It was a Saturday morning, two weeks had passed since Nora's visit, and Leo was up to his elbows in blood, guts and general gore. Erin had come with him to work that morning and was currently waiting in the lab for him

"Could you take a photo of the laceration?" Leo asked one of the lab technicians who stepped forward and swiftly take a shot of the deep wound on the stomach

Leo checked over his notes and decided he had enough detail for his report, he let Charlie step in to stitch the body back up and he was just about to take off his gloves and apron when he heard a voice calling

"Leo?" Harry called "We've got another body just come in,"

Leo sighed. It was clearly going to be a long day

The trolley was wheeled in and the black body bag was placed on one of the examination tables. Leo pulled on a fresh pair of gloves and slowly pulled the zip of the bag down. As soon as he saw who was inside hew felt his stomach lurch and he swore under his breath

"Leo?" Harry asked looking concerned

"It's Nora," Leo shook his head "It's Erin's Godmother,"

The older man hurriedly closed the bag again and turned to Harry

"I don't want Erin in the same building as her," Leo told Harry firmly who nodded

"I'll phone Nikki and see if she'll pick Erin up,"

Leo nodded a silent thank you as Harry left the cutting room, already punching the familiar digits into his phone. Leo took a moment to compose himself before pulling off his apron and gloves and moving back towards the lab where Erin was waiting.

When he walked into his office, he saw Erin curled up on a chair with her nose firmly stuck in a book. She was so absorbed it took him a few tries to get her attention and when he finally did, the cheery smile she greeted him with almost broke his heart

"You need to get your things together," he told her "Nikki's coming to pick you up,"

Erin looked confused "Why?" she asked

"Just don't ask questions!" Leo snapped

Erin's face visibly dropped at his tone and the older man took another deep breath

"Please, just trust me Erin," he told her calmly "I'll explain everything later"

"She's here isn't she?" Erin tensed as she recognised the signs of Leo's body language

"Get your things together please," Leo told her firmly

"Where is she?" Erin asked full of fear now

"Harry!" Leo called as he saw the dark haired man rush into the lab

"I can't get through to Nikki," he told Leo

"Will someone tell me what's going on?" Erin said, her voice full of terror

Harry glanced across at Leo who shook his head

"I'll explain later" Leo repeated as he bundled Erin's things into her bag

"Harry…" Erin said turning to the younger man

"Sorry," he said unhappily, as Leo led Erin out of the door by the hand, saddened by the look of betrayal on her face

"Leo…" Erin called as he pulled her along down the corridor "Please stop…I'm scared,"

"Please Erin…" Leo said through gritted teeth as he pulled her along faster

"Leo, stop!" Erin called "You're hurting me!"

The pain in Erin's voice registered and Leo stopped suddenly and loosened his grip on Erin

"I'm sorry," he said as the girl rubbed her arm "I'm so sorry," Leo took her in his arms and held her tightly to soothe the girl who was on the brink of tears. Erin stepped back but her leg buckled underneath her and she fell to the floor with a cry. Leo was immediately at her side as was Harry who had heard the cry

"Was it your injured leg?" Leo sighed and Erin nodded rubbing her knee

"Can you stand?" Harry asked

"I don't think so…" Erin murmured

"What if we help you?" he asked and she nodded

Erin slipped her arms around the shoulders of Harry and Leo and they gently helped her to her feet. Erin hissed in pain in the process but held tightly onto Leo and Harry

"I'll take her," Harry said and Leo nodded as Erin released her grip

"Harry's going to take you to their place and I'll pick you up later and I promise I will explain everything"

Erin nodded, still a little in shock. Leo gently kissed her before hurrying off down the corridor

"Are you okay to walk?" he asked, "I'll be here…"

Erin nodded and still holding onto Harry, she slowly limped out of the Lyell Centre and towards Harry's car.

"I'll drive you back to ours, Nikki will probably be back by the time we get there," he told her to a silent reply.

She sat in the car, taking deep breaths to calm herself.

"She's dead." It was less of a question and more of a statement.

"Erin…" Harry began

"The only people who turn up to the mortuary are dead," Erin said bluntly

"What about Leo and I?" Harry asked as they pulled out of the car park

"Leo's from the Jurassic period and have you seen yourself first thing in the morning?" Erin echoed Harry's words when she had first turned up at the lab.

Harry smiled to himself, Erin must be feeling a little better if she could make jokes, "Traffic's good so we'll be there soon," he told her as the whizzed through the empty streets.

Leo was standing over the body of Nora Rhys as he conducted the post-mortem.

"There appears to be a lot of track marks on both arms, consistent with drug use" Leo said as Charlie recorded the data "From the outside there seems to be no obvious cause of death,"

"What do you think happened?" Charlie asked

"Probably an overdose," Leo said "But we'll open her up and check just to be sure. Can you take some blood samples for me and send tem off to toxicology,"

"Sure," Charlie nodded "Professors…" she began slowly "…is she who I think she is?"

"Yes," Leo said sharply "And I want this to be kept between just you and me. I don't want this getting out to anyone, especially Erin,"

Charlie nodded again "Where is Erin now?"

"Doctor Cunningham's taken her home. It's best she doesn't know yet," Leo said and began to cut open the body in front of him.

"I want to know what's going on," Erin demanded

She was standing in the living room in front of Harry and Nikki, who had returned after a morning out shopping with Alice.

"I promised Leo," Harry said to Nikki

"Please Erin you have to trust us," Nikki said softly

"I have a right to know!" Erin said, her voice rising an octave

"Leo will explain later," Harry said calmly "But for now you just have to trust us,"

"I've been doing that for all of my life," Erin spat "And everyone always lets me down so give me one reason why I should?" she said squaring up to the two adults in the room.

"There is no good reason," Harry said quietly "And I'm sorry Erin but you've got no other choice."

With that, Harry and Nikki gently left the room, closing the door behind them, leaving Erin to release her anger and fear.