"Mr Carter, we have sufficient evidence to confirm that you were responsible for the harm caused to Chloe Latimer, we also have evidence that suggests you were involved in the kidnap of Detective Miller and well here is the bombshell. We have reason to believe you are responsible for the murder of Daniel Latimer" explained Superintendent Elaine as she narrowed her eyes and leant back in her chair with confidence waiting for Mr Carter's reaction to her statement.
Nigel didn't have one, he misunderstood Elaine's severity for bluffing. She had no proof, none what so ever. Smirking her mirrored her action, leaning back in his chair and smiling with a smug confidence as he waited in silence for her to divulge more information. Folding his arms he smirked at his superior, she had no hold on him but Elaine had an ace to play and it was all thanks to Susan Wright, Nigel's birth mother to whom he had previously been estranged. Susan Wright had been more than forth coming now with what she had witnessed that night and had even been able to supply Elaine with a bag of what Nigel had been saving up to deal. He had inadvertently dropped it beside Danny's skateboard and she had swiped it when she had the skateboard all in an attempt to save her son.
Elaine wasn't one to play games with her suspects and she preferred straight answers from them if they wanted to be treated fairly throughout the investigation but Nigel wasn't co-operating at all. He had his lips firmly sealed and even with a lawyer present was refusing to answer any of Elaine's newer questions. She could interrogate him all she liked for all he cared, he knew he'd never plead guilty to what they were accusing. Silent and with narrowed eyes he just sat back and listened to her, repeating the same question to him in as many different ways that she could to try and get him to talk. She usually held her temper and frustrations back but as he had done earlier Nigel was successfully pushing her closer and closer to the point where she knew potentially she could snap.
"Mr Carter, will you answer the question please. Did you have anything to do with the death of Daniel Latimer?" Elaine asked in a more than exasperated tone of voice as she pulled out her evidence to present to him.
Nigel chuckled and it was the first response she had managed to draw from him in this half of the interview process. His actions spoke louder than any words and her accompanying colleague was a specialist in behaviour and body language. He instantly suspected Nigel was aware of what he was being accused of and from the way he was behaving he was displaying all the signs of a guilty party. Intervening he spoke up and stopped the interview, needing to speak with Elaine urgently to voice his suspicions about Nigel. The tape was stopped and both Elaine and Detective Brown left. The assisting officer present and waiting outside took over the watching of the suspect from inside and his colleague waited outside. Elaine was less than impressed but eager to know what was so important it warranted interrupting an important interview. When she heard though, in the privacy of her office just down the hall she suddenly became filled with the confidence she had slowly been losing. Detective Brown offered her a few tips, ways to try and extract information from a suspect who they were struggling to get information from and seconds later she was marching back to the interview room ready for confrontation and a little unorthodox game playing of her own.
At the hospital Ellie had not left Tom's side. She was exhausted and looked it which Alec very kindly pointed out only to receive from her a less than impressed look. She knew how she felt and couldn't imagine what a state she looked but none of that mattered; she was there supporting her son, ready and waiting for when he woke up. The doctor's had told her that hopefully it would be today that he woke up on his own properly and she just couldn't wait. Anxiety was beginning to get to her though; it made her jumpy and irritable and even Alec still hanging around upset her a bit. Saying that though she didn't want him to go. They hadn't properly discussed what had occurred between them the other day and still very much skirting around the issue she was praying he would bring it up at an opportune moment and they could get it sorted. So she had kissed him, that was nothing but she was still technically a married woman to a man who had been convicted of murder, which now may or may not actually be his fault. If Joe was cleared she then had a dilemma; him or Alec? These thoughts quickly started developing in her head as she desperately tried to make sense of her feelings and get some direction on what she actually wanted. These thoughts had now taken over so much that they dominated her and it was almost as if she wasn't in the room when Alec called her name out suddenly.
"Miller!" He exclaimed, giving her a gentle nudge to bring her back to reality.
Tom was waking and Ellie hadn't even noticed. His little eyes were just fluttering open fully as she snapped back into the room. It was rather overwhelming, being dragged from quite selfish thoughts to the sight of her son waking and Ellie instantly found herself in tears. She squeezed his hand tight where she still held it and breathing deeply waited for him to come to terms with his surroundings and notice her there are his side. He seemed confused and a little distressed by the sudden consciousness he had found and it sent his monitors off beeping away as his brain activity and heart rate increased. Ellie didn't know what to do, she was in shock so it was Alec who ended up making a dash to the other side of where Ellie sat in the chair to press the button and alert the nurses they were needed. Seconds later and the two nurses burst in thinking they had a real emergency on their hands. When they saw it was just Tom coming round they jumped to action checking all was well and working around his mother who was desperately clutching to his hand.
