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Fight Back.

"Hold on a minute." Shapps stared at the piece of paper Chloe had handed him. "If the guy was already dead when he was shot what did kill him?"

"It's all there." Chloe smiled as the confusion flashed across his face. It was rare that Tony Shapps was confused by anyone.

"Yeah." He nodded. "You said that. But to be honest, Chlo, all this may as well be in Greek."

"He died from acute Liver failure."

"Was he a drinker?"

"His liver wasn't in the best condition I've ever seen." She watched as he nodded. "The man had a tumour on his bile duct. He probably wasn't even aware he had it. I requested his medical records and could find nothing related to it. It looks like his drink was spiked with a small amount of very concentrated chemicals."

"Poisoned."

"Yeah. A bit Miss Marple but affective."

"Yeah." Shapps agreed. "Must be affective. He's dead, isn't he?" Chloe rolled her eyes as the detective left the room.

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"So we can see Mum?" Ellie asked as the nurse walked into the Relatives Room.

"Yes, love." She smiled. "You can. You might want to let your Dad go in for a moment before you all go in."

"Dad?" Tom looked up.

"She means Richard." Ellie explained. Charlotte giggled. For a moment Richard didn't know whether he should correct the young nurse. Before he had chance to, Michael ushered him out of the room. He followed the nurse to a small side room at the edge of the A&E department.

"Go on." The nurse smiled. "It's ok." Richard nodded before opening the door and walking in.

"Hello." He walked towards the bed where Janine was laying with her eyes closed. An IV line fed fluid into the drip in her arm while a monitor bleeped in the background. He watched as her eyes fluttered open.

"Hello you." She smiled back as he leaned forward and kissed her forehead.

"You look worried."

"You gave us all a bit of a scare. Kids are outside."

"My kids?"

"No, just a random bunch I met in the car park." Richard teased.

"Shut up." Janine smiled at him. The thought of seeing Michael and the younger ones seemed to wake her up even more. She squeezed Richard's hand as he tried to ignore all the medical equipment around her. "I."

"Save your energy." He kissed her again. "Oh God, Janine. I thought we were going to lose you."

"Lose me?" She opened her eyes once more and held his gaze. "Never. You don't get rid of me that easily."

"Good to know." He smiled back as the door to the room opened and all four kids entered.

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"Right." Kat walked alongside Shapps and Butchers as they headed back to the office. "What you are saying is, we have one dead man and he was apparently unwell. Then he was poisoned by someone who may or may not be the person who shot him?"

"Yeah." Shapps nodded. "That about sums it up." Butchers watched the exchange and shook his head, totally confused.

"But."

"But what?" Shapps turned to his friend.

"Who would hate a man enough to murder him twice?"

"That." Kat stared at the two men. "Is the ultimate question. Come on, I think I have something." She headed towards the office as both men trailed behind.

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