She's A Heartbreaker

Nate and Will hopped up the stairs to CID to meet Smithy, Sam, Gina and Grace standing around a computer.

"We've got a present for you" Nate grinned, his smarmy personality shinning even more then his teeth!

"How kind" Sam bowed her head to the side almost flirtatiously. She took the CCTV from his waiting hand and felt his touch against hers as she looked up at him. She smiled and yanked the CCTV back staring at the tape in her hands.

"You do know you have to put it into the recorder to see what's on it...That is unless you want to stand there all day trying to open it" Nate laughed.

"Ever thought of doing stand up comedy?" Sam asked hitting him, playfully, with the tape before shoving it into the recorder and leaning back against the desk.

"Well, yeah but the uniform isn't as comfortable" Nate smiled sarcastically.

There was a loud case of "Oooo"'s heard throughout CID when a drunken man was hit with a car and ended up on the curb.

"How dark is this video" Smithy asked squinting at the screen.

"I can't make out the registration at all" Grace chipped in.

"Wll this was useful, thanks boys" Gina smiled sarcastically rolling her eyes and trawling out of CID. A minute later she popped her head around one of the swinging doors and looked in dismay at the two uniromed PC's who were still sitting on the CID desk content with themselves.

"Come on you two, you'll have plenty of chance to play with the big kids later" Gina moaned.

"I hope so" Nate replyed putting the remote control down beside Sam's leg which was rested on the desk.

Sam looked at him, fully aware of his intentons and he winked at her before leaving CID with Gina and Will.

"Yes Ma'am" The two men said in sync.

Sam giggled at Gina's abilty to control anyone around her.

"Right, what have we got?" Sam asked Nate folding her arms.

"You tell me" Nate looked for approval. Sam stared at him and decided she'd get into it later.

"Here Nate, what have we got here" She corrected him.

"Well, Mrs. Whittle swears her husband is as good as gold. But her next door neighbour, Mr. Mayer says he's become too close to his 9 year old daughter and when he caught him alone with her in their family home, he hit him one" nate explained the complicated situation, but Sam understood immediately.

"9?" Sam asked disgusted.

"Yep, this is Carly" Nate pointed out a small girl with dark hair and skin to match.

"Hi" she said in an American accent.

Sam stared down at her wondering what the little girl had

gotten herself into.

"Hi Carly, do you want to get away from here? Maybe go to the shops and get something to eat. Leave all this to the grown-up's to sort out?" Sam asked Carly as she bended down so she was on her level.

Nate walked them to the shop and walked them home again.

"Your good with kids" Nate said to Sam as she made Carly giggle.

"I wish I good with my own" Sam laughed and then abruptly stopped, too aware of the fact she'd started something she knew she wasn't going to be able to stop.

"You've got kids?" He asked her.

"Just one. She's 19 now" Sam replyed proudly.

"Didn't go well?" He prodded.

"We haven't had the smoothest of mother daughter relationship, let's just say" Sam admitted.

"I'm sure you did the best you could" Nate assured her.

"Is that your way of saying "You probably messed up big time but none of that matters now"? Sam laughed, knowing all too well men like him couldn't care less about Abi.

"You don't take compliments well do you?" Nate asked.

"Only the genuine ones" Sam popped a srisp into her mouth and walked briskly ahead of him to where Carly was pointing at ducks in the water of a nearby river.

"What a challenge" Nate smiled to himself staring at the DI in disbelief.

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