A couple of days later, things had once again settled down and Joey was sitting with her feet up on the coffee table at Charlie's old house, waiting for Charlie to return with boxes so they could start packing. They'd signed the lease on their new house the previous day and weren't wasting anytime in moving and even with her injured hand, Joey had insisted she was still capable of helping out. Both of them were looking forward to the move, especially now that the danger had passed. Joey shakes her head, her thoughts turning to Angelo. To Hugo's annoyance, Angelo had refused to answer any question until his lawyer had arrived, choosing instead to badmouth Watson and Joey. Hugo had had to leave the room for fear he'd finish what his fiancée had started. When the lawyer had finally arrived, Angelo had not only insisted he was innocent, but that he too was a victim. Hugo and Hogan had listened in amusement to Angelo's assertion that Martha had blackmailed him into working for her and that he felt absolute disgust at the things he'd been forced to do. Hugo had shrugged and then played snippets of some of the videos; videos which showed not only the rapes, but his obvious enjoyment at their cries of pain and fear. The ones where he was calling the girls Charlie and making them beg for it, had made even his lawyer look away in disgust and she had shifted a little further away from him, especially when Hugo had mentioned that there were many more videos. Realising he needed another tactic, Angelo had confessed to paying the girls for sex, claiming he had no idea they were underage and that he had never hurt any of them without paying for the privilege. Sick of his lies, Hugo had ended the interview and charged him. It had taken some time to read the list of charges, which included multiple counts of murder, rape and imprisonment amongst others, but Hugo had assured him they had enough evidence to send him away forever. He'd left Angelo to be carted screaming all the way to the cells to await transfer in the morning. The next day as Angelo was being transferred to a maximum security prison to await trial, they received word that Angelo wasn't going to be the only Rosetta going to jail. With the accounts that had been found hidden at Alf's, there was enough evidence to directly link his parents with major tax fraud and money laundering. They'd be spending quite a bit of time in jail themselves and the loss of the money from the restaurants meant that Angelo had had to hire a cheaper lawyer, his more expensive lawyer only too happy to walk away when his first payment bounced. Until his trial, Angelo would be kept away from the other prisoners to ensure his safety as word had quickly gotten out that he was responsible for child imprisonment and rape and also an ex-cop. Despite his predicament, Angelo was still ranting about being innocent, refusing to accept any offer to plead guilty to ensure he wouldn't be placed with the rest of the prison population once he was sentenced.

The sound of footsteps behind her brings Joey out of her musings.

"You shouldn't keep the door wide open Joey," says Graves. "Pervy Mr. Bartlett can peer right in."

Joey screws her nose up at the mention of his name. "God, maybe we should have checked out the neighbours at the new place before we signed the lease."

"I'm sure they'll be fine."

Joey studies Graves as she sits opposite her, concerned that her friend had been a little distant lately. "What's going on with you Graves?"

"Nothing, I just thought I'd help you with the packing."

"This is me you're talking to and I know something is up because you haven't been teasing me and Georgie about the beach and backseat encounters. It's not Dex is it, I haven't really had a chance to talk to him since he got back."

"Dex is fine, I mean he's a little upset that Indi was committed but the doctor told him that he was hopeful that he could get to the bottom of Indi's behaviour." Indi had finally lost it and attacked the police officer babysitting her at the safe house. She'd been found wondering aimlessly the next day and committed to a psychiatric hospital. "Actually, Dex had other news while he was in the city. Because Dex graduated early and there's a current opening for his area of study, he's being assigned straight away or at least, he'll be starting after the school holidays." Graves surprises Joey by grinning, "And you'll never guess where his first school will be."

"I think the grin and the fact that Summer Bay High is now short a few teachers, tells me that you're staying."

Graves nods, her grin leaving her face. "I'm so glad we are, but I kind of wish it was under different circumstances."

While May had begun to physically recover from her attack, she had refused to return to Summer Bay, so Miles had put in for a transfer to a city school near her mother's place and when Sally had decided to follow with her husband Flynn, they had also put the caravan park up for sale. With the recent events, the loss of these much-loved residents was even harder to swallow for most.

"The school is lucky to have him. What does this mean for you though?"

