On the run

Chapter 30

Before they had gone out, Alec had called Tess to warn her that Yvonne may be asking questions.

"Sorry Tess, I was hoping to keep you out of all this," he apologized.

"We knew it was bound to happen Alec, if she calls, I know what to say but how come we've not had such a memo from Torchwood?"

"She's sending a message that she knows I am hiding Rose with me but there is no proof at the moment. No doubt she had people working on getting her the proof. Whatever you do, don't let her talk to Daisy."

"I won't but why would she want to talk to Daisy?"

"We don't know how far she will go to get what she wants," Alec told her.

"I thought she'd got what she wanted? What's Pete Tyler doing about it?" Tess asked him.

"Everything he can behind the scenes, he is having to rely on his closest friends inside the organization. They are all working hard to resolve this and bring Yvonne down but they could not do much until she took over. Now they can really start casting doubt on her motives."

Tess suitably warned, he turned his attention to Rose, who had been to get changed to go out.

"Tess has been warned love, she won't say anything and I had a message from Pete. I told him we'd had to tell Miller some of it."

"Let's just forget about it for tonight, I'm hungry but we can make something?"

"No, we will go out, Pete said to cheer you up."

He'd told Pete he wouldn't say anything about her mother coming for a visit until the morning, just in case something came up and they had to cancel. Rose didn't need to get upset if her mother didn't arrive but at least they could act normally in the caravan. When they got back from the club and a walk on the east pier, which was all lit up with white string lights and Rose once again looking at the white cottage on the cliff, he decided once this was all over, he'd see about either renting that or his old chalet.

They got to bed and Rose clung hold of him.

"Let's just get some sleep eh love?" Alec asked as she made no effort to do anything else.

"What? Just because Yvonne's onto us doesn't mean we have to stop everything."

"I know but I thought maybe we could talk?"

"About what you did when I came here?"

"If you want and I have some apologizing to do."

"For what?" Rose asked him, reaching for a kiss.

"Lots of things, Martha for one."

"Did I tell ya Mickey likes her?"

"I think you mentioned it love. I met her after I stopped drifting around feeling sorry for myself that I'd let you go like that, I don't know exactly how long it was in your time but when I snapped out of it, I got back as close to when you'd left as I could."

"So how did ya meet her then?"

"In a hospital, there was something going on and I got myself admitted to find out. She fancied me," he sniffed, a grin on his face.

"Well who can blame her?" Rose giggled.

"I thought you'd be jealous?" he asked, half disappointed she was taking it so well.

"That wasn't technically you, was it? Besides, you're here with me now."

"Aye, I am love," he agreed, kissing her forehead.