"Charles what have you done"

"Molls I have taken care of it, that's all you need to know"

"Don't you dare patronise me Charles James, I need to know that you haven't done anything stupid"

"You have to trust me Molly that I have dealt with this, I haven't done anything stupid, I have just helped him reconsider a career at another hospital a long way from here and I am sorry if that's not enough detail for you but that is all I am prepared to tell you. You are my wife and it is my job to protect you and our family and that is what I have done, you will not be seeing him again he has moved on"

"But Charles..."

"No Molly, I don't want to hear his name mentioned again"

He walked out of the room, leaving her gasping with how uncompromising he was being about explaining what had happened.

Little did she know that he was just doing his very best to protect her.

When she got up the next morning they had barely spoken to each other since last night other than to exchange the bare minimum required to get the boys out to school and them both out to work.

She made her way onto the ward with a real sense of trepidation was he going to be there or not, the bare minimum that Charles had divulged led her to believe he wouldn't but she couldn't be sure. As she scanned around, no sign, eventually she asked one of the other nurses if he was around "no, he hasn't turned in and as far as I know he hasn't phoned to say why"

The day was underway they had dealt with several cases by lunchtime when Molly went back to her office to catch up on some outstanding reports. She opened the door and strode toward her desk she was immediately aware of a presence in the room with her confirmed shortly afterwards by the hand over her mouth and the feeling of something sharp pressing against her side through her scrubs. Her breathing came thick and fast as she struggled to control her panic, she was paralysed she couldn't scream for help.

Then began the low whisper in her ear of a familiar voice, the voice that made her skin crawl, every muscle in her body was tense and she was shaking...

"Keep nice and still, I don't want to hurt you Molly, I want you to listen carefully, if you do everything I ask you too, when I ask you to do it, everything will be ok...do you understand me Molly?"

She nodded frantically

"You and me are going to go on a little trip away together, we are going back to your house now and you are going to pack a bag, we are going to calmly walk out of here together and take your car"

"In a moment I am going to take my hand away from your mouth but I don't want you to make a sound, I have a syringe of Ketamine pressed to your side Molly, not a sound or I will use it...ok?"

She nodded again...he slowly took his hand away...she remained silent and could still feel the sharp.

He walked her over to her bag and coat and hung both over her free arm, holding his other arm around her waist. She saw his face as she glanced to her side, his was staring at her, his eyes were cold, he had his fingers to his lips as a gesture for her to stay silent "are your car keys in your bag?" she nodded, he kept a tight hold of her as he swiftly retrieved the keys from her bag.

"Ok Molly we are going to walk out of here like this, anyone talks to you, you act normal and tell them we are just going out for a break...understood?" Molly nodded again she was still shaking had it not been for the baby she would have tried to make a break for it but she couldn't risk it.

He led her out of the office and down the corridor toward the lift, she was frantically looking round for someone but it was deserted, where the hell was everyone for christ's sake? Before she knew it they were out of the main entrance and heading toward her car, he pressed the key to unlock it and walked her round to the passenger side, opening the door and shoving her in, he crouched down beside her "do not try to run away Molly, if you do, I will come and find your boys Molly, you won't know where...you won't know when...but I will come for them, I will take them and I will kill them...I will then come back for you Molly" he got up and closed the car door. Tears were forming in her eyes, she was frightened but also angry at the way he was threatening her and her family.

He got into the drivers side she screamed at him "why are you doing this to me?" The tears rolling down her cheeks now, he looked at her without a scrap if emotion in his face "we are going to be happy together Molly, like we were always supposed to be, I knew we had to be together from the first moment I saw you at Bastion, I have been planning our life together ever since Molly, all these years I have watched you, I've been patient Molly but now it's our time and it was your husband who finally gave me the courage to make this happen, we both have a lot to thank him for"

Molly was reeling...she started to think back...Bastion...she stared across at him...nothing...she didn't recognise him...as far as she knew she had never seen him before he had joined her team at the hospital...had she seen him somewhere else?...from what he was saying he had been watching her for years...it made her feel sick...she was starting to feel clammy...she steadied herself and kept tracking back in her memories.

They arrived back at the house, he escorted her in and up to their bedroom where he instructed her to pack a bag, he sat on the edge of their bed and watched her. "Ok downstairs, quickly" he pushed her through to the kitchen and grabbed a pad and pen from the worktop "write a note...to that darling husband of yours it would be rude not to say goodbye"

Some time later, Charles arrived home with the boys and went about the normal routine of making sure they started their homework whilst he prepared a meal, he was just getting a bowl out of the cupboard when he noticed a note on the worktop, he began to read...as the bowl smashed on the floor and his legs gave way from under him.