"That's another thing and it could affect us both. Have you thought anymore about what you will do now that this is all over?"

"I was only allowed back on this case to finish what I'd started and until I know the extent of my hand injury and how it will affect me in the long term, I'm going to go on disability." Joey looks at her suspiciously, "Where exactly are you going with this Graves?"

Graves grins at Joey's impatience. "When Hugo was offered his new position, he suggested the need for detectives to be assigned here on a permanent basis."

"The bastard never said a thing to me about it."

"He wasn't sure if they'd take to the idea, but as no one wants this to ever happen again and with the coast line a prime target for smuggling, the brass agreed that it's time to assign detectives here permanently. We've both been offered the positions."

Joey sits back, smiling at her friend. "I'm going to kill Hugo, he told me to take disability leave and use the time to decide what I want to do."

"He's just looking out for you Joey and you still should take the time off."

Joey nods. "I was already going to but I'm still pissed with him though for not telling me earlier. I actually thought I'd be going back into uniform."

"Would that have been allowed, I mean, with you being in a relationship with the Sergeant?"

"I had thought of that, but the regulations are about officers of different rank. Charlie and I are both Sergeants." Joey frowns when Graves gets a faraway expression. "Ok Graves, there is obviously something more going on with you."

"There is something," she admits, "And it's kind of knocked me for six."

Joey studies her. "If I didn't know you and Dex were still negotiating, I'd think you were pregnant with the way you've got your hands on your belly, just like Georgie's been doing since she's been pregnant."

"Well Dex has negotiated me down." She smiles shyly, glancing down at her belly. "He got me down to eight months."

Joey stares at her for a moment, before the words sink in. "Fuck."

"That's what I said when I took the test and then again when the doctor confirmed it."

"I know you wanted to wait a few years before you started a family, so how are you feeling?"

"Scared, disbelief, wondering how the fuck I could get pregnant when I'm on the pill but most of all, I'm actually really happy."

"Yeah, I can tell."

Graves chuckles, "I know I don't look excited, but I am, it's just I'm still in a state of shock."

"What about Dex?"

Graves grins again, "He thought he was so good guessing with Georgie and Marilyn but he hasn't got a clue about his own wife being pregnant."

"Are you sure this is what you want?"

"I always wanted to have kids with Dex, I mean sure, it's a few years earlier than we'd planned, but obviously my body decided it was time and now that I am pregnant, I don't regret it."

"Georgie, Leah and now you," Joey chuckles, "There must be something in the water here."

"It's a good thing you can't get Charlie pregnant or it would be a quartet of babies, if it isn't already."

"Already a quartet? Is someone else pregnant?"

"Considering Sid fathered two sets of twins, it kind of increases the chances of his kids also having twins."

"Wow, if you do have twins, that's, fuck." She shakes her head. "Four babies, that's ah, that's going to be noisy around here. I wonder if it's too late for Charlie to request a transfer to the city with me."

"Don't you dare leave Joey!" Graves blurts out. "If I do have twins, I'm going to need all the help I can get."

Joey stands up and moves over to her friend, giving her a hug. "Of course I'm going to be here for you." She steps back, the happiness she saw in Graves' eyes, letting her know that her friend really was happy with this unexpected development. "You and Dex are certainly going to be busy."

"No kidding. We're going to have to find our own place here, get ready for the baby, Dex has his new job, there's just so much to do," she takes a breath, a happy smile splitting her face, "But at least I'm finally going to get to have my honeymoon."

"It's about bloody time," she hugs her again. "So, when are you going?"

"The new positions won't be officially approved for at least another fortnight, so I've got some time off and Dex doesn't start until after the school holidays." She grins, "We're going to be away the same time you and Charlie are and as neither of us are working, I don't have to worry about you interrupting my honeymoon with another case."

"I wouldn't do that," she says with a cheeky grin. "God, poor Georgie's not going to know what hit her to finally have an empty house, at least until Harley and Ruby come back to stay with them in the second week."

Graves grins, her arm around her friend's shoulder, "Do you think Summer Bay is ready for us on a permanent basis?"

"It's too bad if they're not, because we're not going anywhere."

NEXT CHAPTER: Charlie and Joey take advantage of their first night in their new home alone.