Andrea was buzzed into Custody. As she walked along the corridors people looked at her. She didn't care, she wished them away just wanting to be alone. As she turned she found Honey, Becky and Yvonne.

Yvonne: Andrea

Honey: Hey Andy are you all right?

They both looked at there friend concerned.

Andrea: Bit shaken up nothing serious.

Gina: Well I'm glad to here it.

The four of them turned to see Gina coming towards them

Gina: You were very lucky, know get some forensics bags, put your kit in put clean cloths on, CID are doing the de - brief interviews when you've done your, I'm going to stand you down.

Andrea: I don't want to be stood down ma'am

Yvonne: CID? What happened to the hot de – brief?

Gina: It's been canceled, superintendents orders, now has anyone seen Sgt. Smith?

Yvonne: No ma'am

Honey: No ma'am.

The four girls tuned the corridor and headed for the locker rooms, as they went threw the door way they saw Tony waiting for them

Tony: You all right?

He put a hand on Andrea's shoulder, all she did was nod in reply, Tony looked at Honey.

Tony: CID want us upstairs now

Honey: Me?

Tony: You and me

Honey: Why?

Tony: Because we were the ones closet to Julie at the scene, got your head clear about what your saying yet?

As the locker room came in to view so did something else, Neil had just come round the corner caring a file. He stopped dead when he saw Andrea, her shirt and coat covered in suite, bits of her hair out of it's bun, and cuts on her face. A great sigh of relief over came him, she was OK. He looked at her wanting nothing more then to hold her and tell her it was OK. She stopped when she saw him, but Becky put and arm on her back and she continued walking forward. Tony, Honey, Yvonne and Kerry still behind them, she had either done it so the others didn't suspect anything or she didn't think Andrea could handle being with Neil at that moment. As they walked past, Andrea looked away form his gaze. Honey and Tony headed for CID, Yvonne and Becky followed Andrea into the locker room were Andrea headed straight for her locker. With her back turned she didn't see Yvonne and Becky glance at each other.

Yvonne: Look. I now what you said and I know how you feel but I didn't tell a soul.

Becky walked over to the bench and sat down

Yvonne: I don't operate like that what you tell me stays with me. I mean it.

Andrea: So how came the whole stations knows that I was raped?

She angrily takes of her coat, tears in her eyes hidden form the other two.

Becky: The whole station doesn't now.

Andrea: Well Chris dose, Kerry dose and the lads do, and they are all talking about me.

Yvonne and Becky look at each other.

Yvonne: Then go public if it's already public

Andrea: NO!

Becky: Look we don't want to argue, were on your side, that's the honest truth,

Yvonne nodded even though Andrea couldn't see, she could here Becky stand up and walk behind her.

Becky: And after what happened to day, look we don't want to fight all of us do we?

Andrea: Well then give me space for god sake stop telling me what to do all the time!

Tears were rolling down her face now

Becky: OK, fine it's your life.

She looked at Yvonne then slowly walked towards the door. Andrea looked at the ceiling.

Andrea: Why can't they just let me be?

She turned around, eyes streaming silently, Yvonne came up to her and let Andrea sob in to her jumper, Becky came up to them, so the three of them stud there in a silent group hug.

Upstairs Neil and Sam had started the interviews, Neil in his office Sam in the DCI's office. First up was Tony and Honey. Tony with the DI, Honey with Sam.

Neil: But why was Julie Willet's there at all?

Tony: DC Perkins brought her to the bank

Neil: Why?

Tony: They were investigating Willet's, she was his ex, when they found out that she was living with the bank manager, then it was obvious why Willet's had chosen that particular bank.

Neil: But wasn't that a reason not to bring her?

Tony: She was threatening to come anyway, I think the intention was contaminate, Terry couldn't have known that Willet's was strapping a bomb to her boyfriend

Sam: At that point did you say anything to Julie Willet's about the bomb?

Honey: No, Mrs. Willet's was talking to someone in the crowd, then she got hysterical

Sam: Hysterical?like what?

Honey: She rushed to the bank, that's why Tony and me had to baby-sit her, to take her away and keep her quite.

Sam: Who gave you the job to baby-sit her?

Honey: Sgt. Smith

Sam: What did he say?

Honey: Take her away and keep her quite.

Tony: Next thing I now she's shouting at Jake

Neil: Shouting what?

