First Friendly Face

Two Weeks

Sooooo, the last part has finally come apon us! I really hoped that everyone who has taken the time to read this story-as a whole or seperatly-has enjoyed it and I hope that you take something away from the story. Not all good things last forever, always remember that, cause it is very true. There also will be another story that I will be posting within the next week titled 'A New Christmas Meaning'. I wrote it last Christmas and it is about what comes next for Jenny. Thanks so much once again! Enjoy! 

She knew that Alec couldn't hear her but she could've sworn that she felt his hand grip hers for just a split second. 

Two weeks had passed since Alec's death and surprisingly Jenny was still in Broadchurch. She had had thoughts of leaving as soon as she could but then she thought of what Alec had told her. He would want her to help out with the case, just until it was solved and that was what she intended to do.

She and the community of Broadchurch walked up the path to the church on a sunny Sunday morning in November. It was time to burry Alec and Jenny stood tall as she faced all the other people around her who knew him. She got weird looks from everyone and she just nodded them off. She was the only person who had witnessed his death and people questioned her about it all the time now. She always tried to answer truthfully.

She entered the church and sat down at the front next to Ellie, Joe and Tom. They all had sad looks on their faces as they watched everyone else enter the church too.

Jenny looked to her side and met eyes with Joe. He looked scared and Jenny gave him a questioning look. His head then shot back in a panic. Jenny then slowly turned her head back to the front where Paul Cotes was making his descent.

After the ceremony everyone gathered at the pub down at the Traders. Jenny stood off to the side and watched as everyone chatted to one another. She looked down at one of the tables and remembered her and Alec sitting there together as he questioned her about Danny. The thought of him made her sad again but she continued to bit her lip that was now torn to pieces from her doing this for the last two weeks.

"You watched him die didn't you?" A voice came from beside Jenny. She turned to look at who it was but she couldn't recognise her. Jenny hesitantly nodded.

"I'm sorry..." The girl told her. Jenny looked at her feet.

"That's what they all say." Jenny said bitterly.

"Was he nice? Did he treat you well?" The girl asked her choosing to ignore her last comment. Jenny looked at the girl again.

"Yeah... he was great to me. Sometimes a bit suspicious of me and he lost his trust in me once or twice but he cared for me, yeah... why?" Jenny answered the girl quietly. The girl shrugged her shoulders.

"I just didn't know him that well..." She replied. Jenny looked at the girl and came to a realisation.

"He says that he's sorry." Jenny blurted out to the girl. The girl turned and looked at Jenny with tear stained eyes.

"I know." She replied as she gave Jenny a small smile. She then turned around and faded into the crowd. Jenny looked down at her feet and smiled to herself. Alec would be proud of her now, very, very proud.

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Jenny joined the Broadchurch police as an intern a week after Alec's wake. She was the one that found the e-mail on Alec's computer and she followed a signal from Danny's other phone that led her to the murderer, Joe Miller. She then moved in with DS Ellie Miller after the DS's husband was found guilty of the murder. Soon later Ellie adopted Jenny into her family.

Jenny went on to become the DI for Broadchurch Police when she was only twenty-one.