"So what was your Dad like?" Alex asked her Mum as they drove towards Jeremy Samuels' flat.

"Well if I'm honest, you know about as much as I do." Gina answered; she had a hint of resentment in her voice.

"Yeah, but you must know something about your Dad. I mean what was his personality like? Do you have any good memories of him?" Alex pressed.

"No I don't have any good memories of him. He was never there when me and Richard were young, and if we ever did see him when we were older it's because we made the effort. A lot of people think he only married my Mother because of me." Gina replied.

"What do you mean, because of you?" Alex asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It was a well known fact in the square where I lived that my parents weren't married when I was born. They pretended to be if anyone asked, but those closest to them knew. Seemingly my Mothers' parents weren't very impressed about it; so just after my first birthday they were legally wed." Gina explained. "Why do you want to know about him anyway?"

"I don't know, just wanted to find out what the rest of my family were like." Alex replied simply.

"I don't think they were ever happy together really. My Mother suffered from bad depression and he couldn't cope with it. They used to argue and fight day in day out. He used to go down the pub to escape, when I was really young, I vaguely remember him coming home and they would start on each other again; only this time they would try knocking bow bells out of each other. Once Richard was born things became worse. My Dad was never home and my Mother started taking valium." Gina said.

"So did he start the business from scratch?" Alex continued to ask. She knew and understood that her Mums' parents was always a raw subject for Gina, but she had so many questions buzzing round her head.

"No he didn't actually. Originally it was my Grandfathers business; he'd been a bookmaker all his working life, when he died he left it to my Father." Gina replied as Alex turned onto the estate.

Alex parked the car outside Samuels' flat and Gina quickly got out of the car; which to Alex meant she wanted to get this over and done with as soon as possible. The two women approached the door to his flat and Gina knocked loudly. When he opened the door he had clearly been asleep, but he looked badly beaten from the attack the previous day.

"Mr Samuels, I'm Sergeant MacDonald and my colleague is Inspector Gold. I met you yesterday in connection with your assault. Can we come in please?" Alex said authoritatively.

Samuels' let them in and looked cautiously at Gina as she passed him.

"Gold eh, wouldn't be any relation to Derek Gold by any chance?" He asked, although it was more of a statement than a question.

Gina took a deep breath and drew herself to her full height.

"And what's it to you if I am?" She replied defensively.

"Well I want to know why Dereks' daughter would want to get herself involved in this. Surely it can't be a coincidence that you are here? And don't deny that you are his daughter; you're the spit of him." Samuels' sneered.

"What difference does it make? Alright, yes I'm his daughter, but that has nothing to do with you. I am here to deal with your case; and if you're not careful, I will walk out of here and not take the complaint any further. Do you understand me?" She replied taking a couple of steps closer to him.

He didn't say anything further but glared at Gina and stared her squarely in the eyes. She didn't flinch, didn't move a muscle, but continued to stare him out. They finally broke eye contact when Alex interrupted.

"Mr Samuels we are here to find out why you were assaulted. I need to take a full statement from you." Alex said a little more cautiously.

"Well there's nothing I can tell you. I didn't see the guy that hit me. It all happened so fast and he was off before I could do anything. Maybe it was just some kid after my wallet." He said hopefully.

Alex smiled slightly. "Well it's funny that you should say that, because several witnesses gave us a description and we believe that it's this man here." Alex pulled out a photo from her pocket and unfolded it. "Do you recognise this man?" She asked.

He glanced at the photo and shook his head. "Nope I've never seen him before in my life."

"Well Mr Samuels we've identified him as Alexander Scott. You must have a very bad memory, because you know him very well. He is one of your ole mates from that bank job you pulled in 1980. So would you care to explain that?" Gina patronised.

Samuels didn't say a word. His eyes widened with surprise.

"I think we had better continue this down the station, don't you?" She added as she led him out of the flat.

Once they arrived at the station Alex and Gina took him into an interview room. He wasn't officially under arrest, they didn't have anything to arrest him for, but he had asked his brief to sit in with him anyway. He had claimed it was to make sure they didn't 'fit him up'; although the two officers doubted that this was his real reason.

They asked him for more details about the bank job and the assault. He refused to tell them much, most of what he told them they knew already. He gave his version of events when Alexander Scott assaulted him. He was very vague on the details and Alex knew he wasn't telling them something.

"Do you have any idea why Mr Scott would want to assault you? I mean it can't be a coincidence that he happens to have been released from prison only a few weeks ago, released after serving 20 odd years for a robbery that he did with you; and then he assaults you for no apparent reason." Alex said.

"Look like I told ya, I dunno why he attacked me but I don't want to pursue it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going home if that is all officers?" Samuels said as he stood up.

Alex and Gina didn't have any choice but to let him go. He wasn't under arrest and was there of his own free will, therefore he could leave when he wanted. Alex led him out of the station and then rejoined her Mum.

"So what do you think?" She asked as she sat down in the arm chair in Ginas' office.

"He's not telling us something, and I intend to find out what it is. Have you got the entire case file from the 80's bank job?" She asked as she poured two glasses of whiskey and handed one to Alex.

"Um... yeah I think so. I think the next step will be to re-investigate the job and find out what all of this is about, because clearly we ain't going to get a straight answer from anyone." Alex said.

"I agree, I think that's a good starting point. We can start that in the morning though. For now I think the best idea is for us to go home and get some sleep." Gina replied as she pulled off her tie and unbuttoned the top button of her shirt.

"Mum will you be ok with this investigation? I mean it involves your Dad and we both know we could unearth... well things we may not expect." Alex asked awkwardly.

Gina looked at her daughter and wasn't too sure how to answer. She wasn't certain what they would find, but deep down she knew her reasons for wanting to get involved in the investigation. She wanted to find out exactly who her Dad really was, and find out what was so important it kept him away from the responsibility of his family.

"I'll be fine, but this will be your investigation so you call the shots. Anyway that looks like Smithy back from court. Took him long enough." Gina commented as she sat down in her own chair.

Smithy looked exhausted as he walked into the office. Gina had already poured him a glass of whiskey and handed it to him as he flopped into the other arm chair.

"How was your day?" Alex asked him once he was settled.

"Hell. I hoped I was gonna be back sooner than this, but two of the witnesses retracted their statements at the last moment. Anyway to cut a long story short the judge said the whole thing was a farce and he dropped it." He replied sounding incredibly narked.

"Well never mind we can go home now and forget about it. Come on." Alex said as she stood up and made her way towards the door. "And you're coming too aren't you Mum?" She added as an order, not a question.

Gina tiredly nodded her head and followed her daughter and son-in-law out of her office, as they all made their way home for the night.