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"Hellen, what's that?" Martin asked as he pointed at the bouquet of flowers sitting on the kitchen table.

"You didn't send them?"

"No, Love. I know that your favorites are yellow roses. I would never send you lilies."

Hellen looked up at her husband with a smile. "You remember?"

Martin chuckled, "How could I forget?"

She blushed then laughed. "I was awful."

"I deserved it. I've never seen anyone sneeze so much." He quirked an eyebrow at her. "You aren't sneezing now."

"I know. Maybe I grew out of the allergy. I still hate lilies."

Pressing a kiss to her head, Martin grabbed the bouquet out of the vase. "I'll take care of these. We'll keep the vase."

Hellen stood on tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "Thank you, Marty."

"You're welcome, Love."

"Oh, and take this too." She handed him the card that had come with the flowers.

Martin read the words then looked up at his wife. "Hmm. Do you think we should keep this and tell the police?"

Hellen shook her head. "No. I think I might know who it is. I'll explain when you come back in."

Vera yawned as she woke up, sighing as she looked about and realized that she'd fallen asleep at her desk. Looking at the clock, she frowned. "One o'clock in the morning. Hell of a time to be going home," she grumbled as she stood up, groaning when her back and hips popped. At least the haunting hadn't been one to make her scream. "You giving me hints again, Hellen?" she murmured as she gathered her coat.

"What was that, Ma'am?"

Vera jumped and looked up. "Aiden? What are you doing here?"

"Stayed to do some work. Fell asleep at me desk."

"Well go home, pet."

"And you?"

She tugged on her coat and slapped on her hat. "I'm going that way myself."

Aiden nodded and followed her out. He'd never tell her that he hadn't stayed to work, that he'd actually came back when he realized she was still there. He'd found her asleep at her desk so he'd stayed and dozed at his own. He knew something was going on with his boss, though he was sure he would never get her to tell him what it was. He knew she was safe here at the station, but he still felt better being there since she wouldn't let any of them stay at her home with her to make sure she was safe there. He'd also never tell her that Shep had come back as well, but had left when she'd seen that he was there.

Maybe they should make a plan between them to watch the boss, whether she liked it or not. Bloody stubborn woman. He rolled his eyes. Like they could get away with that. Vera would know she was being watched and call them out and there they'd be in her bad books.

"Aiden, are you listening to me?" Vera snapped, wanting very badly to slap the young man upside his head. She knew what he'd been doing, she wasn't as daft as he seemed to think she was. The man hadn't stayed to work, he'd come back because she was still there. She was sure he was busy plotting how he could follow her and protect her without her knowing it, as if that would ever happen.

"Sorry, Boss. What is it?"

"I said, don't think for one minute I believed your story."

Aiden rolled his eyes. Damn woman. "Fine. No, I didn't stay to work. I came back and found you were still here so I stayed."

She huffed. "I'm safe at the station, Aiden. I'm safe at home. I'm not incapable of taking care of me self."

"You keep saying that, but Boss, this man isn't a small man. He can't have been to have murdered the two of them without much of a fight."

"Are you saying because I'm short, I can't see to me self against a large assailant?"

"Yes, damn it! I am!" Aiden yelled as he raised his arms in frustration then crossed them in front of his chest.

Vera shook her head. "I'm going home. Don't you dare follow me or I'll give you a merry chase and have you off where you'll never find your way back, map on your phone or not."

"Fine." Aiden huffed and watched her walk the rest of the way to her Land Rover. Taking out his phone, he sent a text to Shep. She's leaving. Your turn.

VS

Vera rolled her eyes when she opened the door and found Billy standing on the other side. "I'm not going to be rid of you people, am I?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"Don't you?" she asked, an eyebrow quirked as she glared at him. "So who was it? Aiden or Shep?"

Billy shook his head. "How did you know?"

"Billy." Vera shook her head. "Aiden came back to the station and stayed while I was asleep. I know that he set Shep on me tail. I know she followed me part of the way home."

