When getting a phone call from the superintendent Innocent to pick up an Inspector Lewis from the airport I felt privileged that I was asked to do something that not many other sergeants would take the time to do.

While writing down Lewis on the cardboard sign it made me wonder what this Lewis would be like. I couldn't imagine that he would be any stricter than Inspector Knox. That's another reason why I agreed to collect Lewis from the airport; I would have the morning spared of being ordered about like a servant. Knox isn't exactly the kindest of inspectors; the only kindness you can get from him is when he sends you away to get him a cup of tea ditto coffee.

As I wait for Lewis to come out it made me think about what it would be like to work on a murder case with him. Would he be brainy? Or would he be more of person for action?

When he finally came out and walked towards me my first impression of him was that he would have a lot of experience with solving murder cases even if his choice of clothing was on the loud side.

Walking out of the airport was an unexpected welcome for both of us; all I saw was a blur of a red car which was unknown to Inspector Lewis and in a split second I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. I was lucky to have been so quick, if I had been even a second later I could have risked returning to innocent and telling her Inspector Lewis had been run over. However Inspector Lewis didn't get up straight away, instead he seemed more interested in the car that young woman was driving. Of course I found out later that the car that woman was driving was the same make of car that Lewis's governor Inspector Morse drove.

When I was driving us to the Thames valley police station I couldn't help but notice that he was looking around as if he didn't know where he was. I wanted to make a polite conversation so I asked him a few questions which I thought seemed appropriate, but his answer to one of my questions interested me as I simply asked Has Oxford changed much since you been away? And his reply was No it changed before I went. I had to admit that I didn't entirely know what he meant by that but I was soon to find out as he silently requested for me to drive to a particular place by pointing his finger to the next turn.

Wherever my thoughts were leading to it certainly wasn't what I had expected. I felt like kicking myself when I realised where he had wanted me to stop at. At that point all I could do was stare at the grass while I let Lewis get on with what he needed to do. It would have been rude to gawp at him when he was obviously going through a delicate moment. I didn't feel the need to talk as I felt that he should have some solitude to really capture the peaceful atmosphere. I felt a little guilty when my mobile rang as when I picked up the call I noticed that he had looked up at me with a look of confusion and maybe irritation at the same time. I couldn't hide the news from him so I simply told him that there had been a shooting at a sleep clinic which I had been sent to deal with.

Out of the blue I saw my governor's car pulled up towards the side of the road while I was driving to the crime scene. I stopped the car and at that exact moment was when I saw that he had to take a breathalyzer test. I immediately distinguished that Knox would be put on a suspension and he knew it as much as I did. When I came over to get a closer look at what was happening Knox had told me to go as if I was some kind of stray dog. In a way I felt relieved that he was there rather than bossing me about, but it did mean that he had left me to hold up the fort.

We were welcomed to the crime scene by Dr Hobson and her little greeting the wanderer returns. Also her fashion advice for the day was cor, could you turn down the volume on that shirt? Which I had to admit made me chuckle but silently of course.

While Dr Hobson examined the body I was tasked with gathering information on the deceased girl Regan Peverill who was a student volunteer for the experiments at a sleep clinic. I later discovered that Regan had been shot through the neck by a handgun and that another student by the name of Daniel Griffon's key code was used to let the murderer in to kill her. After finding out that useful bit of information, Inspector Lewis unexpectedly asked me if I would be ok on my own for a bit. It was quite a surprise to actually be asked if I was alright with something. I knew he was trying to be kind and considerate but I am so used to DI Knox leaving me to do most of the work that it didn't bother me.

Later on that day I met up with Inspector Lewis again to visit one of the suspects Daniel Griffon to question him about where he was when Regan was killed. Before we got to his place I was keen to find out how his meeting went with the Superintendent. When I asked how it went the answer I received was I got promotion didn't I, Caretaker. This automatically told me that his meeting did not go as he had planned out.

However that did not stop him from doing his job and questioning Daniel Griffon about where he was and what time. There were some things that Daniel owned which were quite interesting such as his photo of his father who used to run the Griffon cars business. Also his rowing hat from the Cardinals club reminded me of the times when I used to row a bit when I was a teenager.

We then questioned Daniel about his volunteering at the sleep lab and his code he used to go in and out of the building. Also Inspector Lewis asked him about that hoodie he was wearing and whether he owns a gun. After finding out that he did own a gun, he directed us to where he kept it and was as surprised as I was when the gun was missing. He was soon told by Inspector Lewis that he was to come down to the station, but shortly after he was told he fainted and that was when Inspector Lewis found out about my possession of smelling salts.

We soon took Daniel to the station and kept him in custody to get a swab which Daniel told us that we would find gun powder on his hands as he was in his own words letting off some steam by shooting glass bottles and cans yesterday.

Inspector Lewis then went on to questioning Daniel's tutor about what Daniel was like and how well he knew Regan, it was then confirmed that Daniel was where he said he was and that we could defiantly say that Daniel was not the murderer of Regan Peverill.

