First Friendly Face

And It All Just Falls Apart

Ugh, this next part always gives me feels! Enjoy! 

He held off from answering for a bit.

"It was during a case, it was the death of two girls around your age. We had all the evidence but it was circumstantial. One day my DS found a pendant that had belonged to one of the girls." He stopped for a moment thinking about how to phrase this.

"She stopped that night at a bar for a quick drink. Her car was broken into and the pendant and other valuables were stolen. Just a quick smash and grab but enough damage was done. It fell apart after that." He finished.

"Wait, so the case fell apart after that but that doesn't explain your divorce." Jenny said. Alec took another breath and sighed. He ran his hands over his face and then continued.

"Yes it does actually." He said.

"This DS...she was my wife." Alec finished. Jenny's eyes widened. She wasn't expecting that.

"Why did she stop for a drink Alec?" Jenny asked. Alec's hands fell by his side.

"She was having an affair with one of the other DS's on the team. She thought she would celebrate." He told Jenny. Jenny wasn't expecting that either.

"God Alec! Why is she with her mother? She should be with you!" Jenny yelled at him.

"Wait a minute..." Jenny came to a realisation.

"You took the blame?" Jenny asked him. He nodded slowly. Jenny didn't know what to say. His family fell apart because of his wife. Everything. He must've been so happy until then.

"I'm so sorry Alec." Jenny said to him. She then realised that he was crying. She felt so bad. Everything he had worked up to in his life was taken away by someone stupid enough to do what they did.

Jenny stood up and walked over to Alec. He had his head in his hands and was leaning on his desk. Jenny reached over and gave him a hug. He surprising wrapped his arms around her too. He cried into her shoulder. They sat there for a while. Jenny wanted him to get it all out. All that must've been burning inside him for a long time.

Finally Alec withdrew from her arms. He sat up and looked at her. Tears had stained his eyes.

"Don't tell anyone. Please." He begged. Jenny shook her head.

"Of course not." She replied. She leaned over and tried to give him another hug but he refused. Instead he stood up and wiped his eyes. He nodded at Jenny and then left the room.

Jenny was left sitting in his office after he had left the room. She sat down in his chair behind his desk and spun around. She liked the feeling that she got when she did that, almost as if she was flying. She then halted by grabbing the edge of the desk with her hands. In front of her were papers labelled 'Forensics'. Jenny looked up out the glass door to make sure no one was watching her. When she was sure it was clear she gently picked them up. She leaned back in the chair as she turned the first page.

It was all based on the hut on the cliff. It had info on dates the hut was used all up to fingerprints found. Jenny was interested. All the different people Alec could choose from, all the people who could have done it. One of the main people listed was Mark Latimer but Jenny was almost positive he wouldn't have done it. He would have been acting differently, possibly more cautious. When Jenny had seen him he had been really upset, like a big hole had been placed in his heart. It couldn't have been him.

Then there was Jack Marshall. Jenny had never met him but she knew he had killed himself. If it was him it wasn't any use now since he was dead.

The last one Jenny glanced at was Susan Wright. Jenny had noticed her walking her dog around town a few times. She always scared Jenny a bit. She was always a possibility I guess but then why had Alec let her go?

All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Jenny's head shot up and she saw a familiar face. Ellie.

"What are you doing?" Ellie asked her after she had entered the room. Jenny sat up and placed the paper back on the desk. She pushed her hair behind her ear and tried to speak. Nothing came out.

"Get out." Ellie told her. Jenny continued to stare at Ellie. She didn't want to go but she quietly got out of Alec's chair and walked past Ellie. She made her way out of the station without speaking another word to anyone.