Gina: No I don't believe it.
Sam: Chris was very clear, Andrea told him it was rape.
Gina: Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but Andrea I don't believe it.
Sam, was reporting to Gina what had just happened as she was glad to get out of the DI's office, because Neil had started acting strangely.
Sam: I am going to have to tell the Supt.
Gina: Can I talk to Andrea first?
Sam: Why?
Gina: Well until she confirms it, it's just gossip. In the end it's just one block, being very protective over his sister.
Gina went to find Andrea, she tried the locker room the canteen, and even asked Honey and Becky but they hadn't seen her since her interview, so she went into to CAD and told Dean to put a call out for her. She wanted her in her office, NOW.
Sam and Neil stood outside the Supt's office, Sam had, had to practically drag Neil out of his office, he wasn't focused his mind was spinning. He wanted to find Andrea to talk to her but he still had interviews to conduct.
Adam: Sam, Neil!
They turned to see Adam coming towards them.
Adam: Everything sorted? Have you spoken to everyone?
Sam: Do you want the good news
Adam: Good news I think.
They walked into his office
Sam: Well it looks as though in her distressed state, Julie Willets completely misunderstood what Honey said about the bomb being a fake.
Adam: So it's Julie's word against Honey?
Sam: Honey's and Tony's.
Adam: So we can back up Honey with a clear conscience, good, well what's the bad news.
Sam glanced at Neil, who hadn't been listening to anything Sam and Adam had just said.
Sam: Em Inspector Gold is the keeper of the bad news sir, you'll have to speak to her.
Sam walked out of the office
Adam: Neil are you OK?
Neil came back to earth.
Adam: Yes Sir
He walked out of the office.
Gina: Did you tell Chris that you were raped?
Andrea had found herself sitting in the Inspector's office, blinds drawn, looking up at her, and she was paralyzed to her seat, with the question she had just asked, she stared up at her a mixture of shock and surprise on her face.
Gina: Come on Andrea, I want you to tell me what this is all about.
She was looking down at Andrea as thought she was a five year old school girl that had done something wrong.
Andrea: I don't want to.
Gina: Well it's to serious for that what happened?
She didn't say anything but took to staring at the opposite wall.
Gina: When you phoned in, were you really sick?
It took Andrea a few seconds and then reluctantly answered
Andrea: No
Gina had already guessed this, the fact that she was not usual the one for phoning in ill.
Gina: So what was going on?
Andrea started running the events threw her mind like play back, trying to remember, all though she didn't need to try very hard, they would probably remain there for the rest of her life.
Andrea: I was meant to be meeting some friends at the car park on Taff street after work.
There was no point in telling her she was there to meet Neil, not some friends, she had enough problems at the moment without dealing with questions over her relationship with DI Manson.
Andrea: Only we had to cancel it so I walked home.
Gina: OK you walked home so what happened?
It was the last thing she wanted to do, but now that she had started there was no point in trying to lie now.
Andrea: I was walking down, Albert Lane when some came up behind me, they grabbed my arm and put a hand round my mouth and pushed me into a near by lane.
She stopped and looked down tears filling in her eyes.
Gina: Then what happened.
She new she was pushing it, but she needed to no the truth.
Andrea: I tried to scream, but they were to strong, I could feel there nails dig into my arms.
Instantly she grabbed her arm and stared rubbing it, as she did Gina noticed the cuts on her wrists that plainly looked as thought she had been held tight.
Andrea: I couldn't do anything.
Gina: Where you raped?
She waited a few seconds then, nodded as a single tear fell down her face.
Chris: Hey!
Chris was in custody he was standing behind the desk, he had been on the phone which Andrea had snatched out of his hand and slammed it down on the receiver.
Chris: What are you doing?
She grabbed his arm and started dragging him down he corridor digging her nails into his arm.
Andrea: I thought we agreed to stay quite?
Andrea was mad, angry and more pissed of then she had ever been in her life.
