'No! I thought after all that business with Jim, you would want to keep your private life just that?'
'Are you ashamed of me? Scared your mates will laugh at you for dating an old fogie?'
'No! Look now is not the time to discuss this', Gabriel snapped.
'Ok I am sorry, see you in a bit.' Gabriel gave her a kiss on the forehead, before getting out of the car.
'Oh no!' Gina gasped in horror as she watched them both from further up the street. After a heavy night last night, she had taken the bus to work. She didn't want to make the mistake of getting caught drink driving again. Gina had known the truth about Gabriel's true relationship with June for a few weeks now. Gina thought that it was best for all concerned to keep things quiet. She never thought that anything like this would happen. What on earth is Gabriel up to, would he really sleep with his own mother? Gina felt sick at that thought, she realised that she had had to do something about it now.
****
As the end of the briefing, everyone began to file out of the room as Gina grabbed hold of June. 'June, I need a word with you in my office, now!'
'Can't it wait? I am supposed to be going to the William Wallace School to give a talk about joining the police force.'
'Smithy can do that, this is important!'
'He wouldn't like that!'
'Well I give the orders around here, not him!'
****
June entered the Inspector's office, and was motioned to sit down by an unusually serious looking Gina. 'Ma'am! What's this all about?'
'June I need to know, are you having a relationship with PC Kent'
'No!' June lied.
'Look your not in any trouble, although this is not exactly the first time...'
'What has that got to do with this?' June snapped. Look me and Gabriel are just mates. He is not as bad as you think, if you just took the time to get to know him...'
'I saw you two kissing this morning. I just need to know in case it affects your work.'
'It wouldn't. Look are you jealous?'
'So it is true.'
'Yes ma'am.' June looked down embarrassed.
'June, are you sure you really know him. Do you know much about his past?'
'Well I was hardly planning on marrying him tomorrow!'
'Have you slept with him?'
'I am NOT going to answer that! June rose from her seat and started to leave the office.
'June I am sorry, there is something I have to tell you. You had better sit down.'
'I will stand thanks!'
'Ok, there is no easy way of saying this.' For a second there was complete silence. For once Gina was stuck for words.
'What?'
'Erm, Smithy and I did some digging into Gabriel's past, as we believed he was hiding something.'
'Why? You...'
'Let me finish! Oh god, like I said there is no easy way of saying this. I�ll just come out with it. We found his birth certificate, he's your son!'
June felt a little lightheaded at the shock of this, but she didn't quite believe it. 'No he can't be!' June whispered.
'He was born on the 21st of December 1972, Robert Ackland.'
'Robert, oh god I...I slept' June struggled to say, before staggering back and collapsing onto the floor.
****
June came round, and then the truth hit her again like a ton of bricks. 'Oh god, I have to go.' June tried to get to her feet, but she stumbled and fell back down. Gina grabbed her hand, and helped her onto the chair. 'Look in a minute; I don't want a repeat performance. I am sorry, I should have told you earlier.'
'You knew!'
'I am sorry. I didn't think...'
'You let me sleep with him! I will have to tell him!'
'He already knows!'
'What! Oh my god! just like his father. I can't take anymore!' June cried, and ran out of the office. 'June wait!' Gina ran after her, realising now was not a good time for her to be alone.
'Ma'am Ma'am!' Tony chased after Gina. 'Is June all right? She ran straight past me in floods of tears. I asked her if she was OK, but she didn't seem to see me.'
'Not now Tony, but if you do see her, stay with her and call me.'
'Why? What's...'
'I said not now!' Gina barked as she ran off to find June.
*****
June slammed her front door shut, and fell down onto the floor, curling herself into a protective ball. She didn't know how she had managed to get home. At first she had just kept running. Then once she slowed down due to tiredness, her mind wandered back to when she was 15. A walk in the park on the way home from school, the fear she felt as she was grabbed from behind. Trying to bite him as he pulled at her skirt... It was all too much for her again and she wandered aimlessly, sobbing. Eventually she had come round a bit, and realised everyone was looking at her. So she decided to rush home, and shut the world out. As far as she was concerned, she was never going to leave her house again.
****
Gina was beginning to get worried. She had searched the entire station for her, and had found no one at home when she had called at her house. Gina knew the whole truth about Gabriel's conception, as she had found the old police reports from back then. She couldn't imagine what she was going through, but she thought that she could be a danger to herself. Gina realised she needed a hand to find her, so she called Smithy into her office, as he was the only other person who knew about this.
****
Jim walked down the corridor, towards Gina's office carrying some files he had for her. He was about to knock, when he realised the door was ajar. Smithy and Gina were arguing so he stood and listened.
'This is a nightmare! They were sleeping together; I had to tell her'
'How did June take it?'
'How do you think she took the fact that her new boyfriend is the son she gave a way at birth?'
'What!' Jim gasped in horror. He pushed the door open, and Smithy and Gina looked at him. 'What's this about June? Please tell me, I need to know!'
****
At first Jim was shocked, he couldn't take it all in. How could a woman he had known for over 20 years been through all of this and not told him, a woman he had been so close to? His next emotion was one of utter fear. What if Gina was right, she might try to kill herself? Whether this was the case or not he had to be with her, so he got into his car and went out to look for her.
****
After driving around for a bit, Jim pulled up outside June's place. Gina had said that no one was home, but he thought that he would have another look. He still had a key from when they where together. He didn't want to use it, but when he got no answer from knocking, he let himself in. He wandered through the hallway, and pushed open the living room door. He spotted June lying on the couch, eyes half open, staring at the ceiling. On the table there was a whisky bottle with only a drop left in it, a glass, and an empty bottle of tablets lying on one side. 'Oh my god June, what have you done?' Jim cried as he ran over to her.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
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