Chapter 5:

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Charlie strutted into the police station and went in search of Angelo. She looked in his office and found it empty, his computer switched off. She peaked into the interview room and also found it deserted.

"If you looking for Sergeant Rosetta, he left about 10 minutes ago "said Constable Avery walking up behind Charlie "just said it was important and that he had to leave and he wouldn't be back for the rest of the day" he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Right, thanks Avery" said Charlie, giving him a small nod and walking over to her desk and sitting down. She pulled out her mobile and dialled Angelo. The phone rang, "that's a good sign" thought Charlie, but she was quickly disappointed because he didn't pick up. The phone just kept ringing, until it eventually went to his message bank.

"Hi, you have reached Sergeant Angelo Rosetta, leave a ....". Charlie groaned and hung up. "Damn it Angelo, where the hell are you?" Charlie thought, frustrated at all the unanswered questions. She glanced at her watch and saw she only had two hours left of her shift. She knew it wouldn't look good to leave now, especially after leaving twice today, without a good reason. She decided to stay and try to at least get some work done.

She had finished some paperwork and had filed it, when she glanced at the clock and saw that her shift had ended, she grabbed her bag and jacket and left for home.

Charlie drove home and found Angelo sitting watching TV, drinking a bottle of beer.

"Where the hell have you been all afternoon?" Charlie demanded as soon as she saw Angelo.

Angelo stood up when Charlie walked into the room and answered calmly "I just had to do something, it took a while and I figured what would be the point of going back to work".

"What was it?"

"Just things, nothing you need to worry about, ok?" he said wearily.

"Well I am worried ok? You disappear off for the afternoon without any reasonable explanation and just expect me to believe you when you say 'don't worry about it'?" Charlie's voice was rising and she felt her face getting hot.

"Yes! It's called trust Charlie and now that we are married, I expected that standard of trust to be high. Guess not". He sounded hurt and disappointed. Charlie felt a twinge of guilt as she realised she had struck a nerve.

"Look I'm sorry ok, I really am, but, I was really worried. I didn't know what you were doing or if you were ok. How about we promise to tell each other where we are going from now on, just so we don't kill ourselves from concern" she asked her tone calming down.

Angelo gave a small laugh and replied "sounds good", giving her a kiss and hugging her tightly.

Charlie still hadn't gotten the answers about the 'girl' but she knew that their relationship had reached a whole new level with their agreement. She was happy with that for today and she didn't want to push the matter any further unless she really needed to.