Pretence.
Pretence –
the act of pretending,
a false show of something,
insincere or false profession.
Chapter One.
New Tasks
Sam put her phone down, her hand knocking the receiver clumsily. What had all that been about? Jack wanted to see her and Phil in the Supers office in ten minutes. Her first thought was what had Phil done know, and somehow dragged her into as well. She stood there thinking for a moment, he hadn't done anything recently, that she knew would cause alarm, there had been Monica Dreyfuss of course, and a small argument with PC Gayle over the Stroud case, but other than that she couldn't think of anything else, unless there was something that he had kept hidden from her, and knowing Phil as she did that was always possible. She wandered towards the door of her office, and called out, "Phil, a word" and then she retreated, sitting on the edge of her chair.
Phil looked up as he heard Sam call him, and inside he was sure that he could feel a groan. He dropped his papers back onto the desk and went to stand.
"What have you done now eh Sarge?" Jo asked cheekily from the other side of the room
"Someone is in trouble" Stuart muttered too
"Oh shut it, both of you" Phil mumbled back at the two of them, as he headed for the DI's office. He paused outside the door, and then knocked softly.
"Come in" Sam called from inside, and she looked up as Phil entered the room, "Sit down Phil" she said with her serious tone
"Ma'am" Phil said through gritted teeth, perhaps those two had been right, and he was being called in here for another grilling, strangely enough this made him feel bad, he had thought that recently he had been doing a good job, after the Monica debacle, and perhaps he was finally getting used to having Sam, his ex-lover and perhaps ex-best friend as his new boss.
"Is there anything that you need to tell me?" Sam questioned, hoping that whatever the DCI and Super already knew, she could get Phil to tell her, so as she wouldn't look incompetent.
"No Ma'am" Phil replied, perhaps this wasn't that he had been in the wrong, unusual, he thought to himself, and he was sure that a small grin began to appear.
"Are you sure? No cases, no complaints, no women issues" Sam asked, adding the last point in quickly, hoping that it wouldn't cause an argument
"No, none of them. Most of my cases are going well, a few in court next week, no one but Stuart has complained about me lately, and as for the latter, none that I can speak of" Phil said, the smile beginning to widen, interesting question for a DI to ask her Sergeant.
"Okay, well if you are sure, then the DCI and the Super have requested that both of us, meet them in Heaton's office, about now" Sam replied, as she looked at her watch, noticing that the ten minutes were almost up.
Phil said nothing he just stood, and headed for the door, wondering what was going on. He wandered out into the main office, and then headed out into the hallway. Sam watched as he left, she was pretty sure that Phil was telling her the truth, she knew him well enough to know when he was lying, or when he was getting in over his head, she'd known from the minute that Monica Dreyfuss arrived in the station, that she would cause nothing but trouble, and trouble was all that she had caused. However Sam couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, perhaps he hadn't done anything at all, she sighed and then followed him out into the hallway.
"What do you think that's all about?" Stuart asked Jo, as she perched on the edge of his desk
"I think it means that you should be paying more attention to what is right in front of you" Jo said with a warm smile, "This assault case, for example"
"Yes DC Masters" Stuart said, returning the smile, "You will find out what is going on though, wont you?" he questioned
"Perhaps, but you'd better be nice if you want me to tell you" Jo replied, and the two of them laughed
Sam paused outside the Supers office, the blinds were all drawn, and she couldn't see what was inside. That worried her slightly, she turned to look at Phil, he looked as confused as her, she reasoned. She knocked on the door, and then waited, turning the door handle when she heard the two voices inside.
"Guv, Sir" she said, as she entered the room
"Sir, Guv" Phil added, as the two of them stood next to one another
"Shut the door please Phil" Jack asked, as he stood next to a huge blank board
Phil nodded, and did what he was told
"Take a seat" John said, motioning Sam and Phil to the empty chairs opposite the two of them
Sam immediately felt her heart rate quicken, something unusual was about to happen here, she sat down next to Phil, who had taken his seat quickly, and looked towards her superiors expectantly, hoping that one of them would soon tell her what was going on. She didn't have to wait long, as Jack cleared his throat and began, "Have either of you heard of Mr and Mrs Parsons, or more specifically Jason and Michelle Parsons"
Sam looked towards Phil, she hadn't heard of them, and it seemed that neither had Phil, he had an equally blank look on his face. "No Guv" she replied
"Phil?" John questioned
"No Sir, I ain't heard of them either"
Jack nodded, "Right then, we have a lot of ground to cover then" he said, as he flipped the board over, and two photos appeared, along with a heap of arrows, and pictures of local Sun Hill establishments, and jewellery. Jack pointed to the first photo, a brunette woman with dark green eyes, "This is Michelle Parsons, age 41, along with her husband, Jason Parsons, 36" Jack said, as he pointed to a blonde man, with blue eyes, and a somewhat angry expression, "She is suspected of being the next biggest cocaine dealer in the borough. She seems to have taken over Kristen Shaw's market share, the upper classes, the working people, who need their fix"
Phil nodded, he didn't need reminding as to who Kristen was, his friend was in jail because of her, and the decisions he had made regarding her.
"The two of them live here, Number 75 Tapping Valley Lane" John said, taking over, "They also have two children together, one is believed to be around six or seven, the other just two. The oldest, the daughter Camille, attends the Immaculate school, and the boy Brooklyn is usually carried around by his mother for most of the day"
"There has been a social services visit to the home, and although they are both suspected of dealing, we have no proof that they are users themselves" Jack added
"Right Guv" Sam said, as she concentrated on reading what was behind the two of them, wondering what this had to do with her.
"What we need you two to do is go in undercover, make friends with these two, find out what goes on in that house, and then find where they are sourcing the drugs" John explained, as he handed the same information to both Phil and Sam in a small booklet
"However these two are clever" Jack said before pausing, he didn't know what reaction he would get from either of them to what he was about to say, "The house at number 77 has just been sold, and we have arranged with the buyers, a Mr and Mrs Robinson to mount a surveillance operation from there"
"Okay" Sam said cautiously
"Just surveillance Guv?" Phil asked
"No Phil, we need you and Sam to go undercover as Mr and Mrs Robinson, we need you to play the role of the married couple" Jack said
Sam's jaw dropped open, what had he just said, she was about to go undercover with Phil, as his wife?
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