Tony: Don't be afraid it's a fake they said so.

Neil: So Julie shouted to Jake Cooper that the bomb was a fake of her own a core?

Tony: Yes?

Neil: Why?

Sam: Honey?

Honey: I said we didn't now if the bomb was real, we just didn't now that's what I said.

Sam: Julie said a police woman told her the bomb was a fake.

Honey: I've told you what I said.

Sam: Your version and her version don't match, was there anyone else there?

Honey: Tony, Tony was there.

Tony: She could have put it better maybe.

Neil: Was Honey unprofessional?

Tony: No, she was an officer under pressure we all were, under normal circumstances she would never have been put in that situation.

Sam: Thank you Honey

Sam held open the office door as Honey had finished her interview. Honey was in the door way when she had a though.

Honey: What's the possible fall out of this Sgt?

Sam: Well if Tony backs you up, you should be fine.

Honey: It was more Andrea, I was thinking about.

Sam: Why? What's Andrea got to worry about?

Honey: Nothing it's just she was at the sharp end today

Sam: Come in.

Honey walked slowly back into the office realizing she had put her foot in it.

Sam: So?

Honey: A man died in her watch, that's all I was getting at.

Sam: A man died on your watch, a man died on everyone ones watch ... tell Andrea I'll see her next.

After the interviews Neil and Sam compared notes, on Honey and Tony's interview.

Neil: Well as far as I can see Julie Willet's is blaming us for something she did herself.

Sam: It's early days yet, looks as though Smithy Honey a job that was way to big for a PC, did Tony say anything to you about Andrea?

Neil's heart did a sudden back flip

Neil: No why?

Sam: It's just Honey seemed generally concerned about her.

Neil was bewildered and even more confused then he had been. Had Andrea told Honey about them? Did she now about there affair?

Once Andrea was changed, she was called into the DCI's officer for her interview with Sam.

Sam: So you volunteered?

Andrea: Yeah

Sam: Then what?

Andrea: I was told to take Jake in to the car park

Sam: By Sgt. Smith?

Andrea: Yes

Sam: Right

Andrea: That was the only place were Jake could be away from the public, isolated with no distractions, it was somewhere were I could stay with him, talk to him and have engine block in between me and the device incase anything went wrong.

Sam: OK, where were you on the diagram, in relation to Jake?

She pushed a diagram of the car park towards her.

Andrea: He was here, the car was here, I was there.

She pointed out the three different, spots on the diagram

Sam: Where you talking to him?

Andrea: Yes

Sam: The whole time?

Andrea: Yes

Sam: You mentioned distraction's, where there any?

Andrea: No

Sam: I've already herd Julie Willet's was shouting to him

Andrea: Yeah she was, she said something about the device being fake being safe, I obviously said we had to wait for the bomb squad to confirm it and I tried to get him to talk about something else.

Sam: Then what happened?

Andrea: He lost it.

Sam: Lost it, just like that

Andrea: It was like em, he couldn't take it anymore he just want to get this thing of him. It was too much.

Sam: What did you do?

Andrea: I was yelling at him not to touch it.

Sam: Yelling?

Andrea: Yes Sgt. He wasn't listening to me so I yelled at him to try and get him to listen.

Sam: Where were you at this point.

She pointed at the diagram again, on the left to the car.

Sam: Not behind the car.

Andrea: No it was a reflex to move towards him

Meanwhile Gabriel was being interviewed by the DI

Gabriel: When the explosion happened I was on the outer cordon, on the car park side of the bank

Neil: Who was with you? Who could you see?

Gabriel: Smithy, Tony was in the commutations car, Yvonne, Gary, Des, Cam, Becky, Reg and Kerry. Sheelagh and June were by Smithy and SO19 would have arrived by then.

Neil: No one else from our team?

Gabriel new what he was doing he was deliberately missing someone out.

Gabriel: Oh Honey was also with Tony.

Neil: No one else?

Andrea: I've never been in that situation before all right, there was no procedure, there was no rule book to follow. Maybe I miss judged the situation, but what happened that was down to him not, me. I had no idea he'd do what he did, I couldn't stop him. Then it was to late, I though he was being reasonable, listening to me, but he had his own ides then he just flipped.

Tears filled in her eyes, she wasn't sure what she was talking about now, the bomb or the ...

