Chapter 21

He stepped outside the main entrance and collapsed against the wall, raising his hands to his head.

"I nearly killed her!" He said angrily. "Her heart stopped beating twice, because of me!" He stood there for a while, before calling Peter and letting him know where to find Trevor. Jack took a stroll around the hospital grounds, trying to get his head straight. "I had to do it, for the investigation." He told himself. "If I hadn't, then Martha wouldn't be out now." He finally assured himself that he'd done the right thing, and feeling a little bit better he headed inside.

Jack walked in to find Callum and Martha talking alone, and his eyes shot straight to their hands. Callum was holding both of Martha's hands and it looked as if they were in a very tense and important conversation. A shot of jealousy ran through Jack's spine, but he continued to walk in and sit on the seat next to her bed.

"Hey Mac." He said, smiling at her. "Bought you a present from the shop!" He held out the kitkat chunky.

"Thanks!" She said, letting go of Callum's hand to retrieve the chocolate. "You were saying Callum?" She asked him, but he just looked towards Jack.

"Never mind, we'll talk about it later." He said disappointedly.

"Oh, okay." Martha said, "So, where'd you go?" She asked Jack.

"Just outside to have a bit of a walk." He was going to tell her about what he'd done, just not now, especially in front of Callum, as he knew that Callum would probably make it sound worse than it was. "Feeling any better?"

"I will be when I eat this kitkat chunky!" She laughed. Jack smiled at her. He was so lucky to have her, and so lucky that she was alive. Peter, Christie and Ryan all walked in, crowding the room.

"Hi Constable." Peter smiled. "I thought I'd update you on the investigation news. We've caught Trevor, and just finished interviewing him. He's admitted to holding you lot, so it looks like he's going down for a very long time." Peter said. "I asked him about the drugs that you'd been telling me about, and he confessed to ordering you to inject them, so that's going to be a further year at least on his sentence." Peter continued. He hadn't noticed Jack's desperate attempts to shut him up, which started as soon as he'd mentioned the drugs. However, Martha had noticed, and was now glaring at him. Jack looked at Martha, as he could feel her eyes burning into him.

"I'm sorry Mac." Jack began.

"Can you give us a minute please?" Martha asked everyone, not lifting her stare off Jack. When they had all gone Martha's anger started to show.