"Hi Abi, I'm DC Sim but you can call me Susie. If you come with me I'll take you to a room to interview you." Susie said, smiling at her. Abi and Susie walked into the soft interview room. Jack carried on talking but Sam wasn't listening, she was still watching the door Abi and Susie had disappeared into.
"Sam …" jack touched her shoulder, making her jump. "She'll be fine. Ramini's going to interview you, in the CSU interview room. Ok?"
"Yeah, sure." Sam said vaguely. She followed Ramini up to the interview room, passing Cid on her way up. Phil looked up from his desk and saw her, Jack walked into CID and Phil went up to him.
"How is she? Is she ok? Has she told you about the hospital? Hugh was there." Phil shot at him.
"Woah, calm down." jack told him, forcing him to sit down. "After her interview, you and I are going to go inside and talk to her."
"Fine." Phil agreed.
"Ok Sam, I'm going to ask you a few questions about what happened." Ramini started.
"Abi, you need answer my questions just what happened generally." Susie said to the young girl.
"Fine."
"Ok."
"What happened on the morning that you disappeared?"
"Take your time and tell me what's been going on."
"I was on my way home from shopping and a person grabbed me from behind and pushed me into a van. It was really dark. She drove me somewhere and then when I got out it was still really dark. I think we were inside somewhere. He had a strong man smell."
"I'd left the shower running and went to make a coffee, I usually try to do as many things at once before work. But while downstairs there was a knock on the door. I was running late and thought it was the postman so I went to answer but was pushed inside. I was slammed against the wall and …" Ramini could see her trying to think, really hard trying. " There was an injection and he injected me."
"Who's he?" Ramini asked.
"I don't know, he was wearing a balaclava the whole time."
"Ok Abi, can you remember anything else about this man? His voice? Accent?" Susie asked.
"Well he had a cockney accent if that helps." Abi tried.
"That's great."
"Sam, d'you know anybody who'd want to do this to either you or Abigail?" Ramini asked.
Sam shook her head. "If anyone had to hurt me then I don't know why they'd drag Abi into it all. The only person who really knew about Abi who had a problem with me was Peter Baxter but he was in a cell."
"Abi, can you explain what happened in between the time of disappearing and being found? Like when you trashed that shop. What happened when you're mum turned up? When you made the suicide film? The clothes found along the riverside." Susie said.
Abi thought about it. "Well the shop, I didn't want him to hurt mum. He said that if I didn't do it he'd hurt her, he had a picture of her and she was sleeping in her bed. He said if he could take that when she was sleeping he could do anything. The suicide film was because the guy wanted her to think I was dead, he wanted her to be sad. The clothes were just a clue, that person from ages ago. Pat Kitson, she was the serial killer, well all her victims were found along the river. The man had an obsession about that case. I don't know why."
"Alright, I think that's all for now." Susie said. You're mum's upstairs in an interview room in the department CSU. I'll take you up there."
"What happened with the photo's?"
"What photo's?" Sam asked.
Ramini handed her a print off of one of the photo's. Sam looked at it then out it on the table, face down. She put a hand to her mouth. "They were on a website called 'when dreaming ends'."
"One night, I was tied up in a room. He took my clothes off and I thought he was going to rape me. But when he started taking pictures I just felt humiliated." Sam admitted, crying softly. She brushed them away fiercely.
"Do you know the house you were in?" Ramini asked. "When you were found?"
Sam shook her head. "You were in the attic of Pat Kitson's neighbours house."
Sam felt sick and her head span. Ramini moved forward just as Sam fell. Sam lay there for a few seconds before getting back up. "Sorry what happened?"
"You fainted. It's ok now though."
"I think we're done here although would you just stay a few more minutes?" Ramini asked.
"Err, sure." Sam replied, curious.
Ramini walked over to the door and beckoned Jack and Phil to enter. "Hey Sam, d'you mind if I just ask you a few things?"
"Go on then."
"Do you remember breaking into Hugh's house and stealing a laptop?" Jack asked.
"Are you mad? I'm a police officer not a thief!"
"No, it's not like that. Supposedly, this laptop had evidence that showed who it really was that took Abi." Jack said calmly.
Sam looked at Phil. "This is your doing isn't it? You keep trying to blame this on Hugh."
"Sam, don't you remember? He slammed you against you're kitchen wall when you found ropes I his car. Matching the ones around Abi's wrists. The next day we both went to Hugh's and took the laptop, it had everything on it. All that proved he was guilty and then the day after that, the day we were going to bring the evidence in you went missing!" Phil tried desperately.
"Phil, he did nothing. Get over it!" Sam said. She stood up. "Can I please leave?"
"Yes." Jack agreed and she went. "Phil! What was that all about? You've just pushed her towards Hugh even more."
"She only said that he person who abducted her was in a balaclava the whole time." Ramini said. Susie had walked in at that moment.
"Abi said that too." Susie added. "Although Abi believes the person was obsessed with a serial killer case. Pat Kitson. Apparently there was something about where her clothes were found. But I don't think Abi knows about the body from the morgue."
"Yes, Sam was the investigating officer." Jack said.
"Sam fainted for just a few moments when I mentioned her being in Kitson's attic." Ramini said.
"That's where Kitson tried to kill her." Phil said. "Duncan Lennox, a DC, just go to her in time. Pat had the rope around Sam's neck and was going to tighten it when Duncan burst in."
"Who is Kitson?" Susie asked
"Kitson was the serial killer." Jack replied
"Ah, so abductor lives two of Sam's worse nightmares. The abduction of her daughter and Kitson." Ramini said.
"I believe Sam is still scared of Pat Kitson, probably the only person able to scare her but I think she does." Phil told them.
"I believe so too." Jack agreed.
"Think about this though, Hugh was Sam's mentor. Kitson was Sam's biggest case. She didn't need Hugh. She did it all on her own and he doesn't like it. He likes to have control over her and be needed by her. So, for payback he uses the one thing she's truly scared of to get at her and have power over her. Sam's written a book about Kitson and I believe Sam told me Hugh said something about it was a thing he'd always wanted to do but as usual she'd gotten there first. He's jealous because she's written a book and outwitted a serial killer." Phil said. "Not only that but look who was accused then, Peter Baxter. Now who was accused, Peter Baxter. Sam only said him because Hugh hinted at the idea and then she actually said it. It's to cover his tracks, she says what he implies."
"Sounds plausible." Jack said. "But where's the evidence?"
Phil sighed. "It's more a theory."
"Well let's go find some evidence." Jack said, they walked out of interview room. Abi and Sam were stood outside Jack's office talking about their interviews.
"You not gone yet?" Jack asked.
"I don't have my car so we're just waiting for our lift." Sam said.
"Oh alright then." jack carried on towards the stairs. Not everyone knew about the situation with Sam and Abi not blaming Hugh. Tony walked up the stairs.
"Guv, Hugh Wallis is downstairs." Tony said.
"What's Hugh doing here?" Phil asked angrily.
"I called him." They all turned to see Abi and Sam standing up. "We're staying with him."
"Sam, you can't do this." Phil said desperately.
"Why not?" She asked. "Come on. You're the only one who blames Hugh. And you've got it so wrong. So instead of blaming him because you don't like him actually look at the evidence."
Phil watched Abi and Sam going down the stairs, they got to the bottom. He ran after them. "No, Sam you can't do this."
"Come on you two, let's go." Hugh said guiding them out the station.
"Sam, think about what you're doing. You're putting Abi and yourself in danger." Phil said.
"Don't you understand, she isn't interested in you." Hugh told him before getting in the car too and driving away.
"Sam!" Phil called, but they were going, going, gone.