Gina: - and Gary I want you and Honey to get down to the Coal lane Estate and pick up some witness statements, someone set fire to the the bins last night try and find out what you can. OK that's everything of you go.
There was the usual scraping of of chairs as everyone stood up from the briefing room.
Roger: OK, Leela's of on that Fed rep course -
he turned to look at Yvonne, Tony, Honey and Gary.
Roger: - and Steve's helping out CID, so who else is missing?
Gary: Kerry?
Kerry: Hey! I'm here.
Gary: Ow.
Tony: Wait a sec where's Andrea?
Yvonne: Don't no, I haven't seen here since last night, hey ma'am?
They all turned as Gina went to leave the room, she stopped to look at her relief.
Yvonne: Do you no why Andrea's not in?
Gina: PC Dunbar is of sick
Yvonne: Really? Well she was fine yesterday.
Gina: Are you questioning me? PC Hemmingway.
Yvonne: No ma'am.
Gina: Good, now haven't you lot got work to do – all of you!
Roger: Ma'am.
They all walked out of the room, Gina walked past them and turned down a corridor.
Honey: What you reckon? I don't no.
Yvonne: It's not like Andrea to be off.
Honey: Yeah I know, hey Bex's!
They all turned as Rebecca came towards them.
Honey: What's wrong with Andrea?
Becky: What?
Honey: Well she apparently phoned in sick, were just wondering what's up.
Yvonne: It's just not like her to be off.
Becky: Well maybe she is actually ill, I was going to round to hers tonight anyway so I'll see what's up.
Gina pocked her head round the corner
Gina: Oh, you lot move it!
All: Ma'am!
They all jumped, then headed in different directions and vanished threw doors.
A curtain was pulled back and Andrea looked up at Lisa as she came threw, as a doctor had examined Andrea and now disappeared out of the room. Andrea sat in a medical robe on that long bed, after just having all the medical examinations.
Lisa: All done, are the cloth's your wearing the ones you had on when you were assaulted? There might be evidence -
Andrea: I know.
Lisa looked a little surprised.
Andrea: - I mean I thought about that, I kept them there at home.
Lisa: OK, are you sure you don't want to report this to the police?
Andrea: No
Lisa: We can help you do that.
Andrea: Not yet.
Lisa went and sat next to her.
Lisa: Can I ask you why.
Andrea said nothing for a few seconds, she didn't want to tell her she was a police office, she felt scared and humiliated that she couldn't defend her self. She's had been up against bigger things then this crowds, drunks and even kids. But this was one person she couldn't even stop ...
Andrea: It's just I need a bit of time to get my head around it and -
she had a sudden after thought.
Andrea: - I need to speck to my, boyfriend about it.
That last part she had just added to make t sound more convincing, she had no intention in tell Neil about it ... yet anyway.
Lisa: Of course, here's my card.
She handed Andrea a small blue card.
Lisa: - call me if you have a question, we'll keep the medical notes her and when you decide we'll release then only on your consent.
Andrea: Thanks.
CID was buzzing as usual, phones were ringing, people were rushing about going in and out and the usual noses of shouting could be heard for the DI's office, to day's lucky victuum was Debbie. Cameron and Becky walked in just as the DI came out of his office followed by Debbie who looked on the verge of tears. The four of them walked in the direction of Ken who was sitting near the back corner.
Cameron: Gov, we've just attended a shout on the Copethone. It look's like some kid has tried to OD on crack.
Ken: Great that's the fourth one this month.
Becky: We also found this -
She held up and evidence bag containing three white tablets, each with a picture of a spider cut into them.
Becky: - on the lad and in his flat when we searched it, we still have no idea what they are but there the same, as the ones found in the raid yesterday. .
Neil: Yeah we've had kids over dosing on these for the past week but we've got no idea who's supplying them.
Cameron: Well we managed to get there in time before the kid took enough to actually kill himself, he's on his way to St. Hughes.
Neil: OK, thanks Cameron.
Cameron: Sir.
They turn to leave.
Neil: Wasn't PC Dunbar working on this case yesterday?
Cameron: Yes Gov,
Neil: So why isn't she working on this?
Cameron: I don't think she's in to day.
He looks at Becky, for some clarification.
Neil: So were is she?
Becky: She's of sick.
