Rose didn't exactly know how she managed to end up letting Alec into her room later on. He'd said he'd have to leave early to get changed so if he sneaked off she'd not to think it was him trying to avoid her.

"I just did not want you thinking bad of me," he explained after Rose had got comfortable on him.

"I wouldn't Alec, I know ya have to go to work but can't ya have a day off?" she asked, now worried about him.

"I promise it won't be for long," he agreed, thinking he'd not signed on here to work overtime. "Then I will break the news to the hotel owner that I am leaving."

"Won't she get suspicious?" Rose yawned.

"I can always blame it on the press staying there, say I'm not happy about it," he replied.

"Yeah, I'm sure the big city reporters would just love to bump into you while you're eating breakfast," Rose teased him.

"I know one is already staying there," he admitted. "One who hounded me on my last case."

"Well she may wonder where you've gone," Rose giggled into his shoulder, remembering her mother had mentioned about him being picked on at the time.

"Stop it Rose," he almost laughed himself. "Am I going to have trouble with you? The strangest thing happened earlier, a telephone engineer, who turned out to be a crank insisted I had met you before."

"What?" Rose almost sprung up. "Why would he do that? Ya mean he was psychic or something?"

"More like or something," Alec replied, kissing the top of her head. "Take no notice, I refuse to. Get some sleep eh, we will discuss things tomorrow."

"Well okay but why say something like that? How did he know I was here?" Rose was puzzled. "He did mean me?"

"Well you are the only woman I have met recently," Alec replied. "I won't let him bother you, don't worry," he promised, trying to get another kiss out of her.

"I can take care of myself Alec," Rose yawned again then turned to respond to him trying to kiss her.

"You will feel better about this tomorrow," Alec also promised.

Rose was already asleep, on his left like she was listening to his irregular heartbeat. He didn't know why she'd chosen to do so, it wasn't going to change unless he got the surgery or somehow grew another heart. Maybe now, he had an incentive to get himself fixed?

She had been through enough with losing whom he now knew she had been briefly married to, though not a lot had been known about the man. He could understand how they had kept their relationship quiet until it had been announced the man had got worse, then the sad news he had not recovered.

Poor Rose must have been devastated, he thought so how could he still refuse to do something about his own current health problem? He could at least see what his options were, if Rose agreed to go with him. Would she stay though or would she be afraid of being left again?

His alarm went off the next morning just as his phone rang.

"What do you want at this time Miller?" he growled as he tried to get Rose to move.

"Excuse me," Ellie replied sarcastically. "I'm up at that hut on Briar Cliff, forensics are here. Do you want to join me?"

He imagined that wasn't a suggestion.

"Have a car outside the station in fifteen minutes," he agreed, Rose wafting him away as he tried to kiss her cheek for disturbing her and hoping Miller hadn't heard her telling him to go get a shave as his beard tickled her.

"The station?" Ellie questioned him. "You're not already there are you?"

Then she remembered he'd muttered something about does she think he actually sleeps at night but then she thought it may be due to the mysterious woman he'd met.

"Oh, you're not, are you?" she laughed.

"Stop it Miller," he hissed as tried to get his shirt on. "What are forensics doing up there at this time?"

"Because it's the only time they could fit it in," Ellie replied. "I thought it may be worth having a look, since we got the keys."

She thought he'd be pleased she'd saved him the time but obviously, he had something better to do on a Sunday morning, like be in bed with a woman he'd just met. Then she remembered what the telephone engineer had said to Hardy and wondered if he was being coy about it.

"Where ya going at this time?" Rose wanted to know as Alec finished getting dressed.

"Work," he replied as he tried to fasten his tie and leaving it half done. "A new lead, we may have discovered where Danny was killed."

Why was he telling her, he wondered as he went to the bathroom.