Andrea: That is not my fault, I didn't make it happen, I couldn't stop it happening it is not my fault.

Tears were flowing down her checks now.

Sam: I'm not blaming you Andrea, it's just your were the only one there, your the only witness that can tell us what happened.

Neil: Where was Chris?

Gabriel: He wasn't at the front of the bank and he wasn't at then inner cordon. He was taking the log so he should have been standing next to Sgt. Smith but he wasn't, because Sgt. Smith was asking for him, I don't now where he was.

The second her interview was done, she was out of the office faster then grease lighting. She bumped into Chris in the corridor, who was trying to talk to her.

Chris: Hey what did they ask? Did you say anything I should now?

She tried to get past him but he kept blocking her.

Chris: Andrea did they have a go at you?

Andrea: Please just leave me alone

She managed to get pass him, he went to go after her, but stopped when someone called his name.

Sam: Chris!

He turned to see Sam come out of the DCI's office.

Where going to interview you in the DI's office, me and the DI. Together

Chris: Why are you both interviewing me? The others have been one on one.

Chris was sitting facing the DI, who was behind his desk, Sam sitting behind him at his side.

Neil: You were keeping the log so we both need to here your accounts so we can compare it with other peoples

Chris: OK

Neil: There doesn't seem to be any pacific reference to where you were when the explosion happened, the time is recorded but there's nothing to where you were.

Chris: Well as soon as I heard the explosion, I ran to the car park I was worried about Andrea.

Neil could understand that. He would have been preside himself, just like he was when he heard of the bomb.

Neil: Well the log records the adornment after math, but I'm asking you where you were.

Chris: Before that, I was at the inner cordon with Sgt. Smith.

Sam: We haven't spoken to Sgt. Smith yet, but another officer can remember Sgt. Smith asking for you at this time

Chris: What other officer?

Neil: That doesn't matter

Chris: What other officer?

Neil: That really doesn't matter. Where were you when Sgt. Smith was asking for you?

Chris: I didn't think it was right that Andrea was dealing with the bomb victim

Sam: Well she told us she volunteered.

Chris: She shouldn't have been aloud to.

Neil was confused but didn't show it.

Neil: Why not?

Chris: I briefly went down to check on her, I heard shouting and I though she might need help

Neil: What shouting?

Chris: The victim was shouting, his girlfriend was shouting!

Chris was now shouting too

Sam: Did Andrea need your help?

Chris: No

There was a pause

Neil: Where you there when the explosion took place?

Chris looked away from his senior officers and didn't say anything

Neil: Where you there when the explosion took place?

Chris: Yes

Neil: Then why didn't you say so? And why haven't you submitted your clothes for forensics! What the hell is going on Chris!

Chris remained silent

Sam: Andrea said she took the victim to the car park to avoid distraction's did you under mind that?

Chris: No

Sam: I'll ask you again, did you undermined that?

Chris: No I did not!

Sam: Then what are you trying to hide?

Chris: I was worried she couldn't cope

Sam: Why!

Neil: You said Andrea should not have been aloud in this role, why is that?

Chris: Andrea has been under a lot of pressure, she has been under a lot of strain, and the role of dealing with the bomb victim is very stressful so I was worried about the situation I was worried about her.

Neil: What strain?

Andrea hadn't been under any strain that he new of, she always told him about it or he would have guessed if something was wrong. Before they broke up she seemed to be fine, but afterwards – he didn't now because she wouldn't let him anywhere near her.

Chris: I can't say

Sam: But you can say she should never have been given that key role. And that in fact you were there, and we are supposed to believe that neither of those things affected the out come.

Chris: They didn't

Sam: I don't believe you Chris

Chris: I went to talk to her and she ignored me, she was completely focused on the victim she was completely focused on doing her job!

He was getting angry now, he didn't now how much longer he could whole out.

Sam: Which you were not!

Chris: SHE HAS BEEN RAPED!

Neil and Sam froze

Chris: SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT JOB!

Suddenly everything made perfect sense. Neil sat there a mixture of being stunned and shocked, it was a good enough reason to why she had broken up with him, why she was so mad with him for standing her up. Why Rebecca had shouted at him in CID, Why Andrea had been ignoring his calls, and why Andrea had been acting differently since Tuesday. He managed to come out of his shock, and said in a shaky but calm voice.

Neil: What do you mean, she's been raped?

Chris: She told me.