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Chapter 2- Coffee and confessions

'Francesca!' The shock and surprise was evident in Sam's voice. 'What are you doing here?'

'I've come to see you,' Francesca replied as she went over to hug her sister.

'It's been a while hasn't it?' Sam said, returning her sister's hug.

Francesca nodded. 'Have you got time for a coffee?' She asked.

Sam nodded. 'Do you wanna come through,' She asked.

Francesca smiled at her sister and nodded again. She followed Sam through the door and into the canteen.

Phil had been watching the scene in reception with interest. He thought he recognised the woman who was hugging his fiancée, he wasn't sure where from though.

Francesca and Sam were now sat in the canteen with 2 cups of coffee. 'So how come you're back down here? I thought you'd settled in Yorkshire with that husband of yours,' Sam said, with a slight distaste.

Sam had always had trouble disguising her distrust in her sister's husband, Brendan. They had been married for 10years but Sam still didn't trust him, in the end, she thought that she had her sister's best interests at heart.

At the mere mention of her husband, tears began to well up in Francesca's eyes. 'What's up sis?' Sam asked, sounding concerned.

'We split up nearly 6 months ago,' Francesca replied.

'I'm sorry Francesca, I had no idea,' Sam said as she put her hand on top of her sister's.

'How could you have known? We haven't seen each other for 4 years,' Francesca replied.

'Where are you staying?' Sam asked.

'Hotel,' Francesca replied.

'That is just ridiculous. I have a spare room at my place. You can stay there until you get something else sorted,' Sam said.

'Are you sure?' Francesca asked.

Sam took her sister's hand in hers. 'Of course I'm sure. We need some time to catch up anyway and seems stupid having you forking out for a hotel when I have a perfectly good spare room at home,' She said.

'Thank you,' Francesca replied.

'We're sisters, Francesca, we stick together no matter what,' Sam said.

'Anyway, sis. Enough about me, what about you?' Francesca asked, she looked down at her sister's engagement ring. 'Who's the lucky man then?'

'You'll meet him at dinner tonight,' Sam replied.

'How did you meet?' Francesca asked.

'We've actually been working together for the last 4 years. A few months ago, I started going out with a new guy in CID called Stuart. Phil got really jealous and didn't like Stuart because he had the one thing that he wanted. We moved in together a while ago and I fell pregnant with Stuart's kid,' Sam replied.

'What happened after that?' Francesca asked.

'I miscarried the baby,' Sam replied.

'Oh, I'm sorry sis,' Francesca said.

'Me and Phi got together after I miscarried the baby. We moved in together a fortnight later. Stuart didn't take the break up very well. He kidnapped Phil and stabbed him. Phil proposed to me about a month later,' Sam said. 'There's a DS post going here 'cos of him. Stuart got charged with attempted murder and was dismissed from the force.'

'Aww, I'm really pleased for you sis,' Francesca replied.

'I never thought we'd actually get to where we are today,' Sam said.

'How come?' Francesca asked.

'Phil had a bit of a reputation a few years ago as a serial adulterer,' Sam replied.

'Are you sure you can trust him?' Francesca asked.

'That was a few years ago. He's changed a lot since then. I wouldn't be with him if he was the same person,' Sam replied.

'If you believe he's changed, then OK. I trust you sis and I know that you wouldn't be with someone if you didn't want to be. Even I can see how much you love Phil. As I said before Sam, I'm really pleased for you,' Francesca said.

At that moment, Phil entered the canteen and went over to the table where Sam and Francesca were sitting. He stood behind Sam and put his hands over her eyes. 'Guess who,' Phil said.

Francesca had great trouble trying to disguise her amusement. 'Very funny Phil,' Sam replied.

'How did you know it was me?' Phil asked.

'I'm a detective, it's my job,' Sam replied. 'Look Francesca, this is my fiancé Phil. Phil this is my sister, Francesca.'

'Oh, nice to meet you,' Phil said as he held out his hand.

'Likewise,' Francesca replied as she shook Phil's hand.

'I've got some paperwork to finish off. I'll see you tonight sis,' Sam said as she got up.

'Yeah, I'll see you later babe,' Phil replied as he kissed Sam softly on the lips before she left the canteen.

'So I hear congratulations are in order,' Francesca said.

'Yeah, me and Sam are getting married,' Phil replied. 'I really love her, Francesca.'

'I know you do,' Francesca said. 'Sam's told me about your past.'

'What's she told you?' Phil asked.

'That you had a bit of a reputation for being a bit of a Casanova,' Francesca replied. 'I also have the feeling there's one of your conquests that you haven't told her about.'

'If you mean me and you…' Phil started.

'Yes of course I mean you and me. I wonder what your fiancée would say if she knew that the man she was about to marry slept with her sister 10 years ago before she got married,' Francesca replied.

'That was 10 years ago Francesca, don't you think the past is better off staying in the past?' Phil asked.

'Look Phil, I'd rather what happened 10 years ago didn't happen but it did. I want my sister to be happy and I can see how much she loves you. If you hurt her, then I won't hesitate to bring up our past history,' Francesca replied.

'I love Sam very, very much. I would never do anything to hurt her. We're gonna be brother and sister-in-law in the future so I think that it would be best if we just forgot what happened,' Phil said.

'I've never been one for holding grudges against people. For Sam's sake, we'll forget what happened but just remember what I said,' Francesca replied.

'Message received and understood,' Phil said. 'What are you really doing here?'

'I've got a meeting with your DCI and DI this afternoon,' Francesca replied.

'About the DS post?' Phil asked.

'Yeah, how did you know?' Francesca asked.

'The DI mentioned something this morning,' Phil said.

'Sam's invited me to stay. You don't mind do you?'

'Course not. We're gonna be family soon enough so it'll be good for us to get to know each other,' Phil replied.

'Right I'd better be off then, are you gonna show me out?' Francesca asked.

'Yeah sure,' Phil replied as he got up and showed his future sister-in-law out of the canteen.

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