Rose decided to move over to where he'd been laid, feeling it was lovely and warm since despite it being summer, it was a bit chilly in the mornings, being by the sea. She'd not noticed until he'd moved. Why was she so comfortable with him and had met him when she needed someone? He must be the man the Doctor had predicted she would meet.

Things were about to get more complicated as she got up and decided to go to the mini-market on the edge of the caravan site. Steve Connolly had been trying to stay out of Alec's way since he and Ellie had got back from the cliff top cabin, having seen Alec glaring at him through his office door.

"Have you finished?" Ellie asked as she saw the two of them having a staring contest.

She knew Alec was already in a bad mood since he'd gone off to have a few words with Mark Latimer and told the man to show up for an interview in the morning after refusing to answer questions.

"Well, yes, nearly," Connelly replied, fixing two wires together after trying to glance at more information to see anything about a woman Hardy may know.

He'd been getting fragments of the detective and a mysterious blonde, whom he'd now realised was non other than Rose Tyler, of whom it had been said had gone into seclusion since the loss of her fiancé not so long ago.

"I hope you've not been trying to look at anything on the desks?" Ellie then warned him.

"No, of course not, not after I got warned yesterday," Connelly told her.

"You're here to install phone wires, I suggest you stick to it before he comes down on you again," Ellie nodded towards Alec, who was trying to ignore them so he could get finished and go get his things from the hotel.

"I'm right about him," Connelly called after Ellie as she went back to her desk.

"It's nothing to do with me, I only met him the other day," Ellie replied. "I'd stay out of his way if I were you."

Ellie sat down, wondering what it was all about but Hardy had been mysterious since she'd met him, now wishing she'd stayed on vacation except when she'd asked Joe if there was any money left from Florida and he'd said no, her not thinking they'd spent that much. How could he not have realised they were five hundred pounds over what they'd thought they'd spent when everything was paid for except food and stuff in the parks they'd been to.

She got up and went into Alec's office to try to find out what was going on.

"So, what was all that about?" Alec asked her, taking his glasses off.

"I caught him trying to look on a desk again," Ellie thought she'd better admit. "I'll tell the DS the desk belongs to but it's going to be more difficult, having more desks all with information on them."

"That engineer should be finished today," Alec replied.

"Sir, can I leave now, I wanted to meet my husband and kids at the church," she asked hopefully.

"Good idea, the killer might be there," Alec agreed.

"That's not what I meant," Ellie told him, sitting back on the chair.

"Take the opportunity to look around," Alec suggested. "What time does the service start?"

"In twenty minutes," Ellie replied. "I'll have to leave now. Are you coming?"

"Go ahead Miller, I have things to do. About this morning, don't make anything of it."

"I never said anything," Ellie protested. "It's nothing to do with me."

"Good, keep it that way," Alec told her. "Mark Latimer's coming in first thing tomorrow, he won't say where he was when his son was killed."

"What? Do you have to bring him in?" Ellie protested.

"You have to separate yourself from the family Miller," Alec reminded her. "If not, you will have to be taken off the case."

Ellie was furious and got up to leave before she said something out of order. She hurried up to the church and got in just before the service, finding her husband halfway down the row of pews.

"Thought your boss needed you to work?" Joe joked as the youngest boy wanted to go to her.

"I am," Ellie admitted as she took Fred from him.

"I hope that's a joke Ell," Joe replied as they stood to sing the first hymn.

Steve Connelly had just finished working and gathering his tools, disappeared before Alec had chance to say anything. He walked around the corner to get in his van just as Rose was coming out of the shop. As he crossed the road, Rose didn't see him.

"Excuse me," Connelly interrupted Rose's thoughts, making her jump.

"Geez, ya scared the life out of me," Rose admitted as she'd been looking at her phone to see if Alec had finished work yet.

"Sorry, only I know who you are," he told Rose, who backed away.

"Well good for you, don't tell everyone," Rose tried to joke. "Excuse me, I have to go, I don't give autographs."

Connelly let out a nervous laugh.

