"So, how long have you been a police officer then?" Rebecca questioned her colleague as they both walked alongside the beautiful River Thames.

Gabriel bluntly replied

"I started here in 2003"

Wanting to know more, Rebecca added

"And before that?"

It was obvious from the look on his face that Gabriel didn't want to tell Rebecca any of his business but reluctantly explained

"I was in the navy for years but left to attend Hendon. Then, when I qualified, they gave me a post here at Sunhill. Why you asking all this?"

Rebecca pinned a fake smile to her face before stating

"Just being friendly"

Just then, the two officers witnessed an old lady getting mugged by a teenage thug so raced towards them. The boy saw them heading towards him so made a run for it, followed closely by Gabriel, leaving Rebecca to check if the old lady was okay. Ten minutes later, a patrol car pulled up and Cameron got out, followed by Yvonne. They'd heard Rebecca put a call out for an ambulance over the radio and had come to check if she needed any help. Just at that moment, the ambulance arrived and so did Gabriel, who had the young boy in handcuffs. As Rebecca and Gabriel had parked their patrol car back down the road, Gabriel put the teenage thug into the car that Yvonne and Cameron had arrived in, then jumped into the back seat alongside him. Yvonne helped the paramedics take the old lady into the ambulance and Cameron took the opportunity to talk to Rebecca. Reaching for her arm, he led her further onto the pavement so they could talk without anyone hearing.

"You alright?" he asked his blonde friend.

Rebecca nodded before replying

"I've not really got much out of him yet. I asked him how long he'd been a PC and he said 2003. Then when I asked him what he did before that, he told me but got pretty defensive, asking why I wanted to know"

Cameron lowered his voice

"And, what reason did you give?"

Rebecca explained

"I just told him I was being friendly. I don't...It's just a bit weird. I don't know how I'm supposed to be around him Cam. I mean, I know all this stuff about him, things that will ruin his life and career and, I just wanna tell someone. I wanna tell him! I want him to know that I hate him for what he's done, but I got to pretend that I know nothing about him. It's really hard!"

Cameron gave her a sympathetic hug, just as Gabriel appeared

"Oi Oi. Something I should know?"

The two friends pulled away from each other and walked towards the patrol car where the young boy and Yvonne were waiting for them. Once Gabriel had got into the car, Yvonne drove off. Just a few minutes up the road, she stopped the car. They had driven from the incident scene to where Rebecca had parked the other patrol car. She got out and waited for Gabriel to get the boy from the back seat and place him in the other car. After thanking them, Rebecca got into the driver's seat of her patrol car, watching as Yvonne and Cameron drove off to take another shout. Gabriel jumped into the passenger seat and together, they took the boy back to the station to charge him.

An hour later, the boy had been interviewed, charged and put in a cell until his parents were able to collect him from the station so Rebecca decided to go on REFS joined, of course, by Gabriel. Grabbing some food and a cup of tea, both officers sat down on one of the long grey tables. Rebecca was happy that the canteen was quite quiet as that gave her some time to talk to Gabriel alone. Rebecca picked up her white ceramic mug by the handle and blew across the top of it before taking a sip with her pink lip glossed lips. She waited a few moments before looking across at Gabriel, taking a deep breath and talking.

"So, Gabriel. Why did you decide to become a copper then?"

Gabriel looked up from his hot cup of coffee and replied

"I wanted to change the world, make it a better place by locking up one scumbag after another. It made me sick seeing people hurt others. I was fed up of living in a city full of burglars, paedophiles, drug dealers, rapists..."

He took a deep breath, looked straight into Rebecca's shining blue eyes and added

"Murderers"

A cold chill flew down Rebecca's spine. What a hypocritical ass. He was at least two of them.

Gabriel decided it was his turn to ask the questions.

"So I didn't have time to ask you earlier, how long have YOU been a cop then?

Rebecca took another sip of her tea before replying.

"Only a week, I started here last Monday. I spent time at Hendon, then got sent here"

Gabriel nodded but before he could ask the newest office anything else, something else caught his eye and he sniggered.

"Look at him!"

Rebecca turned her head to see who Gabriel was talking about and spotted Smithy standing in the food queue with Samantha Nixon, Yvonne Hemmingway, Robbie Cryer and Honey Harman. She smiled to herself before turning back to Gabriel and asking

"What about him?"

Gabriel shook his head and he spoke with an angry sounding tone.

"Are you serious? Look at him Rebecca. Handsome Sergeant Smith surrounded by girls, nothing new there, makes me sick..."

Rebecca looked as though she was interested in what Gabriel was blabbering on about but in her head, she was thinking of a good enough reason to stand up and leave.

"I know he doesn't like me and I know why" Gabriel continued.

This ought to be good, Rebecca thought.

"My girlfriend got killed last year..."

Now Rebecca was listening!

"She was shot down by some psycho outside the station. Her and...Sergeant Smith over there had a lot of history but then me and her started a relationship. We kept it secret so that no one could try and ruin it. When she died, she was carrying my son. Smithy didn't like it, refused to believe it and became extremely jealous that it was my baby and not his. He tried to make out to everyone here that he'd lost the love of his life, but really, it was me who did. I loved her so much, she was everything to me"

Rebecca felt physically sick! Standing up, she told Gabriel she was going to the toilet and rushed out of the canteen. Gabriel's smug grin widened as he sat there on his own and drunk the remains of his coffee. Smithy saw Rebecca rushing past her and was just about to go after her but Cameron beat her to it. Neither Gabriel nor Rebecca realised that Cameron had heard the whole conversation between the two of them as he was sitting on the table behind them, hidden by a pillar and was livid at the lies Gabriel had just spun.

Cameron knocked on the door of the female toilets, called Rebecca's name and waited for a response. A few seconds later, the door opened and Rebecca's face appeared. After asking if there was anyone else inside and after finding out there wasn't, Cameron entered the toilets and pushed the door shut behind him.

"Bec, are you okay? I can't believe he spun you all those lies, he's a..."

"Lier? Bully? Rapist? Murderer? Are they any of the words you're looking for Cameron?" shouted Rebecca with tears uncontrollably rolling down her face.

Cameron could see Rebecca was angry and didn't blame her for being so. He was about to say something to try and calm her down, but she hadn't quite finished.

"I can't believe he sat there and lied to my face, I felt sick by the things he was saying! You heard him, saying he was in love with Kerry and that she loved him back. She flipping didn't, she hated him and was so scared of him! I can't wait 'til he finds out I know the truth! I HATE him!"

Cameron hugged Rebecca for a few moments, letting her cry in his arms.

"I heard everything he said and I know you hate him Bec but, don't you think you should just...leave him for now and stop asking him questions? I mean it's the first day he's met you and..."

Rebecca pulled herself away from Cameron and stared at him. She couldn't believe he was telling her to back off from Gabriel.

"You...you're kidding me right? Back off from him? Cameron...he's EVIL! He raped and killed Kerry and he's got away with it for almost a year, but not anymore! He's going down for what he did!"

With that, Rebecca stormed out of the locker room, turned left and headed down the corridor. She'd left with such anger that she'd failed to notice one of her colleagues standing on the right hand side of the door, who had heard the conversation between Rebecca and Cameron.

Sergeant Smith was sitting in his office, drinking the hot mug of tea he'd bought from the canteen and making his way through the huge pile of paperwork when there was a knock on his door.

Knock Knock

Looking up from the desk and putting his West Ham pen down, Smithy signalled to the uniformed office outside to enter the room.

"Ah PC Hemmingway, what can I do for you?" he asked.

Yvonne was silent for a moment before taking a very deep breath.

"Serge, I think there's something you should know!"