Elle looked at Charlie unsure as to whether or not she should tell Cal the truth about the way Ethan had died. Charlie saw her hesitation and gave her a nod indicating for her to tell Cal the truth. Elle turned back to face Cal.

"The thing is," Elle started to say. "I know this may be a shock for you to hear, but Ethan stepped out into the car that hit him."

Cal looked at Elle as she had spoken language. He shook his head hoping he had misheard what Elle had just said to him. Both Elle and Charlie could see him trying to process the news. There was an uncomfortable ease between the three of them. Finally Cal spoke.

"What are you trying to say?" He inquired. "Are you saying he deliberately got hit by the car?"

Elle looked at him with a sad smile before nodding slowly. Cal's expression went from confusion to anger. He looked to Elle and then to Charlie hoping Charlie would argue against what Elle had just said. Unfortunately by the expression on Charlie's face confirmed Cal's fear. Elle was telling the truth. Cal stood up abruptly.

"No, I don't believe you. Ethan would never do such a thing." Cal told them. "I know my own brother."

"Cal, I know it's hard..." Charlie spoke.

"Hard? My brother is dead and you have the nerve to tell me that he did it on purpose!" Cal raised his voice.

"Cal, please. Why would we lie to you?" Charlie replied.

"Why would you say Ethan tried to kill himself?" Cal hit back.

"Because it's the truth."

"No, it's not."

"We saw what we saw." Elle spoke this time.

"You saw what you thought you saw." Cal told her, his voice still raised. "Like I said I know my brother. And Ethan would never do that. He would never kill himself."

Charlie walked up to him.

"There was a huge crowd of us out there when the incident happened. We saw what happened. Ask Lily or Jacob or David. They'll tell you the truth."

Cal scoffed. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Did his friends, Ethan's friends honestly think Ethan would do such a thing? Needing some fresh air, Cal brushed past Elle and Charlie. Ethan had just died and his friends were trying to make up some story. His friends were trying to make it sound like Ethan committed suicide. Cal shook his head. No, he knew Ethan and Ethan would never do that. He would never commit suicide. Cal soon found him outside the department in the Peace Garden on a bench trying to let the news sink in. He saw Lily approach him.

"Not now, Lily." Cal said. "I'm not really in the mood."

Lily, however, didn't make a move to leave him alone. Instead she took a seat next to him.

"I'm sorry, Cal."

"Yeah, I don't really want your sympathy."

"What's the matter?" Lily asked.

Cal inhaled deeply and then gave a small chuckle.

"You know Charlie and Elle think Ethan stepped out into the road deliberately."

"I know this is going to be hard for you to hear, but they're right. He did step out into the road just as the car was coming round the corner."

Cal turned to face her.

"Not you as well."

"I saw what I saw." Lily said.

Cal shook his head.

"No. Like I told Charlie and Elle, you saw what you thought you saw. You know as well as I do that Ethan would never and I mean NEVER do that."

Lily could see that Cal was in denial. That was understandable, he had just lost his brother. But, Cal needed to know the truth. That would be the only way Cal could grieve for his loss.

"Cal, over the past couple of weeks Ethan has been acting strange. His behaviour's been odd. Surely you must have noticed. Like getting drunk on Charlie's stag do?"

"So?"

"So that's not Ethan. You know Ethan never gets drunk."

"It was a stag do. Charlie's stag do. That's what people do on stag do's. They get drunk."

"Yes, but Ethan? Even at the New Year's party, at the Christmas party Ethan didn't get drunk. I think there was something else that caused his change in behaviour." Lily admitted.

"What are you talking about?"

There was a moments pause. Lily looked away from Cal towards the hospital entrance.

"Cal..." Lily started.