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Chapter One. Another Day

Janine walked into the abandoned office of the CID. The desks and chairs still waiting for teh detectives that would no doubt appear as the morning went on. She felt sick but knew she had to go through the mountain of paperwork before Hogg arrived. She knew her senior officer was punishing her by making her work the Bank Holiday but then her team would be there before Hogg, so at least she had some decent company.

"Morning."

"Hello Shapps." She looked up to see the detective in the doorway.

""Tea? Kettle's on."

"Thanks." She nodded and smiled before opening the file of a murder case that had been dealt with the day before. The killer now awaiting court. She shook her head as she looked at the photograph of the impossibly young victim and shuddered.

"You ok, Guv?" Shapps watched as she nodded. "You don't look right."

"I'm fine. Didn't you say something about tea?"

"Yeah." Shapps nodded once more before leaving the office. He knew there was no way the Guv would admit she was ill but he knew something was wrong.

"Kettle on?" Richard threw his jacket over the back of his chair before heading across to the white board. "Hogg been in?"

"Not yet." Kat sipped her tea before handing a mug to Richard. "Guv been in the office since before we got in."

"Right." He nodded, knowing Kat was right. He had still been asleep when she had left. He had just been glad Michael had been home to keep an eye on the younger children until Lucy arrived at 9. He sipped his tea before heading into Janine's office.

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"Right." Shapps stared at the white board where the picture of a young girl was taped up with black felt tip lines drawn away from it. "Suppose we should start taking this down."

"Yeah." Butchers nodded. "Just glad we caught the scumbag."

"I know." Shapps agreed. "Nasty piece of work. Poor girl didn't stand a chance. Still, he'll be locked away for a good few years yet."

"Yeah." Butchers glanced towards the inner office, wondering what was going on. He didn't like the sound of Janine being locked in there since before they had arrived. It didn't seem fair that Hogg continually picked on her. "You reckon the Guv is ok?"

"Yeah." Shapps lied. "Tired I bet but Richard's just gone in there."

Both men turned back to their work, oblivious to what was going on in the office. Kat narrowed her eyes as the door to Janine's office burst open. "What's wrong?"

"Shapps, get an ambulance now." Richard almost yelled before heading back into the office. Shapps pulled out his mobile before following him back into the smaller room. Janine lay across her desk, pale and semi conscious.

"Is she breathing?"

"Bloody Hell." Butchers grabbed the phone from Shapps and began talking to the paramedics. Richard pulled Janine over to the floor, laying her down on the thin carpet.

"She's breathing."

"She looked awful when I came in." Shapps narrowed his eyes as Butchers continued to talk to the ambulance service. Janine's clothes were sodden with her sweat, her skin a pale almost jaundice colour.

"Janine!" Richard shook her gently, terrified when she didn't respond. "Janine, come on." He closed his eyes and fought the terror building in his stomach as she lay motionless in front of him.

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A/N More soon ? Can't believe how long it has been since I last wrote a Blue Murder story. Is it worth going on with? Please review.