"Joseph Roscoe, I'm arresting you for the abduction of JJ Roscoe. You may not say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something you may later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand?"

Lindsey gasped and woke up in a complete state. Everything that happened the day before was coming back to her, the thought that she could've lost her son. She breathed heavily, those same thoughts from the previous day running through her head.

"Lindsey, what's wrong?" Freddie asked sleepily, sitting up and looking at Lindsey with a concerned look.

"JJ. We could've lost JJ. I need to check on him." She panicked, climbing out of bed and walking into the JJ's nursery room.

"Linds!" Freddie shouted but not too loudly in case of waking Daisy. He sighed and jumped out of bed, glancing over at Daisy in her cot before following Lindsey.

"I was irresponsible, I've not been thinking about JJ since I've had Daisy, Joe was right, I wasn't a fit mother." She whispered, looking down at JJ in the dark room who was still sleeping peacefully.

"Don't you dare say that, you're the most amazing mother and you're doing a great job. Listen, Joe is out of our lives now for good and you can't keep worrying about this. JJ is safe, Daisy is safe and I'm going to protect you like I always have, come here." He whispered, pulling her into a hug.


"Joe Roscoe. Haven't we seen you in here before?" DS. Thorpe said, walking back and forth infront of Joe's table.

"I was doing it for the right reasons." Joe said huskily, staring blankly to the table.

"Right. And you say that your son isn't safe with your brother, that's why?"

"He isn't, I think we all know Freddie killed Fraser."

"So that's all your going by? He was never charged with the murder, you however-"

"I didn't do it!" He shouted.

"Joseph, please don't interrupt me when I'm speaking." He spoke sarcastically, sitting down.

"I'm innocent, it should be Freddie in here!"

"Freddie wasn't the one that took his child without the mother's permission."

"Please, you've gotta understand. I need to be with JJ."

"Oh, just take him down to the cell will you?"

"I didn't do anything wrong!" He yelled, the guards pulling Joe up from his seat and leading him from the room.


Lindsey and Freddie strolled through the woodlands in the heart of Chester, taking a day to forget about everything that happened. JJ was walking whilst holding onto Freddie's hand and Lindsey was walking alongside them with Daisy. Coming up to the park area, Lindsey took a seat on the bench as Freddie stayed standing up to keep an eye on JJ, JJ sitting down and crawling around on the grassy patch.

"Fred?" Lindsey said quietly.

"What is it?" He asked politely.

"I've been thinking. Everything that has happened lately has made me think about the children, about us." She spoke, smiling over at JJ.

"And what you're trying to say is?"

"I've been thinking about JJ." She took a deep breath, turning to look at him. "I don't know how you're going to feel about this but I was thinking about making it official you know, you becoming JJ's dad? It's just a case of getting an adoption order and then, y'know." She said anxiously, Freddie shocked at what she'd said.

"Wait, what? Really?"

"Yeah, I mean it's only if you want to. I never want Joe in JJ's life and if you legally become his dad then that cuts all the ties between the two of them and then he's our son."

"Linds…"

"I know you're going to come out with something like 'what about Joe?' but he tried to take him away from me and I know that JJ is a lot better off with you as his father than he'll ever be with Joe."

"If you'd just let me speak without blabbing on about all the reasons why you think I'm going to say no…" He chuckled. Nodding gently, he smiled at her.

"So…"

"I would love to adopt JJ, I'm not going to turn down the chance to have that little fella." He glanced over at JJ before back at Lindsey. "Legally as my little boy."

"Are you serious? You'll actually-"

"What did I just say? Of course I will!" Freddie exclaimed, pulling Lindsey up and picking her up, spinning her around then placing her back down.

"I love you so, so much." She whispered, a wide smile upon her face.

"I love you too." He leant down, placing a soft kiss onto her lips.