"You're too damn smart for your own good." Billy growled. "Fine then. It was Shep. She sent me a text when you were half way home so that you wouldn't be here for long by yourself." Reaching out and touching her arm, he stared down at her. "They're as worried as I am about your safety. Aiden is worried because he knows you're hiding something and Shep is worried because she knows what you're hiding. She saw what that man did, Vera. Imagine what's going through her mind."

"It's late, Billy, and I'm too tired to argue anymore. You can sleep on the couch."

"That's all I ask." Billy smiled at her and kissed her head.

"Would you stop that? I'm not a child." Vera groused, covering the fact that she actually liked when he did that. It made her feel cared for.

Shaking his head, Billy took off his coat. "Do I at least get a pillow and a blanket?"

"Needy bugger for a guest," she muttered then gave him a sassy smirk when he chuckled.

Billy watched her walk away and sighed before pulling his phone out and letting Shep know he was staying, that she could go home. He'd tell the young woman later that Vera hadn't realized she was outside watching the house. He figured Shep would enjoy that bit, knowing that she'd fooled the boss.

"Tell Shep I knew she was out there." Vera told him as she came back into the room carrying a pillow and some blankets.

"For the love of…" Billy started then shook his head. Good thing he hadn't said anything yet.

"Billy. Billy." Vera tutted. "I'm going to bed now. I hope you don't snore."

"I didn't snore the other night." Billy looked at her.

"You weren't laying down." Vera countered.

"I promise I don't snore." Catching her around the wrist before she could get away, Billy smiled at her. "Remember, I'm here. If you have trouble sleeping, you can come out here and we'll do what we did before."

Vera reached up and patted his cheek. "I know. Thank you, Billy."

"No need for thanks between friends, Vera."

VS

"You kissed another man?" Martin asked as he stared at his wife in disbelief.

"I did. That's all, I swear it is. We were arguing so much, and he showed me attention and it made me feel…" Hellen shook her head. Looking back at Martin there were tears in her eyes. "I felt something for the first time. Arousal, I suppose. You'd gone in to work after Jenny's wedding and I just knew it wasn't work but to see your mistress."

"But Hellen, I've told you I don't have a mistress. I haven't in a long time."

"I know that now, but I didn't then. It was just a kiss, and I told him I shouldn't have done it."

"You think he's the one that sent the flowers?"

Hellen nodded. "He's made comments the few times I've seen him since, but I ignored them."

"Well, I'll call and tell the Parks and Conservation office to send someone else."

"I'm so sorry, Marty." Hellen cried, grasping his lapels when he pulled her against his chest.

"It's alright, Love. No need to apologize. I have no right to be angry or ask for you to be sorry."

Sliding a hand up around his neck, she pushed her fingers into his hair and pulled his head down. "Kiss me."

Martin gladly did as she asked. Pulling out of the kiss, he caressed her hair behind her ear. "If you see him again, if he makes more comments or sends more flowers, you tell me. We'll take it to the police."

Hellen nodded. "I promise. Now, I don't want to talk about him anymore. Tell me why you're home so early. I thought you had meetings with manager candidates."

"I missed me wife." Martin winked at her, smiling when she blushed.

"Marty." Hellen scoffed. "Don't be a daft bugger."

"I'm not. I told them I missed me wife and I'd see them all tomorrow."

Hellen laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you."

"And I love you."

Vera opened her eyes and blinked up at Billy. "What is it?"

"You were murmuring in your sleep. Are you alright?"

She nodded. "I'm fine. I think she was trying to tell me that the Parks and Conservation man is the killer."

"What makes you think that?"

"I was dreaming earlier at the station about flowers that Hellen thought her husband had sent."

"But he hadn't, I'm assuming."

"Right. This time I saw the rest of the conversation. Hellen told Martin about kissing the P and C man. She thought it was him that sent the flowers because he'd made comments to her after the kiss. Martin told her they would tell the police if it happened again."

Billy nodded. "Now if you just knew the man's real name."

Vera sighed as her eyes drifted closed again. "Mmm, would be nice. Maybe she'll tell me."

Billy watched Vera for a few moments, sure that she was going to be okay before he got up and went back to the couch. At least she hadn't woke screaming. He still heard her from time to time if he let his mind wander. He often found himself pondering on a few things.

Was it Vera screaming?

Or was it Hellen?