Long awaited follow-up to 'Death in paradise - Rose and Alec style'. Alec is now the island's chief inspector and Rose is now pregnant.

This is a story I've been meaning to do for quite a while so I've finally dug it out and dusted it off. The first part should be read first.

After Alec had woken up in the hospital, his daughter had spent some time with them at the Tyler mansion before being driven back home to Sandbrook.

"So, come over for a visit sometime," Alec tried to encourage her.

"I don't know Dad, it took me all my time to get mum to agree to me seeing you in hospital. Why do you want to go back anyway?"

"Because we kept the villa over there and apart from you, there's nothing here for me any more. You know Rose is pregnant?"

"I think everyone does, the way she's been going on about it," Daisy smiled. "Let me think about it for a while? Do you regret getting married in a rush, when you thought your surgery wasn't going to end well?"

"No, I don't regret marrying Rose, we would have got married here but I regret you weren't there for it. Did Rose tell you about it?"

"Yeah, she said all the kids were lining the streets throwing flowers and suchlike. Who's been in charge over there while you've been off?"

"I believe the commissioner himself, until I say if I'm going back or not and I have to decide shortly. Look, think about coming over for the late school holidays, Rose's family will be coming over at some point, come with them. They'll get you to the airport to travel with them."

"I'll ask mum, if I'm not going to be travelling on my own. Will you both see me off when I leave?"

"Sure, if Rose isn't going baby shopping with her mother," Alec grinned. "We'll need extra baggage space when we go back just for baby things."

"Well maybe she'll be limited for choice over there?" Daisy wondered.

"I expect so. Why don't you offer to go with her tomorrow?"

"Dad, I'm not sure she'll want me to," Daisy objected.

"Of course she will, you're part of her family now. Besides, you can make sure she doesn't get too much."

The next day, Rose insisted Daisy went with herself and her mother and got the driver to drop them off at the shopping mall, Daisy not being used to not looking at the price tags.

"Daisy dear," her now step-grandmother called her over as she stood watching Rose pick out some baby all-in-one suits. "Why don't you choose some sleepsuits, not the thick ones, it'll be warm over there."

Daisy hadn't quite decided what to call Rose's mother.

"Can I ask a question?" Daisy asked as Rose filled the large basket and went off to another display in the baby store.

"Of course you can. Is it about going over to see them when they go back? You think your dad's deserting you again? If ya do, you're mistaken. He told your stepmother he was trying to protect you. Now, the truth has come out so no, it's up to you to take the next steps."

"Yeah, I know and I feel bad I ignored him now. What I really wanted to ask was what do I call you and Rose?"

"Oh. Well you can call me grandma Jackie if you want and granddad Pete but you'll have to ask Rose. When the baby comes along, it'll seem a bit odd. Anyway, you've got plenty of time to think about it. Are ya gonna come over with us? We'll be going for a visit during the late school holidays."

"I think dad will call my mum to make sure she'll let me go over. I got a passport with going over to France with school. Dad says there's no other reason for him to stay here, except for me. All that time I ignored him and he was ill, how can he ever forgive me?"

"Of course he forgives ya. Rose used to disappear all the time when she was younger, sometimes for weeks at a time. She met someone and used to go travelling and she always forgot to call me. Then she grew out of it and now, she's married. I never gave up on her Daisy. Come on, let's keep up with her before she buys the entire store that your dad will have to pay for extra luggage when they go back."

Daisy let out a smile and took her step-grandmother's arm.

"Thanks Grandma Jackie."

"We could sneak off and leave her to it," Jackie laughed, seeing Rose comparing clothes that would suit a boy or a girl. "Daisy, why don't you think about going over with us, keep it a surprise for them?"

"Yeah, I might do that. Hasn't she got enough yet?" Daisy laughed, nodding at Rose putting more things in the nylon basket.

"You don't know her when she gets going," Jackie replied as they moved towards Rose. "She never had any money to spend before we met your granddad Pete."

"Looks like she's making up for it then? Good thing my dad's not here, they'd be arguing over the colours."

When they got back to the mansion, Alec did have something to say as he greeted her, Tony in tow hoping his mum had brought him something back.

"Rose love, where are we going to put it all? I'd best go get another suitcase then?" he half joked.

"I won't be able to get half of this stuff once we go back ya know?" Rose protested. "Anyway, we have a direct flight back, we can pay for an extra case. Who says I'm finished yet?" she teased him.

The next day, Daisy was preparing to be taken to the station, a driver waiting for her, Rose and Alec. She was saying goodbye to everyone, sad to be leaving.

