Author Note. This chapter descibes a murder. Please skip ahead if you will struggle to read this kind of content. Love you all <3*************************************************************************** Unknown POV She is hiding well. I can’t get to her. Given the upped security I think she got my message. Good. I want the bitch scared. That’s fine. She has just bought herself more time. I will have to change my target.  Yes. She will be easier to get to.

 Olivia POV It has been weeks and the police are still no closer to finding out who murdered my mum because that’s what it was. Murder. It has been confirmed. She was asphyxiated. My darling mum was smothered. She must have been so scared. I have been really struggling with the guilt of not being there for her in her final moments. Connor’s mum, Claire has been my rock. That petite blonde bombshell is a godsend. She is motherly, but in a way where she isn’t trying to replace my mum. More like an older best friend. Ally has been here when they haven’t been working and I truly appreciate it. Connor, Ally, Claire and Andrew (it’s still weird calling my big boss by his first name but he insists) have convinced me to go to therapy and in all honesty, I am glad I went to my first session this week. My therapist, Louise, is letting me take the reigns. She i

  Connor POV   I am sat by Olivia’s hospital bed. Ally is in the bed next to her. I managed to convince the staff here to place them in the same room to stop the inevitable argument later when they wake up and want to check on each other.    Ally was beaten quite badly but after some scans they have determined that they have no internal damage. Olivia has dark bruises around her neck, a broken nose and two black eyes. Seeing her like this breaks me. I wasn’t there. I didn’t protect her. Neil is in surgery, he stepped in where I couldn’t and I will forever be grateful to that man.    My parents enter the room and I break down. They rush to my side as sobs wrack my chest. I heave trying to catch my breath as I say.   

Connor POV It has been two months since everything finally came out in the open and we could truly move on. Liv, Ally and Neil are out of the hospital and it is such a relief. Neil has made a full recovery and has returned to light duties. Ally is back to their usual self although there is something behind their eyes that tells me they have a long road ahead of them for their mental recovery.  Olivia has ramped up her therapy and I think it is really helping her. She is beginning to open up to me about some of the things Daisy and Alexander did, knowing full well it will all come out in the trial.  Today is special though. I have a day planned and I really hope she enjoys it. I wake her with breakfast in bed. I love nothing more than seeing her angelic face every m