Jill stood in the hospital foyer waiting for someone to answer the phone to the S.T.A.R.S office to get an update on who attacked her father. After a couple more rings
"Good afternoon, you are through to the special tactics and rescue service, David speaking how may i help?
"Hi captain it's Jill, i'm just phoning from the hospital for an update on my dads case?"
"Ah Jill! Nice to hear from you! Well we got a lead on who may have been involved. Last night we arrested 6 individuals and brought them in for questioning. None of them are saying a word. One of the guns we recovered from the house had blood on the butt of it which matches up with your dads injury's. Claire and Carlos are on there way to take some photo's of your dads injury's for evidence. Chris and Leon are working on one of the men, Caleb, who looks like he is ready to break. "
"Caleb? Caleb Cavanagh?"
"Yeah, you know him?"
"He works at the local garage, my dad and i go to him for any fixtures needed for the car. There is no way he could be part of this."
"Jill.. He was found in the house... Loaded with weapons.. Thats not an innocent man, we at very least have him on possession, not to mention drug charges."
"Maybe he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. There is no way i'm going to believe he's involved, he's known my family for 10yrs, he would never do anything to hurt any of us."
"The evidence is there Jill, we have a court order to search the house we found them in, which includes the computer. I will keep you updated but it's not looking good and i will inform you when we get the results back from the blooded gun. I also have to inform you that you can not be involved in this case due to your personal attachment..."
"Whoa hold it right there! Th..."
"... to the victim and so you will be reassigned to normal policing duties until the case is closed. I have managed to get you 3 days of paid leave to spend some time with your dad. Im sorry Jill"
"Your sorry? This is a joke! Normal police duties? That's what your giving me?!"
"I am sorry Jill and this is not my decision, you can not be involved in personal cases and the Chief is not backing down on this one, he wants you completely away from this case. That's it. I will keep you updated Jill. That's all i have to say on the matter, goodbye."
"SHIT!" shouted Jill slamming the phone down.
"I take it you've just been told the good news!" said Claire who sneaked up behind Jill and poked her in the ribs. Jill just scowled at Claire and started making her way back to her dads room. Claire shrugged at Carlos and they followed in silence.
Back At The Station
In interview room one, Chris and Leon are sitting opposite Caleb. Leon tapping his pen on the table and Chris staring Caleb in the eyes. Caleb, who was getting more uncomfortable by the second was looking everywhere except for the man who was staring him down with a stern face.
"Let's start this again Mr Cavanagh. Where were you at 10pm last night?" asked Leon
"I was at Brian's house with the others having a few drinks"
"And nobody left the house at all that night?"
"No" said Caleb looking at Leon, still aware of Chris staring him down
"Ok" Leon said picking up a photo and placing it in front of Caleb "This photo was captured from a house camera as part of a neighbourhood watch scheme. Who is in this photo?"
"I... I don't know.."
"Cut the crap" said Chris raising his voice and standing up slamming his hand down on the photo and pointing to one of the men "This is you, you can clearly see this is you. And this..." said Chris slamming down the blooded photo's "Was you, you did this to that man! Didn't you!"
Caleb shook his head running his hands through his hair avoiding looking at the photos
"Look at them!" yelled Chris
"I.. I didn't... I didn't want to.. I was made to do it, we were made to do it" replied Caleb still shaking his head.
Chris sat back down still with a stern looking face while Leon continued with the questioning.
Back At The Hospital
Meanwhile in room 203, Jill's dads private room. Claire Sat in a chair next to Dick's bed, Carlos standing next to her. Jill scowling in the corner.
"Hey Mr Valentine, sorry to hear what happened, how are you feeling?" asked Claire
"Like a house has been dropped on my head, kinda know how the wicked witch felt in the Wizard Of Oz" grinned Dick
"Nice to see you still have your sense of humour" Smiled Claire "I just have a couple of questions for you about what you remember if thats ok?"
"Fire away"
"What can you remember about what happened that night?"
"I was in the kitchen pouring myself a glass of whiskey and made my way back to the sitting room. Just as i sat down my computer bleeped stating i had an email. I went over to read it but it made no sense what so ever. All it said was click to view, you're going to want to see this, but it was a dead link, no page could be displayed."
"Do you remember the email address it came from?"
"No"
"What happened next?"
"I just deleted it and turned off my computer, as i turned to go and sit back down i felt a really sharp pain on the side of my head and i woke up here. That's it"
"You didn't see who hit you?"
"No but as i hit the floor i heard voices.. So familiar... Fem..."
"I think my dads had enough for one day, he needs his rest for his surgery tomorrow, if you don't mind leaving" interrupted Jill stepping forward. Jill's dad looked at her confused as to why she interrupted him. Claire looked down at her note pad she had taken Dick's statement down on and stood up looking at Jill biting her lip.
"Can i have a word with you outside please?" Claire asked Jill. Jill stormed out of her dads room, Claire following behind her.
"What was that all about?" asked Claire angrily.
"Nothing, my dads looking tired and he has a big day ahead of him tomorrow. He needs his rest"
"He was just going to give us some really important information that we need to get any further with this case. I really think we should continue"
"And i said no, thats final"
"Why you acting this way? I'd think you more that anyone would want to know what happened. Anyway, this isn't your choice, your dad is capable of making decisions on his own and i have the right to request you wait out here until we are finished Miss Valentine!"
At this point Rebecca made her way up the corridor hearing Jill and Claire arguing.
"Hey guys whats wrong?" asked Rebecca looking concerned. Jill stormed away from the 2 of them.
"Hey Becca. I dunno, it's Jill. I don't know what her problem is. Any updates on our suspect interviews?"
"Well as we speak Caleb is cracking thanks to your brother" smirked Rebecca.
"Ah that's my bro" laughed Claire "Anyway i need to finish taking this statement and then we can give you a lift back to the station if you want?"
"Yeah that would be great thanks. You want me to go talk to Jill?" asked Rebecca looking down the empty corridor worryingly
"No" Claire sighed "Let her clear her head. Come on"
Both Claire and Rebecca entered into Dick's room to finish off his statement.