"Will you come back Daisy?" Tony was asking her, not sure what to call her since they'd tried to tell him he was her sort of uncle.

"Yeah, of course I will, think I'd stay away?" Daisy laughed as Alec was allowing the driver to take her bags, since he still had to be careful.

"Alec, can I go to the station with you?" Tony pleaded, putting on his best take pity on me face.

"Sure, I can sit in the front, if it's okay with your mum?" Alec replied.

"I expect so but don't mess around Tony," his mother told him.

Alec thought his new mother-in-law was implying he couldn't keep the boy in line but let it go.

As they all piled on the platform, Alec getting tickets, which he thought was a bit much just to see his daughter off, Daisy was carefully hugging Rose.

"Think about coming over, yeah?" Rose was telling her, Tony holding onto Alec, his new big brother.

Daisy nodded, turning to her dad, who handed Tony to his sister.

"Bye Dad, I'm glad you're okay now."

"Well contact Rose's mother, you have her number now. I'll call your mother before I set off back and tell her you'll be travelling with them and they'll get you up here for the flight. She can hardly object."

Between them, they put Daisy's small case and a holdall on the luggage rack after she hugged Rose and Tony again.

"See you soon love," Alec kissed her cheek, Daisy seeing Tony holding onto Rose and waving with his free hand.

"Wow, how did I gain a new family so fast?" Daisy joked. "I wish mum would ditch that loser Dave, I really don't like him and they're not as happy as you and Rose are. I'll really think about coming over to see you both."

That was all Alec could ask for, after all that time. After trying not to argue with Tess on the phone, she finally gave in on the condition it was all paid for and the teenager would be collected and brought back. A week later, it was Rose and Alec that were being seen off at the airport by Pete, since Tony was now back at school.

"The villa is all yours now," Pete told them as they waited to be called forward for boarding.

"Thanks Pete, we appreciate it," Alec told him. "I spoke to the commissioner, my job's ready for me to take back but he said something about a promotion. He told me he had to promote Camille while I was away, to take charge."

"She deserved it, she's a fine officer," Pete told him. "So, what promotion did you get?"

"Ah, he mentioned something about DCI," Alec replied, seeing Rose smiling.

"Good, you also deserve it after what you went through not that long ago. I take it that's all behind you now and it didn't go on your records?"

"I don't think so. The thing is though Pete, there was no need for him to go after Rose like he did, she was never interested in him in that way and neither was he, or he would have made it known. Anyway, we have to put that behind us now, we have the baby to think about."

"Yes, you do," Pete smiled as Rose put her magazine away. "That sounds like your flight being called."

Over in Saint Marie, Camille was checking what time her boss and her friend's flight landed.

"Going to meet them?" Dwayne teased her. "How do you feel about him still being your boss then?"

"No different Dwayne, why should I? I'm just glad it's all gone quiet while he's been away but just you remember, he's no longer ill and we'll notice the difference," she reminded him. "Rose will be excited about coming back, she was all excited when she called to tell me about the baby."

"Yeah, I bet it was that first time they got together," Dwayne laughed. "That bet cost me money."

"You got it back and besides, it was Mickey who won, he had an unfair advantage, you shouldn't have taken it from him."

"I'll get him back next time," Dwayne huffed, trying to forget. "Still, he's going to have to break in a new sergeant when he gets back, with Fidel moving."

"He doesn't know that yet and we don't know who we are getting," Camille reminded him.

"Well once Rose is back, you'll be fussing over her," Dwayne laughed. "Knowing your mother, she'll be throwing a welcome back party."

"Well I have to go pick them up from the airport, they'll be too tired to bother hiring a car when they get here. Fidel will be back in later to cover for me."

"So you brought your own car today?" Dwayne wondered.

"Well I can't have Rose climbing up into the LandRover can I?"

On the plane, Rose was trying to close her eyes, inbetween sipping tonic water to settle her stomach and Alec was going through a list of things they had to do. He'd got Camille to pick them up from the airport, he'd contacted Maria, who'd got another job but said she would gladly give it up and go back to working for them.

His first order of business though was to see the commissioner and assure him he'd accepted the promotion and that he was staying this time. He'd been right in telling Daisy she was the only thing left back home for him but Rose had given up being with her family for him although she'd been happy enough living on the island before.

He thought back to how she'd stayed by his side when all that trouble had been brought on them because of one deluded man's jealousy and the subsequent jealousy of a woman who thought the man could do better for himself than to chase Rose.

He still couldn't thank Maria enough for being there the day Chris Martin had forced his way into their villa and tried to get Rose to comply with him and he'd been surprised Rose had actually wanted to go back there to live but that was Rose, he knew already she was something else.