"Mum" he eventually mumbled in a small and scared voice.
"I'm here sweetheart" answered Ellie pulling herself together to tend to her duties as a mother. Tom needed her to be strong, she couldn't show him her fears for him. Stroking his hair back she was just so relieved that he remembered who she was and that eventually he could tell her where he was and why he was there. When the nurses gave her the go ahead telling her that he was all ok according to their standards, Ellie gently hugged her son to show her affections and she felt his little arms reach up and wrap around her. Tom was as relieved as she was too be alright, not that he had really comes to terms with what had actually happened to him after he had trusted Nigel and gotten in the van.
"Tom, I am just going to have a word with your mother. Ok?" asked Alec eventually after some time had passed.
It surprised Ellie, what on earth could he want to talk about now when Tom was awake. Her eyes wide with alarm and showing her alertness to the strangeness of the situation she turned round and stared up at him as Tom nodded and responded with an ok. Turning back to look at Tom Ellie gave and awkward smile and then as she got up arched over him to place a kiss on his forehead.
"Back in a moment sweetheart" she told him as she slowly followed Alec to the door where he held it open in a gentlemanly fashion to allow her to exit.
"What is this all about?" Ellie demanded to know from Alec as he joined her just outside the door.
"We need to talk" he stated grabbing her arm to pull her in close.
Ellie felt her breath taken from her as an intense heated moment occurred between them. Drawn to him she was telling herself to resist the urge she had to lean forward and kiss him but for once the temptation was all his. Alec couldn't resist, he had been longing to have the opportunity to kiss her like before and yet it had not presented itself so he was taking matters into his own hands. He hadn't felt this way about a woman since his wife and at first, like he had with his wife he had found Ellie infuriating and annoying but now, he was certain he loved her. Having planted the kiss on her lips and not having met any resistance he pulled away and then planted another on her straight away. When they eventually broke away Ellie was breathless and stared at him waiting for explanation as she tried to figure out why what had just happened had just happened. It took her a few seconds for the realisation to kick in and when it did, still in Alec's arms Ellie pushed away and then held her hands up in surrender when he tried to reach out for her again; she didn't need the distraction.
"No, No I can't deal with this right now" stated Ellie as a tear fell from her eye and ran down her cheek, which she quickly caught and wiped away. She didn't wait around then for Alec to respond. Pushing passed him she made her way back inside to be with Tom. It had to be about him, her son but even as she took her seat back at his side and held his hand she was consumed with thoughts of Alec.
Abandoned in the corridor he felt a fool. He was rushing things with Ellie and was frustrated with himself because he was certain he was destroying their relationship as he did everything else in his life. In anger he lashed out and punched the wall causing himself a dizzy spell. He hadn't had one in a while and staggered over to the seating that lined the corridor just a little way down, clutching his head and forcing himself to supress the pain.
Back at the station still no progress had been made with Nigel Carter. He was running rings around them all by staying silent. Elaine had tried the tips Brown had given her but with little and no effect coming of them. Losing her confidence slowly Elaine was feeling tired and didn't feel she could go on much longer with this circus. She needed results and they just weren't coming quick enough. Just as she was about to abort the whole thing for the night there was a knock at the door and in came another detective she had sent out to do investigations at Nigel's house, of his van, the beach and where he had reportedly been seen that night on the cliffs at the garage.
"Ma'am, we've found something" he informed the room.
"Interview terminated at zero two hundred hours" Stated Elaine firmly as she scraped her chair back on the floor and thundered out of the interview room. As she passed the officer outside she exchanged with him to return Nigel to his cell. As she led the detective to her office she desperately hoped that this was worth her time and the information would convict her suspect without further interrogation taking place. Gesturing for the detective to go inside first she followed and closed the door. With a big sigh she then asked, "So what do you have for me?"
"We found this Ma'am, in Mr Carter's house" explained the officer as he handed her a piece of scrappy paper with some writing scribbled upon it.
Her mouth fell open in shock, it was enough to question and charge Nigel Carter, but the big question was; who had written it?