A/N: To all my irresistable reviewers, it's a shortie, and, the last one, (sobs uncontrollably.)
Chapter Twelve: Retribution
Mort sits in the police station, waiting, glumly. People bustle around him, comparing notes, talking about cases, getting coffee from the machine, everytime he hears the cups filling.
"Are you ok?" one female cop asks him, holding a cup of coffee. "Do you want coffee?"
"No, thanks, I'm alright," says Mort, going back to staring at the floor. She leaves him. He was going to stay there, no matter what anyone told him, until the matter was sorted out, for good. He owed Clementine that.
The interview room door opened, Mort almost recoiled into his chair. A police officer walked over to him, and invited him inside. Mort didn't want to go.
"We've heard everything from one point of view, sir. We've seen the hotel security camera footage, we've got the whole thing on tape and we can see that it wasn't your wife who caused the incident. Please could you read this statement and tell us if there's anything else to add, or if these are the true events happening previously." He pushes a few sheets of stapled paper towards Mort, who reads them over.
"No, that's what happened, I have nothing else to add," he says, pushing the paper back across the table.
"Well, in that case, Mr. Rainey, you're both free to go," he says, getting up. "Could someone get me some coffee?" A younger police officer leaves the interview room and Mort shakes hands with his interviewer before leaving the interview room considerably happier than when he went in, knowing that the police's view wasn't that Clementine had been guilty for anything.
Mort was glad to be back at Tashmore. He knew that in his heart he would always be with Clementine, whether he was with her or without, on different sides of the Atlantic, or in the same room. Mort would always have her love.
A/N: Right, there it is! The last chapter. I've got one last idea, and I decided not to tell you who died (spiritually, technically and gramatically,) because I'm not sure if Clementine's gonna be in it or not. So, it could have been Simone, it could have been Clementine, I'll be leaving you in suspense a little longer, we'll have to see if she crops up in the next story.
Lots of love
Silver Bell
xx