Neil: Right.
Becky and Cameron left and Neil turned to Ken.
Neil: Right Ken I want you and DS McAllister, to get down the hospital and find out who the kid is and were he got there's from.
Neil gives Kent the evidence bag with the tablets in and heads for his office
Ken: Gov.
Andrea closed the door of her flat when she was safely back at home, she stood in the hall way her back against the door, she stood there in silence. The worst apart was over all she had to do now was report it, but she didn't now if she could got threw with it. She dropped her keys on the table in the hall and glanced at her phone, it was flashing she had a new message. She pressed the button on the machine.
''You have three new messages, first message -''
Yvonne: Hey Andy, its me Yvonne, just phoning to see if your feeling OK, give me a ring when you feeling better catch you later.
''Second message - ''
Becky: Hey hun it's me, listen I'm ringing about tonight, if you not feeling up to it, We can meet up another night, give me a ring if you want to cancel OK, see ya hun!
''Third message - ''
Neil: Andrea it's me -
Andrea stopped in her tracks standing in the door way to the living room she turned and started at he answering machine.
Neil: - listen I sorry about last night, I promise I'll make up to you what you fancy Chinese or Indian you can pick, listen I've got to go but I call you latter OK, I'm sorry, I love you.'
''End of messages''
Silent tears started to roll down her face, she could fell herself slide down the wall on to the floor, as the tears became heavy, but with still no sound. She must have sat on that floor for how many hours she never new, she didn't even get up to turn on the lights as it started to get darker out side. Finally she picked her self up of the floor and went into the bathroom.
Becky: Right I'll see you guys latter.
Honey: Were you going?
Becky: I'm going to Andy's to see if she's feeling better.
Becky and Honey stood outside of the station at then end of her shift, Becky started walking towards her car, when Yvonne, Gabriel, Tony, Gary, and Roger all came out of the main office.
Honey: All right then see ya.
Becky: See ya, bye guys!
She added to the others. As she found her car parked in the next street.
Twenty minuets latter Andrea came out of the shower, she had changed and put her wet hair up in a ponytail. She then pulled something out form under her bed, and carried it into the kitchen. She place the white carrier bag on a kitchen chair and turned to the kettle she flicked it on when, the buzzing of the front door made her jump.
Andrea: Hello?
Becky: Hey it's me, I was just coming to see if your OK.
Andrea gave a little sigh of relief then buzzed her in. a few minuets latter there was a knock At the door, Andrea opened it to find Becky smiling at her.
Becky: Nice to see your not on you death bed, I knew you weren't ill.
Andrea: And hello to you to.
Becky closed the door and followed Andrea into the kitchen.
Becky; So what's up? It's not like you to skive of work.
Andrea: I just felt a bit of this morning, want a cuppa.
Becky: Sure.
They walked in to the kitchen, Andrea busied her self with the kettle.
Becky: What happened to your wrist?
Andrea looked down she had cuts on her wrist of the previous night and quickly pulled her sleeve down.
Andrea: Nothing just jammed it in something. So em, anything happen today?
She was trying to drive the subject away from her absence that day.
Becky: Oh you now the usual, we got another shout and we found you now those spider tablets, we found more of them no idea who's surpling them like.
Andrea handed her a cup and they sat a the table, it was then that Becky noticed the white bag.
Becky: You having a clear out?
Andrea looked from her to the bag then grabbed it and shoved it out of site.
Andrea: No just, stuff that's going in the wash.
Becky: Isn't that what a washing basket is for?
Andrea: Yeah well they had stuff on which I didn't want to get on anything else.
There was silence for a few seconds.
Andrea: Sugar?
She stood up and walked over to the bench, but Becky was onto her.
Becky: Is there something going on?
Andrea: What?
Becky: Come on I'm not stupid -
She gets up and stands next to her.
Becky: - you ring in sick this morning when it is very clear you aren't, you've got marks on your wrist and and you have a bag of cloths which look perfectly clean to me.
Andrea doesn't look at her.
Andrea: I said there was something on them.
Becky: What's going on?
There's silence for a few seconds then Becky puts her hand on top of Andrea's and Andrea pulls away so fast it's like she's been electrocuted. Andrea walks away and stars out of the kitchen window.
Becky: Andrea what's happened?
Andrea turns to face her.