Disclaimer: Jo, Sam and Jack still aren't mine.

Sam felt her bottom lip quivering, though determined not to cry today. "He's dead. They turned the machines off an hour ago. I'm going to be facing a murder charge."

"Oh God." Jo hugged her wife, comforting her as tears began to trickle down the blonde's face. "It'll be okay. They won't put you away. They won't. You were protecting yourself. And me. It'll be alright." She placed tender kisses on her new wife's forehead all the while, whispering her assurances, praying that what she was telling Sam would be the truth.

"What if it's not? What'll happen to me? I can't bear to be taken away from you. I could miss the birth, everything." Over the last two months Sam had accepted to the idea of having a baby, wanting the baby, seeing it now as Jo's child. Her child. Not Stuart's. She couldn't bear the though of missing the most important stages of their child's life. First word, first step, first day at nursery, first day at school, first argument, maybe even first day at college if she was really unlucky. Everything seemed more important when you thought you could miss out on it.

"It'll be okay, I'll make sure of it. I promise. Do you remember you promised me you'd try to love the baby, and that you'd be here to bring the baby up?"

Sam nodded, never having forgotten those words, those promises.

"Well, you do love the baby, don't you?"

Again Sam nodded.

"Well you kept you're promise, and I'm gonna keep mine, you'll be her to bring up the baby, I promise."

"But what if I'm not?"

"That's not gonna happen Sam, I promise."

"But it might Jo, we have to be prepared for that, I've been called to go for another interview, we need to accept that it could happen Jo, it could."

"I won't let it Sam. I won't. I need you here, I'm not letting you miss seeing our baby grow up, I need your help, I won't let you miss that."

I wish I could be as positive as you, Jo, I really do. I've got to go to the station, will you come? I'm sorry, I know it's our wedding day, and you should be here, but I don't think I can face it alone."

"Of course I'll come Sam, you don't need to ask. I don't care what day it is, you need me, I'm not leaving you."

"Thanks." The blonde smiled weakly, fearing what was to come.

Jo took Sam's hand in her own, sensing the blonde's nerves.

The blonde led Jo over to where she could see Jack standing, her heart acing at the thought of not being able to come back to the reception.

"Jack, hi"

"Hey Sam, Jo. Congratulations both of you, it was a beautiful ceremony, we had a whip round in the office for you, didn't really know what to get you so we thought we'd just give you the money and let you chose." He handed over an envelope to Sam who politely stood and opened it, revealing a cheque for four hundred pounds. "Oh, wow," Sam was slightly overwhelmed, "This is really generous of all of you. Thank you. Sorry, can we just have a word with you outside quickly."

"Yeah, sure." Jack followed the two women out of the fire exit, wondering why they needed to speak to him so urgently and in private.

"Well, I'll cut to the chase, Stuart's dead. They turned the machines of an hour ago. I'm now officially facing a murder charge. I've got to go to the station now for the interview."

"I told them to wait." Jack muttered to himself.

"Told who to wait? Jack did you already know?"

"Yeah, I found out as soon as they turned the machine off. I told the DPS that you were at your wedding ceremony in the company of most of Sun Hill CID, so wouldn't be making a bolt for it, and could they wait until afterwards. I did ask them to hold of until after the honeymoon, but they weren't having that, for obvious reasons I suppose, but I didn't want it to be spoiled. I asked them to at least do you the courtesy of waiting until tomorrow so you could spend your wedding night together. They obviously have no conscience, I'm really sorry. They shouldn't have spoiled your day like this. Do you want me to come down the station with you?"

"Oh, no, it's fine, I wouldn't want to put you out. Jo's coming."

"You wouldn't be putting me out, you could do with some support, I've already planned to spend most of the day with you two at the reception. If you don't want me to come, please just say so, I won't be offended." Jack tried to offer his DI the best support he could, not quite knowing how to handle the situation.

"Oh, no, it's not that I don't want you to come, it's just that you spend your life in Sun Hill, it was meant to be your day off. I don't want you to have to spend it in Barton Street instead"

"Come on, it's fine, I'll come with you, and you can send me home whenever you want, okay? You could do with the support."

"Yeah, okay. Thanks Jack, it's really good of you."

"Oh it's fine. Come on, I'll take you in my car if you like."

"Thanks." Sam smiled as best as she could, grateful of the support being offered.

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