Camille was waiting in the island's airport lounge, having just got a parking space without resorting to using her police sign, something she knew her boss was bound to do once he started work. Her mother of course had insisted they all stopped by later for a celebration but Camille had tried to point out the two of them would be tired.

"Well you can ask them Camille," her mother had insisted.

"Well I'll try to persuade them," Camille had to promise.

Alec was sorting their luggage, trying to remember the extra case Rose had insisted he bought just for baby clothes and other things, having tried to persuade her they could have got most of it sent over. He piled it on a trolley he'd got hold of and they made their way out of the baggage area, Alec remembering also what Camille had told him about his predecessor losing his luggage several times.

"Hey, there's Camille," Rose nudge him, waving.

After greeting Camille, she handed Alec the keys for their villa that he'd left her to keep an eye on the place or go hand them back had they not been returning.

"Everything is in order Rose, I had Maria call and get some groceries for you and she will see you in the morning. If you're not tired later, come down to my mother's bar after you settle in and we get off work. By the way Alec, do I have to call you Sir now even outside work?" Camille joked.

Rose thought it was amusing.

"Well you can still call me by my first name outside work, I don't know about the other two yet," Alec joked.

"Ah, well did the commissioner tell you Fidel is getting ready to leave?"

"He's not leaving is he?" Rose asked. "What for?"

"Well, he got offered a job over on the mainland and he's accepted. It should have been down to Alec to release him but it came up suddenly and so he had to ask the commissioner. We are just waiting for a replacement though we may not even get another sergeant. How's your family anyway Rose?"

"They're fine, they'll be coming over at some point. Looking forward to seeing Mickey again?" Rose teased her friend.

"Don't start that again," Camille laughed as she drove off. "Haven't you got more luggage than you went home with?"

Alec just shook his head. "Baby things," he told her.

"Think yourself lucky me and mum don't live on our old estate, we'd have got twice as much from the knitting club," Rose replied.

Alec had no cause to doubt that.

"I tried to tell her to go easy," Alec told her as they drove towards their villa.

"I doubt she listened," Camille laughed. "Are you hiring another car?"

"Tomorrow, we'll put it in both our names though Rose won't be driving as much. So, have things been quiet?"

Camille thought about answering with a 'since you've been gone' but thought better of it.

So as Rose and Alec settled back in their villa, Alec getting used to being well again and his new rank, Rose was beginning to show her baby weight and had been to the local hospital to get booked in and to get her first scan, the late school holidays were looming and Alec was constantly worried Daisy wouldn't be coming over with Rose's family.

"Chill Alec, I'm sure she'll make her mind up soon," Rose was trying to tell him as they laid by the pool one evening. "Anyway, it's my scan tomorrow, not gonna miss it are ya?"

"No way Rose. You do know I want them to tell me what you're having?"

"Yeah, it's best we find out, my mum will want to know," Rose agreed.

"Yes, only so she can bring even more things over with her," Alec joked.

"We'll have to start ordering some baby furniture soon," Rose reminded him.

"Well you and your mother can discuss that when she comes over, I have no idea what you are going to need love," he smiled, turning on his side to kiss her and touch her tummy to see if the baby was moving.

Back in London, Jackie had been on the phone again to Daisy after she'd called to say her mother had agreed she could go over for two weeks with them.

"Your dad will be so pleased but let's not tell him," Jackie suggested.

"Well are you going to tell Rose?" Daisy asked. "Will there be enough room?"

"She has two spare rooms, Mickey will get a room at the hotel and your dad's getting a folding bed for Tony. We can help her choose some baby furniture while we're there. So we'll send Graham the driver down the day before then you're here to go to the airport with us. Tony's looking forward to see ya again."

Daisy still hadn't got over the fact he was her sort of step-uncle. So once Daisy had joined them, Mickey met them at the airport, making a fuss over Tony and getting to know Alec's daughter and they were soon on board the plane. Mickey was hoping there would be no trouble this time but little did any of them know that trouble, in the form of an international jewel thief was on the same flight, a jewel thief that had eluded a certain Richard Poole after he'd just been released, not knowing the detective inspector of the Saint Marie Police had left the island some time back and had a score to settle with the man from before he'd been put in prison for robberies in the Croydon area.

He'd gone over to the island, trying to escape the British Police but Richard had caught him and the man had been sent back home to serve his sentence, the man having picked the wrong island to take refuge on when Richard had recognized the man was wanted. Now, Michael Smith was out for revenge.