candle on the table at the side of the room. Switching on lights would tell passers-by that there was someone in. He couldn't be doing with people asking questions.
"What do you want me to say Flynn? You know how much I love Kane"
Flynn shrugged.
"That's not my problem... people seem to think that they can hand all their problems to me but not any more... I'm not going to let people walk all over me any more..."
All the years listening to other people whinging. Trying to support everyone at once. He was just expected to get on with it. Perfect husband, perfect mate, perfect doctor and counsellor. It just frustrated him.
"All the time people look at me and think 'good old Flynn, can't put a foot wrong, always there for everyone else'... I'm fed up of it... it's time to take control, put myself first for once"
Kirsty shied away nervously. He was losing it, there was no doubt about it.
"So will you do the right thing and do what I want, do what your mother wants?"
"I can't"
Was she being brave or stupid? Here was the man who had almost killed Kane and she was risking answering him back. She still couldn't imagine Flynn as a bad person. He was right, they did think of him as a general do-gooder. Even now she found it nearly impossible to be scared of him.
"Very well... then, I've only got one choice"
He raised his gun
"You think my Mum's going to like this?"
"She never has to know..."
All Shelley knew was that he was out to get rid of Kane and repair the family. He could convince her someone else was responsible for her daughters death. She'd never suspect him, she loved him too much.
...........................
Kane whacked the alarm button and brought Wilson rushing into the room.
"Are the cops still here?"
Wilson shook his head numbly.
"They'll have left by now"
Kane seemed desperate, and it was obvious something was up. It was just a question of what.
"I've remembered... I know who it was"
"Who what was?"
It had been a long night, he didn't make the connection. Kane continued, ignoring the question
"It was Flynn... he shot me"