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The sky clouded over as Richard parked the car in the police station car park. He glanced up, knowing that the rain would soon soak anyone daft enough to be out in it.

"Richard!" He stepped back as he saw Kat step out of her little green fiesta. "How's the Guv?"

"On the mend."

"Thank God." Kat smiled as Shapps appeared in the doorway of the police station. "Tell her we're all thinking of her, yeah?"

"I will." Richard smiled. "Hogg giving you a hard time?"

"I'd be worried if she wasn't." Kat smiled slightly as Richard shook his head. Shapps headed over to them.

"Boss." He nodded to Richard. "Hogg is in the office waiting for you. Says she has news."

"I bet she does." Kat rolled her eyes. "Why can't she just lay off and let us do our jobs?"

"I dunno." Shapps shrugged. "Butchers is up there like a school boy sent to the headmistress."

"That's not good." Richard huffed. "And the worst thing is, she wouldn't dare try it with you lot if Janine was in work."

"She's coming back?" Shapps raised an eyebrow, suddenly concerned that she was going to leave them.

"It's up to her, mate." Richard sighed. "But I am not going to be the one to try to stop her."

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"Well, Mrs Lewis." The consultant walked back in as Janine looked up. She was almost sick with nerves as he and a young nurse entered the room.

"My results?"

"Are back." He nodded. "I am pleased to say the clot that had lodged in your lung, what we call a pulmonary embolism has dispersed."

"So?"

"So, we will keep you on anticoagulant medication for a while and see how you manage with that." Janine frowned.

"The injections we've given you."

"I have to have them?" Janine hated needles, the thought of having to have many more was not appealing.

"No, I'll prescribe a form of anticoagulant in tablet form and we'll have you back to clinic for blood tests periodically. You can be discharged as soon as the prescription is back from pharmacy."

"I can go home?" Janine was sure the doctor was talking in riddles to confuse her.

"Yes." The nurse smiled. "You can go home later today. Once your tablets are ready and we'll see you in a couple of weeks. Ok?"

"Ok." Janine smiled. "Definately ok." She glanced at the consultant before picking up her mobile phone, eager to call her family to tell them the good news.

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Richard walked back in to the office as Butchers looked up. Hogg stood in the middle of the office, clearly unhappy.

"Problem?" Ricahrd asked innocently.

"One dead man, two possible reasons for killing him and no arrests." Hogg snapped. "I'd say a problem."

"Um, I have a lead." Kat stated quietly.

"Yeah, we have a lead." Shapps raised an eyebrow. Richard smiled. "In fact I have been to see the magistrate to get a warrent to search an address in the city."

"Really?" Hogg folded her arms. "Why wasn't I told about this?"

"You never asked." Butchers stated honestly. Hogg huffed, shot Richard a filthy look and marched out of the office. Richard shook his head before crossing the room to the three junior detectives.

"Right, what's this lead then?"

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