Chapter 8

…

They were heading into their second week of the investigation into the shooting of Captain Raydor, they'd gone over and over the cctv footage and countless facial recognitions to try and trace the man who shot her but nothing was coming up. As the days went on, Brenda got angrier about it all. It normally didn't take her this long to get her suspect, she began to wonder if maybe she was letting her personal feelings for the Captain get in the way of her doing her job properly. She tried her best to put it all to the back of her mind and just put all her energy into finding the man who did this. She took a quick gulp of her cold coffee that Mike Tao had brought her in earlier before returning to the notes on the case. She looked up when a knock at her door disturbed her thoughts and she saw Buzz standing in her doorway.

"Everythin' okay Buzz?"

"It couldn't be better Chief, I got a hit."

"What….are you serious?"

"Come with me."

She got up from her desk and followed him through to the tech room, he sat down in his seat as Brenda leaned over him as he opened up a few folders on his laptop.

"A man was brought into the local Precinct 2 days ago on a drunk drive charge, they released him on bail but he was obviously added onto the system and well, I thought I'd try and have another go at a face recognition early this morning and this popped up."

Brenda looked on as Buzz pressed a button and a well groomed man in his late thirties came up on the screen.

"Who is he?"

"His names Nathan Collier or at least that's his name now."

"What do you mean now?"

"10 years ago he was known as Leon Clark, he's wanted in England for the shooting of a Barrister Adrian Molten."

"Why?"

"Adrian Molten was responsible for putting a big time gangster in London behind bars for the rest of his life….the guy was known as Michael O'Neil, he murdered 3 Police Officers in London's Hampstead Heath area. O'Neil's Wife Paula was distraught over her Husband's imprisonment and she vowed revenge on Molten for sending her Husband to prison. She hired a private hit man to kill him."

"I see…and that man was Leon Clark, now Nathan Collier."

"That's right, he's changed his appearance, got rid of anything connecting him to his past but you can't change your DNA. The Officer who arrested him took a blood sample because he refused to do a breathalyzer test. When they ran his bloods, well he popped up as a person of interest."

"Buzz, I owe you big time on this one."

"Just doing my job Boss…"

"No really, you did good. I'm proud of ya'."

…

Sharon was waiting patiently on the edge of the hospital bed the next morning after the Doctor informed her she could go home. She could honestly say she'd never been so happy. Sharon looked up when the door opened to see Jackson Raydor walking in.

"Jack, what are you doing here?"

"Hey sweetheart, well what does it look like…I'm here to take you home."

"I thought Andy was collecting me."

"Well the Doc phoned me."

"Why?"

"Because I asked him too, I'm your Husband Sharon and now is my time to make things up to you."

Sharon wanted to argue but she still felt too weak to even think about starting an argument with him. She got up slowly from the bed as Jack came over and slipped his arm around her waist before taking her bag in his other hand and escorting her out of the Hospital to his car.

…

Sharon had send a message to Andy the previous night, telling him that she was allowed to go home the following morning. He'd texted her to let her know he's come and collect her. He's woken up that morning so happy that the woman he loved was finally going home. He'd arrived at the Hospital just after 9am and had gone straight to her room to find it empty, his stomach suddenly dropped as he imagined the worst. He rushed to the reception desk and demanded to speak to Dr Marcus.

"Sir, if you'd just calm down."

"Get Dr Marcus here…NOW."

The young woman obliged and Andy waited for the Doctor to arrive. He didn't have to wait long when he looked up to see him approaching.

"Andy, what can I do for you?"

"Well you can start by telling me where the hell Sharon is."

"Sorry?" He asked confused.

"I just went to her room and she's not there, has something happened, has she relapsed." He asked, worry etched in his voice.

"Andy…Sharon's gone home."

"Home, she can't have. I'm supposed to be collecting her."

"She left about an hour ago, he Husband came to collect her."

"Her Husband."

"Yes, a Jack Raydor."

"I see."

"I'm sorry, I just assumed that she…."

"No, it's fine. Sorry, I'm sorry for yelling. He never said he was coming to get her. I'll let you get back to work, sorry again Doc."

"Have a good day Andy and tell Sharon to take things easy okay."

"Will do, thank Doc."

As Doctor Marcus walked away, Andy turned and made his way back to his car, the anger building inside him. The more he thought about him, the more he wanted to punch the living daylights out of Jack.

…

To Be Continued…