Libby McIntosh made good progress over the weeks following her assault, and it was a very busy time for Julie as she took on the bulk of the workload so Libby could spend the time on her recouperation, so she could get back to work as soon as possible.
In fact she had been so busy she hadn’t had time to wonder why she
hadn’t had a call from the big redheaded policeman.
As for PC Saunders he had been
struggling with the moral dilemma on whether it was appropriate for him to “hit
on” a girl who was a witness to a serious assault.
“Do you remember what you said to me when I was in your position?” she
asked
“It’s no wonder you’re still single” he said
“So?” Morgan Baker asked
“I should just call her, before someone else does” he said
It was towards
the middle of July when Julie had been visiting Libby at the Hospital, she had
just got back to the Hotel, and had just stepped into the revolving door when
Kane Saunders stepped into it coming from the opposite direction.
He wasn’t wearing
his uniform, but it was definitely him, she was going to keep going, after all
he didn’t bite two weeks earlier when she was all fragile and vulnerable so why
would he approach her now.
But she stopped
and waited while he did a 360 in the revolving door and emerged in front of
her.
“Hello Miss
Willman” he said “I’ve been looking for you”
“Oh really” she
said “I’ve been visiting my friend; you know the one that was attacked”
“Yes Libby” he
confirmed “I called in to see her yesterday”
“Oh, is there a
problem?” Julie asked
“No not at all”
he said “I always look in on people I’ve dealt with”
“Is that normal?”
she asked knowing full well that it was not
“It’s just
something I like to do” he replied
“That’s a good
thing that you do” Julie said genuinely impressed
“Not really” he
said modestly
“So why were you
looking for me?” Julie asked
“Perhaps we could
talk about it over coffee?” he asked hopefully
“Absolutely” she
replied and led the way to the lounge
They found a table and Julie signalled a waitress.
The coffee had
just arrived and chatting when they were interrupted.
“Well hello
stranger” Robert Brown said
“Oh” she said and
went pale
“So this is where
you’ve been hiding” he continued
“Not really” she
said uncomfortably which Kane was sensitive too
“Perhaps
introductions would be in order” Robert said
“This is Robert
Brown, my Ex-boyfriend” she said “and this is Kane...”
“Her current
boyfriend” Kane said and stood up to shake his hand.
Kane was a tall man in
his late twenties and stood six foot four inches tall, so he towered above the
diminutive Robert Brown who quickly
took his leave of them.
“That was kind of you” she said relieved to see him go.
“Not at all” he said “I had an ulterior motive”
“Which was?” she asked suspiciously
“To have you in my debt so that you can’t say no when I ask you out to
dinner” he said
“Well you had better ask me then” Julie said grinning from ear to ear.
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