The next task we had to do was to search through Regan's room. The first thing we found was the book written by Ivo Denniston who was also Daniels alibi. The next thing we found was card that was sent in Oxford to Regan a week ago. The interesting thing was what was written on the card. It read the lion prays the eagle keeps her beak shut. We soon figured out that an eagle and lion was what a griffon was meant to be so it would be half eagle half lion. I was then instructed by Lewis to compare the writing on the card to Daniel griffons.

After collecting the results of the comparison of the writing on that card to Daniels writing I was told that Lewis was with Dr Hobson in her lab. It wasn't my intention to overhear their conversation but I didn't want him worrying about where I was if he did need me so I had to try my best not to hear everything that was said.

"You're more fed up than tired, aren't you?"

"Oh, it's just... why bother, you know? Innocent wants to put me out to grass. I might as well jack it all in tomorrow."

"And you wouldn't know what to do with yourself"

"No".

"Are the Met making any progress on Val's death?"

"Hit and run, no witnesses, fat chance after this time. Unless the bastard driver develops a conscience". "We've got cracking shops in Oxford, why did she have to go to London?"

By this time I could tell that this was distracting Robbie from his work and I wanted this murder case sorted as much as he did , I knocked on the door only to be answered by Lewis's snappy sentence I'm coming!. I immediately shut the door, as it was clear that my presence was unwanted at that moment by the irritation in his voice as he spoke to me.

Trying to forget what I overheard in the lab, I asked him what the time frame was for Regan's murder. It was revealed that the time frame was between 8pm and 10pm, which had got me thinking that if Daniel was with his tutor from 8.30pm till 10 but we still hadn't confirmed that he was with his family at 8pm. But Inspector Lewis had other ideas and said that it was clear that it was someone who was trying to impersonate him. I didn't see the point of arguing so I would have left it at that.

No, no you obviously think different, tell me. Was yet again another sentence that had surprised me, while working with DI Knox I soon learned that he was the one who had the right to an opinion and that no other thoughts apart from his own were acceptable, but now I'm with the Inspector Lewis I was suddenly allowed to speak my mind so I did. I told him that we couldn't account for Danny between the hours of 8 and 8.30 as he said he was with his family so I thought that we should check that he was telling the truth.

I had also retrieved the case file for Danny's criminal damage from when he was 15, it seemed important to Inspector Lewis and maybe it could help to solving Regan's murder. In the file it read that Danny was taken to the police after tampering with the brakes on the car that belonged to his uncle Rex Griffon. Also in the file was an inquest on Danny's father Johnny Griffon and at the back was a crossword puzzle that I then found out from Inspector Lewis that Morse was a cross word fanatic and a particular sentence that Morse wrote reading Polo not king after all really interested me as it was an partial anagram which I was more than tempted to figure out. But before I could I was told that we were going to see Danny's family.

Mrs Griffon told us that Danny had left their family event at 8.15 that evening and it was also confirmed by Jess Pollock, the daughter of Tom Pollock who is the financial director for Griffon cars. Inspector Lewis asked her about the incident with Danny and Rex's car, which was the crime that Morse was assigned to. Mrs Griffon said that Morse was very understanding and he was a man you could talk to. We then moved on to talking to Tom Pollock about Danny and he told us that Danny thinks that Rex is in Tom's or rather Danny's own words selling the company up a fast buck. Tom also said that in general Danny is a good lad just impetuous. We asked tom where he was at 9.30 and Jess told us that he was driving around looking for her as she was worried about her music scholarship tomorrow. I showed Tom the card that was sent to Regan a week ago, he said it wasn't Danny's writing but he didn't say who it could have been.

The last person we questioned was Rex Griffon. Lewis asked him about the cautioning of messing around with the brakes of his car five years back. His answer was that he was trying to kill him because Danny thought that Rex had fixed the brakes on Johnny's car before he crashed as Danny thought that him and his mother were having an affair. Lewis asked where Rex was at 9.30 and his reply was that he was taking his Japanese friends back to the Randolph who he dropped off at around 9.15 then came straight back home but no one would have been able to confirm that. We showed him the card we had shown Tom and he admitted that he was the one who had sent the card. We wanted to know what he had meant by the little sentence that he wrote in the card and Rex told us that he and Regan had a one night stand and that nobody accept Danny might have known about it.

We went back to where Daniel griffon was staying and we asked his friend who lives shares a landing with him about his gun which was stolen from his room. He told us that yesterday he was with or had just got back from seeing his parents. I also asked him about this experiment he takes part in. His friend told us that it was weird as Danny could go from three to four days without sleep.

After questioning everyone we could think of who could have been involved in Regan's murder I went back to the crossword sentence that Morse had done years ago but it still wouldn't make sense. Before we went to have a pint Inspector Lewis asked me what I was doing before I joined the police force. My honest answer was that I was studying theology at Cambridge University. I even told him that I was going to become a priest and that I even did one year at the seminary. His reply was you would know all about the meaning of life then, god moves in a mysterious way, wonders to perform mumbo jumbo. I simply said that it wasn't my fault that his wife died. I knew how mean that sounded as soon as I said it that made me regret it a lot more, before I could have said sorry my phone rang, it was the Superintendent asking me to come back and give DI Grainger an update.

I didn't see Inspector Lewis for the rest of the day, not that there was much of the day left. All I could do now was wait for tomorrow and what It may bring.