Morning rose as quickly as it had descended. Various plods stumbled through the CID doors, in a failed attempt to hide the remainders of the previous night's binge. The Guv was in no mood to work. He had been kept awake most of the night by thoughts of Alex and deciding whether to apologise or not. After all, he had been too harsh. But, he hadn't wanted to admit he was wrong. His male ego could not afford to be damaged so easily by a ridiculous apology.
He jumped out of his current state of thought as he noticed Alex enter his kingdom and sit at her desk.
"His kingdom?" He thought, "These days it was more like their kingdom. Not that it bothers me. Listen to yourself Hunt! You soft git." She seemed unusually withdrawn and her appearance was not as perfect as it normally was. Gene shrugged it off and put it down to hormones. It was always hormones.
"Right, you lot." Gene said, forcing everyone into complete silence. "Yesterday we almost had that scumbag nailed. Thanks to a disagreement within my team, we lost them and our evidence along with it. That will not happen again. I will not tolerate anymore crap until this case has been resolved" A few people turned to stare at Alex, accusingly. "Bolly. In my office. Now."