"I don't want one. You know DI Hardy, right?" he dared to ask her.

"That's confidential," Rose replied, trying to find Alec's number in her phone.

Connelly put his hand on the phone to stop her.

"No, don't call him. You need to stay away from him, he's not who you think he is," Rose was warned.

Rose gulped. Connelly had time to think about what he'd said to Alec yesterday and when he had, more fragments about the woman had emerged.

"You lost someone," he continued as he blocked Rose's way.

"Very amusing, whoever ya are," Rose replied, Alec's number ready to dial. "If ya know who I am, it's been in the papers."

"No, I don't mean him, someone you were close to but who went away," he told her.

"Look, I can have DI Hardy or the police here in five minutes so go away," Rose insisted. "Want to try me?"

"Okay, I'll go away but taking up with Hardy won't replace who you lost," Connelly continued, thinking he could make something out of this and get the exclusive, if he could get Hardy off his back.

Rose Tyler was a much better target if he couldn't get close to the Latimers. He had been going to try following the boy's mother but finding out Rose was here and somehow connected to Hardy was a better option. He turned and got into his van, leaving Rose a bit stunned so she dialled Alec's number.

"Rose. Is everything okay?" Alec wondered, knowing she wouldn't just call for the sake of it.

"I think I just met that man ya said to stay away from," Rose admitted.

"What? Where are you?" Alec panicked, glad he'd sneaked one of his pills earlier.

"By the supermarket around the corner," Rose tried to get her bearings.

"Stay there. Has he gone?" Alec wanted to know.

"Yeah, he drove off in a van," Rose replied. "Geez, he's nuts."

"I know, I told you to be careful," he reminded her. "Sure you are okay?"

"Yeah, I'll go back to the caravan," Rose replied as she tried to remember which row of caravans led back to where hers was.

"I will come right over," Alec assured her, closing his computer down. "Can you take me up to the hotel or should I just borrow your car?" he asked.

"Should ya be drivin'?" she questioned him.

"I'll be fine, really. I am leaving now and I'll have officers pick that man up. Did you get the registration number? Never mind, I know which company he was working for."

"Be careful with him Alec, he's crazy," Rose warned him.

"I know love, I will call Miller back in when he's been picked up," he replied, not realising he's called her 'love'. "He has gone too far by bothering you, she caught him looking on desks again. I will arrest him."

"So much for keeping out of sight," Rose told him as she found her caravan, which was easy to spot with the fancy decking at the front.

She let herself in and locked the door, meaning to give Alec the key for the patio door when he got back. She placed the groceries on the kitchen counter and went to make some coffee, waiting for Alec to get back. What had that man meant, was he referring to the Doctor and if so, how did he know?

She decided not to say anything to Alec about who she thought the crank had meant. There was a tap on the door ten minutes later, she glanced through the window to see it was Alec. After Rose's call, he'd left a message for Ellie to call him as soon as she got out of church and he'd ordered that Connelly was to be found and brought to the station under arrest on the charge of harassment to a member of the public who had made a complaint.

"Sir, who did Connelly harass?" the desk sergeant had asked Alec as he'd left.

"Just get him back here," Alec replied, wanting to get to Rose. "I received a complaint."

"Has he done something to the Latimers?" Bob asked him, a bit puzzled as to how Hardy had been informed first.

"Not that I am aware of," Alec replied, annoyed he was being delayed. "If DS Miller calls, have her come back here to interview Connelly when he gets here."

Rose greeted Alec as she let him in, Alec seeing she had kept the door locked.

"Are you sure you are okay?" Alec asked her again

"Yeah, just a bit worried how he had the nerve to stop me in the street," Rose admitted.

"I'm sorry Rose, I should have known he would try to cause trouble," Alec apologised. "He will regret bothering you."

"I know Alec, it's not your fault," Rose tried to tell him. "Maybe I should just go home? I mean I came here to recover, not be harassed by some fake psychic."

