"Ash, Please you know I don't kill anyone." Pleaded Clark sitting across from me. I scowled at him when Rosa came in, her face holding a disgusted look at him.

"Even though I seriously don't want to agree with him, he's tellin' the truth. There has been another murder, Ash you're best not to go. It's Jason and Phoebe his fiancee is blaming you for it," She said and I looked between my sister and Clark.

"Jason," His name dangerously left my tongue, "Are you sure it was him?" I whispered and Rosa nodded. I bit back a scream and walked out pulling Rosa with me as she flung Clark one more glare.

I wiped my eyes thinking of Jason, My step - brother is now dead, because of me. Rosa let go of my hand and pushed me into her office, "I know this isn't the time to talk 'bout Madie but we 'ave to," She said and I sighed knowing she was right.

"She's out of her coma A, She wants to see you." She whimpered and I gasped, Shit. Shit, No I couldn't have, I missed her waking up. I heard the door open and I looked to see Morgan coming into the room.

"We got Jason to get an autopsy, Is everything alright?" Morgan asked looking between me and my sister. I looked at him and nodded.

"I need to go to the hospital because I need to be there for someone," I said before pushing past Morgan and outside into the hallway. I pushed my hands through my hair before walking out of the PD offices and headed straight to Abbeville's Hospital.

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I walked through the hospital when I spotted Katie, one of my good friends and I smirked evilly and walked up behind her and tickling her making her scream, "Oh my god! Ash," She turned to face me with a smile tugging at the edges of her lips.

"You're here to see Maddison aren't you?" She asked me, clutching her stuff around her chest and I nodded. She sighed giving me a teary smile, "Do you know that guy that's looking a little lost?" She asked me and I turned to see Reid standing there with a quirky smile on his face and I sighed.

"Yeah, He is in my team," I said before walking over to him and tapping his arm, tugging at his sleeve on his shirt making him look down at my 5 foot height. "What are you doing here Spence?" I asked and he sighed.

"Morgan said that you were going to the hospital and I followed you here," He said growing worried by the tone in his voice. I put a hand on his chest and pushed him lightly, He was way to close for liking. 

"I'm fine, Spence. I've come to see Maddie, she's woken up and has been asking for me nonstop." I said and he nodded as I saw a flash of recognition. "Do you want to come and see her?" I asked him, and he looked down at me.

"If your okay with it?" He asked, nervously. Cute, I realised I had been staring so I nodded before walking over to Katie, she smiled at the both of us and then grabbed my arm and started dragging me down the hallway, giving me no chance of walking out of here and never looking back. 

"She's missed you, you know?" Katie asked once we stopped outside of a room, "This is her room A, just be careful. She's quite you know, weak and fragile we don't know how long she has left." She said and my eyes widened. 

"What?" I asked her, surprised. 

"Rosa didn't tell you? Maddie's got cancer Ash, Stage four breast cancer." She said and I felt tears choke in my throat as I tried to hold them back and I turned to look through the window at her. Katie sighed before giving me a side hug and walking away. 

"Why wouldn't Rosa tell you this?" Asked Spence standing beside me and I looked at him. 

"It's been 5 years Spence, I haven't seen my family since something happened to all of us. We all have our own way of grieving and mine was never to talk about it," I said before opening the door to Maddie's room.

"Maddie?" I asked, my voice cracked in the middle of the sentence and she looked at me. Her big blue eyes, full of innocence we now dull. 

"Ash." Her voice was harsh, sharp and nothing like her soft and gentle voice that she once had. I took a deep breath before sitting down beside her.

"I'm so so sorry." I whispered, laying my head down on the bed next to her. That's when I felt the tears come falling down. I was about to loose another family member, another one that I had abandoned so many years ago after my mum was murdered.