Chapter 8:

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When Charlie woke up the following morning, she saw that Angelo wasn't next to her. She frowned and slowly rose from the warmth of her bed. She went into the kitchen and saw it was empty, in fact, the whole house was empty. Charlie quickly ducked her head into the guest room and found that it was abandoned; confused Charlie went into the kitchen and saw that Angelo's mobile was still there. She felt the kettle and saw that it was still hot.

"Oh good, means that someone was here this morning".

She took out a loaf of bread and was about to put two pieces into the toaster when she saw a fuming Angelo walk through the door, followed by a glum Clara. When Angelo saw Charlie looking at him, his expression softened and he walked up to her and placed a small kiss on her forehead before silently pouring himself some coffee. Charlie felt the tension in the air and glanced at Clara, who quickly looked away, trying not to catch either Charlie or Angelo's gaze.

Angelo quickly sipped his coffee and took a bite of Charlie's toast before moving into the bedroom to get dressed for work. Charlie glanced at Clara and followed Angelo in their room.

"Hey, are you ok? What happened? Where did you go this morning?" she asked concerned, rubbing his back.

"Yep" he replied quickly not giving any eye contact, "Clara and I just went for a walk together but I'm fine, everything is fine." Angelo quickly did up his last button, grabbed his keys and stalked out of the house without looking back.

Charlie was baffled at the situation and walked back out into the lounge and found Clara curled up watching the TV, blowing on a cup of coffee.

Charlie sat in the armchair and looked at Clara, who just glanced at Charlie before returning her attention to the screen.

"Clara, what is going on?" Charlie asked trying to meet Clara's eyes.

"Nothing, everything is fine" was the reply.

"Well that's not the impression I got from my husband this morning"

"Nothing is wrong ok?" said Clara, her tone rising, she went into the guest room and returned with a jumper which she put on and strutted out of the house, almost slamming the door behind her.

Charlie walked into the police station and almost ran into Avery and Angelo, who were on their way out.

"Just going to a call-out" mumbled Angelo to Charlie as she passed. He didn't even wait for a reply, just followed Avery to the car.

Charlie sighed deeply as she sat down at her desk. She glanced at the picture of her and Angelo which was sitting on her desk. She hated seeing Angelo this angry, and she was extremely frustrated that she didn't know what had made him this angry. She knew it had something to do with Clara and the walk they went on this morning. She had to find out. She was sick of all these secrets between her and her husband.