"No Rose, please don't leave eh?" Alec asked her, putting his arms around her.

"Alec, if that man knows I'm here, who else does?" Rose asked him. "I thought I would be able to hide here and get over losing John."

"What did that man say to you?" he asked as his phone buzzed in his pocket.

Ellie was not happy to get his message when they got outside the church, after talking to Beth.

"Come over for lunch," Beth had suggested.

"No Beth, thanks but you should spend it with your family," Ellie had replied. "Another time?"

She went to a quiet spot and retrieved her message as it had been giving her reminders she'd got one. She knew it could only be from her annoying boss. She had tried to call him back asking why she had to be there but his phone was off. She called the station and spoke to Bob.

"He said to come back," Bob repeated when she'd asked 'What?'

"So Connelly harassed someone in the street?" Ellie wanted to make sure why her Sunday afternoon was about to be ruined.

"DI Hardy didn't say much," Bob replied.

"Oh, I think I know who," Ellie told him. "Has Connelly been found yet?"

"No Ma'am," Bob admitted. "A call's gone out that he's to be brought back, under arrest."

Ellie thought trust Hardy to go that far if a woman was involved, a particular woman who he was trying to hide. She had known by his tone earlier that he'd been with female company when he'd been woken up. Then when he'd got to the hut, he'd not even thanked her for providing him with a warm drink out of a flask.

Now, she would maybe get the truth out of him as to who this woman actually was because she bet anything it really was Rose Tyler, since she had seemingly disappeared. He would at least have to give a name for the report and hopefully Miss Tyler would have to make a formal complaint.

Steve Connelly had stopped on the road out of town, cursing himself that he'd not said more to Rose. He could have warned her further to avoid Hardy, whom he knew had failed in his last case so why had he been put in charge of the one here? He'd been so caught up in his thoughts that he'd not noticed a police patrol car pull in behind him.

The call had gone out to all units to be on the lookout for the telephone company's van and to detain the driver.

"Look Sarge, there's that telephone van that's wanted," the young woman police officer said to her training officer.

"Well spotted Wilkins," the sergeant replied, hoping the van would speed off, then he could give chase. "Stay here and inform control and have them get a tow truck for the van."

"Yes Sarge," the WPC was disappointed, since she wanted some action.

Bob was now wishing it had been his day off when the call came in and Ellie had just walked through the door, wanting to know what was going on.

"Hardy said to call all units," Bob insisted. "The man's just being brought in now."

"Give me a shout when Hardy gets himself here," Ellie replied.

"Should I send a car to the hotel for him?" Bob then wanted to know.

"No, don't bother, he's probably around here somewhere," Ellie replied. "Did he say where this incident took place?"

Bob looked at the details he'd been given.

"Around the back of the station," he told her, confirming what she already knew.

So, Rose Tyler was either in the caravan park or very close by, probably at The George pub. If she wanted to hide, the caravan park was the best place, no-one would take a second look at her in there. She bet Hardy had gone straight round after finding out, Rose must already have his phone number or Bob would have said Rose had called here first.

"Ma'am," Bob called after Ellie as she went to the lift. "The unit that just found Connelly, he was on the road out of town. Shall I lock him up or take him to an interview room when they bring him in?"

"Take him to an interview room and Bob, if Hardy comes in with the person who made the complaint, make sure you treat them well," Ellie warned him.

Bob felt insulted it was presumed he didn't treat victims well. Who did the DS think Hardy was bringing with him, if anyone – royalty or the Vitex heiress. Well it wasn't likely to be the latter, Bob thought as Ellie disappeared.

The sergeant who had caught up with Connelly had got out of the car and tapped on the driver's window. He indicated for the man to wind his window down.

"Yes officer?" Connelly tried to sound surprised that Hardy hadn't sent someone after him for upsetting who was probably already his girlfriend.

That meant it was too late to continue – or was it, he thought as the officer leaned on the car window.