"I just overheard a conversation between Rebecca and Cameron Serge"

Smithy nodded for Yvonne to continue but wasn't prepared for what he heard.

"Well Bec called someone a liar, bully, rapist and...A murderer"

Smithy's eyes widened as he listened to his PC explain what she heard.

"Then she said that he had lied to her face and that she hated him?

Smithy had a puzzled look on his face as he spoke to Yvonne.

"Who was she talking about? Who's 'he'?"

Yvonne's eyes filled up with tears and that's when Smithy knew he was a bit worried about what was coming next.

"That's when it gets...weird" Yvonne explained

"Rebecca said, this guy had stated that he'd been in love with Kerry, that she'd loved him back and that she was carrying his baby when she died? Rebecca then told Cameron that Kerry had not only hated him but was scared of him too"

Smithy froze.

"Gabriel!" he spat angrily.

Yvonne nodded and continued

"It gets worse! When Cameron suggested to Rebecca that she backed off a bit and stopped asking him questions, that's when she started shouting. Smithy she..."
Tears rolled down Yvonne's face so Smithy handed her a tissue from across the desk. She sat down on the chair opposite and continued, not even bothering to stop the tears.

"Smithy, Bec shouted at Cameron saying 'he' was evil and that...that he'd raped and killed Kerry and managed to get away with it for a year but that she was gonna get him for what he did!"
There was silence.

Smithy was in shock and didn't know what to do. He was fighting to hold back the tears and it didn't help that Yvonne was streaming with tears. Eventually, he gave a cough before speaking.

"So, so you're telling me you overheard all that? Did Rebecca or Cameron know you were listening?"

Yvonne looked up from the floor.

"No Serge and just for the record, I don't make a habit of listening to other people's conversations. It's just, Rebecca sounded SO angry and...I don't know I just felt like I needed to hear them. What are you going to do? Do you believe Bec? I didn't even know she had known Kerry?"

Smithy warned Yvonne not to tell anyone what she'd heard until he had spoken to Rebecca, to which she agreed to before leaving the office. As soon as she left, Smithy put head in his arms and cried. He felt so emotional and felt as rubbish as the day he'd lost Kerry, almost a year before. Opening the top drawer of his desk, Smithy pulled out a white photo frame and turned it over to look at the photo. Running his finger over it, he shut his eyes.

"Wow you look...beautiful!"

"Hmm, I bet you say that to all your PC's, don't you Serge?"

"Only when I mean it, PC Young"

"Smithy... I love you"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah"

Smithy wiped the tears from his eyes, delicately placed the photo frame back into his drawer, locked it and left the office in search for Rebecca. He didn't get very far until he was stopped by the Inspector, who failed to notice the emotional mess that her Sergeant was in.

"Oh Smithy, how's that lovely pile of paperwork coming along?"

Smithy sighed

"I'm getting there. Erm, I don't suppose you've seen PC Jones have you?"

Gina answered straight away.

"Yes, I saw her in the yard a few minutes ago. She's taken a shout with Cameron but he's going home afterwards that as it's his afternoon with his daughter Emily. Rebecca will be back after the shout though. Any particular reason you're looking for her?"

Smithy made up that he just wanted to see how she was settling in and thanked Gina before heading off to the canteen.

"Oh Marm, can I have a word please? Rebecca asked the Inspector once she'd returned to the station after the shout.

Gina led the young PC into her office and shut the door behind them. Just a few minutes later, both officers left the office and while Rebecca headed towards the locker room, Gina Gold marched towards the canteen, stopping for a quick visit to CID on the way.

Ten minutes later, the Inspector made it to the canteen and bought herself a lovely hot mug of coffee. As Gina turned around to sit down, she noticed it was completely empty, except for one person sitting in the corner. Sergeant Smith.

"Smithy?" Gina called out.

Smithy jumped at the sound of her voice as he'd been in deep in thought, once again.

"Oh, hi Gina. Is PC Jones back from her call out yet?" he questioned.

Gina explained that the young PC had asked for the rest of the day off as she claimed to feel unwell which Smithy was gutted about, but didn't let on to the Inspector. As four officers had already finished early, Smithy couldn't leave until the end of his shift, although he'd already planned what he was going to do after. He really needed to speak to Rebecca about what Yvonne had overheard. Was Rebecca really talking about Gabriel and if so, did he really rape and kill Kerry? Smithy's head was all over the place and he couldn't wait to see Rebecca to get some answers. However, that turned out to be trickier than it sounded.

The end of Smithy's shift finally arrived but instead of joining the rest of the relief down the pub, the young Sergeant jumped into his car and headed for 7 Myatt Street. As Smithy drove into the street, his heart started beating very fast and it raced even faster when he pulled up outside the house. For a moment, he sat there and thought. So many times he'd been inside that house with Kerry as that's where she used to live and it brought back so many memories. Stepping out of the car, Smithy walked up the stony path and knocked on the large white front door. There was no answer, so he tried again. In fact, he was so eager to see Rebecca; he must have knocked about six or seven times until finally giving up. What he didn't know was that Rebecca had left work and gone to Cameron's flat where he was looking after his daughter Emily. Feeling emotional, Smithy got back into his car and drove home. Later that night, as he tried to sleep, all he could think about was Kerry, Rebecca and Gabriel. After spending ages trying to piece together bits and bobs, Smithy finally came to the conclusion that he'd HAVE to talk to Rebecca in the morning.

"Okay now before you all go, there's something important I have to tell you"

Gina Gold looked over at Smithy standing next to her, then glanced at the rest of her relief before taking a deep breath and continuing.

"As you may, or may not know, tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of the day that PC Kerry Young...passed away"

At that moment, Rebecca, Yvonne and Smithy all gave un-noticed daggers at Gabriel.

"Superintendant O'Karo came up with the idea to do something special to remember Kerry so tomorrow at 12pm; we will be holding a memorial for her out in the front yard. Now, I know we can't help being called out on shouts etc but if a few of you could make it that would be great. Kerry's dad will be attending and I think he wants to say a few words so, if anyone else wants to take part somehow, then just let me know today. Okay? Right, off you go!"

Smithy's plan was to grab Rebecca and talk to her before she went anywhere but once again, that didn't work out right because she wanted to talk to the Inspector.

"Marm, could I talk to you please?"

The Inspector nodded and once the room was empty, Rebecca carried on talking

"There are two things. One, I'd like to take part in the memorial for Kerry tomorrow if I could?"

Gina frowned, which didn't go un-noticed by neither Rebecca nor Smithy who was still standing in his position at the front of the room.

"I, didn't know you knew Kerry?"

Glancing nervously over at Smithy, Rebecca explained

"Yeah I did we umm, we were quite close actually. So yeah, am I able to maybe sing a song for her?"

Gina nodded and thought it was a lovely idea.

"Thanks Marm. The other thing is um, is there any chance I could go home...now? I know I went home early yesterday it's just, I shouldn't have come in today as I still don't feel right"

After sighing for a few seconds, Gina agreed that she'd let Rebecca go home and walked with her to the car park, meaning that once again Smithy wasn't able to ask her what he needed to. It made it worse that Cameron was also off sick so he couldn't answer anything either. The following day was going to be Kerry's memorial which didn't really seem like the right time to ask but, if that was the next time he'd see Rebecca or Cameron, then it would have to do. Smithy was dreading the memorial enough as it was, without knowing he was going to find out if he'd actually been working alongside his loved one's killer for the previous year. It made the Sergeant sick to his stomach and his emotions were everywhere. One thing he knew for sure, not only was it going to be a long day, but he definitely wouldn't be getting any sleep that night!