I'm back again! sorry about the cliff hanger on the last one! Uni is going really well at the moment!

I somehow managed to close my mouth and take in my surroundings. There was blood splattered all over the glossy white tiles and along the white cupboard doors. I took a few apprehensive steps into the room and I could feel the cold smooth tiles under me. The room was freezing and my hair was whipping around my face, both patio doors were wide open. I found myself walking over towards the doors to check outside. I saw someone or something move down at the bottom of the garden by the fence. I couldn't manage to make my legs move. I was shaking with the cold now. Goosebumps were appearing along my whole body! My feet were numb. Stray tears were falling down my cheeks onto my chin and then dropping at my feet. I look around the room cuddling my body, trying to get some warmth into me. All I could feel was cold on my bare legs, arms and chest. The shorts and vest top weren't really doing a good job of keeping what's covered warm either. I turned around scanning the kitchen for Max, I couldn't see him anywhere. I was worrying now. What does James want with Max? If James has him then we have no chance! James doesn't take any prisoners! I shouldn't have been so arrogant and pigheaded with James earlier! He's doing this to get back at me! This is my fault! I told Max it wouldn't work! I can't have Max's death on my conscience either. I know James can kill! I chose to ignore it and I wished I hadn't ignored it! I wish I had shopped him to the police when I had the chance even if it meant incriminating myself and losing my job, it would be worth it to see him go down. I looked to the floor and saw drops of blood on the wood flooring, I followed the trail towards the dining area and heard a grunt. I saw a familiar figure lying in a heap on the floor in a pool of his own blood.

"Max? Honey?"

"Ro-ssss-ie"

"Yes, baby it's me." I knelt down on the floor beside him "Where are you hurting?"

"All o-vvver." He replied causing me to check him over and see the knife sticking out of his side.

"Max, stay calm honey, I'm going to ring an ambulance. You need to go to hospital!"

"Don't l-eeave mmm-e"

"I have to baby, we need to get you to hospital. I'm just going to run and get the phone and I'll be straight back! Hang in there!"

I jumped up from my kneeling position and ran to the living room for the cordless phone dialling the number for the station. I put the phone to my ear as I was walking back to Max.

"Hi, Inspector Dale Smith how can I help you."

"Sir, it's Rosie, Max has been stabbed. Will you get the ambulance here quicker please, He's losing a lot of blood!"

"Sierra Oscar from 1, Ambulance required immediately at 9 Rose Gardens, Canley. Officer has been stabbed. Back up from Police also required. Rosie, Look after him. We'll be there soon!"

"Thanks sir."

I ran back to Max with the phone still in hand. I lay down beside him and kissed his sweating head. I stroked his hair and kissed his lips delicately.

"Ro-ssss-ie, I'm P-lll-eee-ased I'm w-iii-tt-h you!"

"shhhhh... There's nowhere I'd rather be than right here with you!" I said as I wiped the sweat from his forehead and left a kiss on it. I stood up and ran towards the door answering it to the paramedics who made their way in with their medical supplies.

"Are you okay love?" asked one of the paramedics as they walked through the house.

"What?" I said quickly as I looked down and saw the blood stains all down my white vest and shorts, on the side of my arm and even on my hands which I'd itched my chest with and transferred blood onto my chest "Yes, not my blood." The paramedics then saw Max on the floor and ran over to him, trying to stabilise him and putting some fluids into him.

"There's no pulse!" one of the paramedics called out.

"Start CPR, I'll get the defib!" the other shouted. They'd already turned him onto his back and one was giving CPR whilst the other attatched the pads onto his chest and called "Stand clear!" before shocking him. The next thing I knew my legs turned to jelly and gave way, I didn't have the strength to hold myself up and I began to sink to the ground, tears were running down my face. I was hysterical. It was like all of my strength had been zapped all of a sudden. I realised I should have hit the floor by now and I opened my eyes to see someone's arms wrapped around my waist, he held me up and turned me around holding me close to him. I could feel his crisp white shirt underneath me. He pulled me away so I was looking into his eyes. "Lets get you out of here, change these clothes and bag them." I nodded. Smithy led me up the stairs into the bedroom and shouted for a female officer to come up. Mel came jogging into the bedroom and Smithy nodded.

"I'll just be outside let me know when you're finished."

I nodded at him and turned taking the bloody clothes off, and passed them to Mel who had her latex gloves on and packaged them in the packaging for forensics. I walked over to the en suite and washed the blood from my hands, chest, arms, legs and forehead and returned to the bed room, opening the wardrobe and pulling on a pair of tracksuit bottoms, a t-shirt and a hoodie, putting socks on and a pair of old trainers. Before Mel called for Smithy to come back. I saw the state of Smithy's shirt. "Sorry about the shirt Sir."

"It's fine Rosie. Does Max have a spare shirt I can wear till I get back to work?"

"Yeah take your pick, its that wardrobe over there." I said as I pointed over.

Smithy unbuttoned his shirt and passed it to Mel who packaged that separately, he took out a white shirt to wear till he got to the nick and fastened it up before coming and giving me a hug. Mel put her arms around me and led me downstairs towards the cop car. I looked up at James Steele's window opposite and saw him standing with a glass of Whiskey he made a celebratory cheers motion and smirked at me, nodding before closing his curtain. I looked at him with contempt. What killed me the most right now was when i looked over to the ambulance and i realised that i still didnt know whether Max was alive or dead!

Sorry about the cliffhanger again!

Thanks for the reviews, I'm pleased people are still reading even after such a long break! xxxx