Chapter 2

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Kevin's head shot up when Julie came out of Gill's office and walked passed everyone without a word, Kevin eyes her closely as she went and could see she'd been crying, not the usual thing he'd have associated with Julie Dodson. He looked over at Gill whose eyes bore in to him before she slammed her office door behind her.

"Seriously Kev….what the hell did you do?" Rachel asked.

"I already told ya'…nothing."

"Kevin, Gill didn't look at all happy back there. You've done something clearly." Janet added.

"Well then I don't have a clue what the hell it is, I swear."

Kevin went back to his paperwork and kept his head down for most of the day, Gill barely left her office…only coming out to sign some reports for Janet. Gill had her head down when her office door opened and Janet popped her head in.

"Hey, it's nearly 6pm…isn't it time you were heading home."

"Got a lot to catch up on."

Janet came inside, closing the door behind her and over to Gill's desk, taking a seat in front of her.

"So come on then, what's going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"Come on Gill, this is me you're talking too."

"I can't cock, I just can't."

"It's about Julie though yeah?"

"Janet…"

"And Kevin? She looked upset when she left this morning."

"If I tell you then she'll kill me."

"You know that what ever you say, it won't leave this room…it's me."

Gill took off her glasses and pushed her chair back and came around to Janet's side, leaning against the desk, her arms folded.

"Julie…she slept with Kevin."

"What…no way…when?"

"A few weeks back, Kevin showed up at the same pub where Julie's syndicate was having some leaving do for a colleague. According to Julie, Kevin had some big bust up with the girl he was with…she walked out leaving Kevin looking miserable. Julie went over to try and cheer him up and one drink led to another and well…you get the picture."

"Bloody hell, Julie and Kevin…I can't believe it."

"Yeah well…that's not all of it."

Gill stood up and began pacing her office again, coming to a standstill…looking out her office window.

"What is it?"

Gill took a deep breath before turning to face Janet. "She's pregnant."

Janet stared at her open mouthed, taking in the news. A small smile appeared on her face.

"It's not funny Janet."

"No…no I'm laughing, it's just a surprise…but a good surprise isn't it. I mean a baby is always good news."

"I'm not sure; she's not a young woman Janet and her job."

"Oh come on, she'll manage, just like we all do."

"I suppose so."

"She does want the baby, doesn't she?"

"Honestly…I really don't know. She's always been so focused on her career; I don't know how she'd handle a baby."

"Well, she's got her friends to help her hasn't she?"

"She knows she does."

"I take it Kevin doesn't know yet."

"No, she knows she has to tell him, whether she decides to keep it or not but when she tells him, well I don't know…I don't want to push her."

"Of course not, are you seeing her tonight?"

"Yeah, I said I'd pop over."

"Give her my love."

"Thanks cock, night night."

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Gill finally gave in an hour later and decided to call it a night; she grabbed her coat and bag and walked out to the outer office to see Kevin walking through the doors.

"Kevin, forget something?"

"No boss, actually I wanted to have a word."

"Oh…what about?"

"Superintendent Dodson?"

Gill tried to keep her face neutral and wasn't entirely sure she pulled it off.

"What about her."

"Why was she here earlier?"

"That's not your concern Kevin."

"When she left, it looked liked she'd been crying."

"Kevin…"

"She came to see you about me didn't she; I heard you yelling at her, and I heard my name mentioned."

"Look, I'm not the one you should be talking too Kevin."

"But she's alright though yeah?"

"Kevin I need to ask you something and I want you to be honest with me."

"Okay."

"I'm serious, this time around I haven't got time for your stupid jokes or your silly games, I need an honest answer from you."

"Yeah okay."

"Julie told me about your encounter a few weeks back."

Kevin's face dropped when Gill began talking to him, repeating what Julie had told her earlier.

"So you're not denying you were with her."

"There's no point is there, you obviously know everything."

"I know you both had a lot to drink and that what happened is something you regret. Over the years you've not exactly been the model police office, either on my team or on Julie's. I know what you refer to her as when you think nobody is listening and yes, I know what you call me too."

"It's just pet names boss."

"Kevin stop it, look I need to know how you feel about her."

Kevin sat down, he began playing around with his keys and he thought about everything Gill had said.

"I know I can be a bit of prick boss, and I know I've never really taken this job seriously."

"No you haven't, if you really put your mind to it…you could be one hell of a cop, another Rachel even."

"I think one's enough boss."

Gill smiled a little at that before she knelt down in front of him, trying her best to be nice to him when really all she wanted to do was strangle him for what had happened.

"Kevin, do you feel anything…anything at all for Julie, yes or no?"

"What if I said maybe…would you believe me?"

"Kevin, Julie's going through some stuff right now and the last thing she needs is you blabbing about your evening together and I…."

"Hang on, I'm a lot of things but do you really think I'd do that."

"When you walked in here this morning you were bragging about some woman you met at the weekend."

"I didn't sleep with her though, I was just bragging."

"You mean you lied?"

"Yeah I did, what I actually did was watch some crap tv and get pissed."

"Then why lie."

"I don't know, makes me sound more interesting."

"You can be very odd sometimes."

"It's what I do best boss….what's going on with her."

"Kevin…"

"I do care, despite the things I say…I do care about her."

"Then why behave the way you do."

"I've always been the joker haven't I?"

"Maybe it's time to stop, especially now."

"Why now."

"You need to speak to Julie, that's all I'm going to say."

"Boss."

"She's home right now."

"Thanks boss."

"Kevin, if you screw this up I swear to god…you're out."

Kevin nodded as he walked back out of the office, leaving Gill alone once again. She sent a quick text to Julie saying something had come up at work and she'd speak to her in the morning before she left for the evening.

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To Be Continued….