Alex was waiting in his office, poking through the computer and getting him up to date on a few reports sitting on his desk that had clearly been sitting there a while. Old habits and all that...

She smiled to herself as he praised the team - Well done, Guv. - and put a hand to her mouth to silence the laughter that bubbled up as the young uniformed WPC quietly sidled up to Gene and said something Alex couldn't hear, but jerked her head in the direction of the office. Probably a heads' up that 'the woman from D&C' was in his office.