Chris: I'm sorry I couldn't help it.
Andrea: Do you realize what you've done? I lied to CID, and now I have just had to admit being raped to the Inspector!
Chris: Andrea it just came out, please don't be angry with me?
They had reached the female toilets, Andrea banged opened the door shouted at another officer to get out then pushed Chris inside.
Andrea: You caused this Chris, don't come to me looking for sympathy!
Chris: I caused this!
Andrea: Yeah you caused this with your stupid bloody pride your so gullible, why couldn't you just believe me, Chris why can't you just believe me!
Chris: Come here.
He grabbed her arm and pulled her into him, he put an arm around her and held her trying to calm her down. After a few seconds past.
Chris: Are you going to make it official?
She pulled away and stared at him, think 'unbelievable'
Andrea: A man died and all you care about is if I'm going to do the right thing and make it official. I will not be shoved around by your agenda, Chris!
Her angry was back and she was fuming again and in her furry she shoved Chris up against the wall.
Andrea: I will not be shoved around by anyone's agenda!
She marched over to the door
Chris: Andrea.
Andrea: SHUT UP!
She marched out slamming the door behind her.
Adam: Samantha tell's me we may have a problem?
Adam Okaro had come marching into Gina's office, who had quickly shoved her fag into her cup of tea and looked up at him.
Gina: Andrea Dunbar clams that she was raped a week ago, Chris choice the middle of the bomb incident to discuss it with Andrea.
Adam: He did what?
Gina: Now the question is did she take her eye of the ball.
Adam: Did she?
Gina: Well there both saying no, but it makes you wonder.
Adam: What about Andrea's rape allegation.
Gina: Well I've spoken to her and I hate to say this but I think she's telling the truth.
Adam: Has she made it official.
Gina: Well that's the thing, she wont make it official but she wont with draw it either.
Adam: Samantha was right, you are the keeper of bad news.
Ten minuets latter, she walked into the Supt's office to find Adam and Neil waiting for her. Neil wanted to now what was going on, as Andrea was refusing to talk to him.
Adam: Well?
Gina: It looks like Andrea may be telling the truth.
Neil felt sick in the pit of his stomach.
Gina: The FME can confirm, that there's traces of sexual nature, and there not that recent,about a week old, also Andrea told me she visited the rape refuge but they wont give out any information with out her consent, and as she hasn't made it official.
Adam: So what do you think?
Gina: I now PC Dunbar, she's not the sort of person who would lie and especially something like this. Plus I've seen marks on her wrists which don't look like they were made by accident.
She looks at him.
Neil waits till Gina has vanished into CID out of ear shout and Adam's door is closed firmly behind him. He dials her number but again get her voice mail.
Sam: Gov?
Neil turns to look at her.
Sam: Gary and Yvonne are ready for there interviews.
Neil: Get Jim to take over I have to follow up a lead.
Not waiting for her to reply he walked of towards the stairs. She wasn't in the canteen nor the writing room, he walked towards the locker room and opened the door, a quick glance around indicated that no one was there and certainly not Andrea. As he closed the door thinking he could try Custody he nearly ran smack bang into Becky.
Becky: Hey Gov I think you'll find that the male locker room is down the corridor.
Neil: Where is she?
Becky: Who?
Neil: Andrea
Becky: I haven't seen her.
She was clearly lying and he new it.
Neil: PC Smith!
The tone in his voice told her that he was not in the mood to be mucked around, and as she was all ready facing trouble with him because of her attitude towards him the previous day she didn't want to chance it.
Becky: The Inspector sent her home, but I didn't tell you that.
He turned and headed out towards the yard. When he pulled up outside her flat block, although there were no lights at her window something told him that she was here, he could feel it. He rang her one more time even though he new it was a waist of time she wouldn't answer he new it already, he tried her flat line number which automatically went to answer phone. He got out the car and walked across the street towards the door, a silver key in his left hand, he didn't care if he was there all night, this time he wasn't giving up with out a fight.