The bill
Part 3
In CID jack stood talking to Banksy, who heard about an police officers kidnapping, so he decided to come in on his day off, they stood there talking when they look up to see Stevie and Neil walking through the doors of the offices and heading straight to their boss.
"So what did you find at grace's house" asks Jack wanting an update on the current situation.
"Nothing much yet, but when we arrived we found signs of a struggle, and there were traces of blood all over the floor, we left smithy in charge, he will call when the house to house is complete, ad when crime scene are finished" explains Neil.
"Hey gov you said that the assault victim went out with grace in her university days, and that the guy is a former defence barrister" says Banksy.
"Yeah so what are you getting at Banksy" asks Neil?
"Maybe we could use a reliable source and dig into why he was disbarred" suggests Banksy.
"well I heard off smithy on the system it explains a bit about how he lost his job, says he was using drugs and he was fired" says Neil.
"Well maybe we can speak to someone at the courts who may have more knowledge" says Banksy trying to convince his bosses.
"Who is your source" asks Jack?
"My wife" answers Banksy.
"Ok do it but take Stevie with you, a sergeant may be more convincing to her" orders Jack as the sergeant and DC grab their coats and head to the courts.
Jack gets a call from custody to say that jo and mickey have brought in grace's ex, since he refused to talk.
"That was Jo she and mickey had to arrest Mr Davdra, he refused to talk, get down there and help I want to know anything he knows, one of my officers is missing and he is the key" says Jack.
"Sir I will" says Neil rushing off out of the CID office, heading towards custody where all prisoners are held and processed.
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In custody
Jo and mickey drag in Sunil Davdra, they hand him over to the custody sergeant who happens to be callum, he processes him, then gets him ready to talk, he places him in the interview room waiting for the officers to talk to him, in the corner of the custody suite is neil, Jo and mickey talking.
"So did he not talk" asks Neil.
"What do you think" answers Jo.
"Look governor we didn't tell him about grace, we thought we could do it when we question him, and when we found him he had wads of money on him, he was up to something" explains mickey.
"Ok well the super wants us to go at him and use whatever ammo we got, and tell him about grace but ween it in slowly" says Neil.
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In the interview room
Davdra sat in the interview room waiting, shaking in his boots, soon the detectives walked in ready and raring to have a go at him.
Jo switches the tape on.
"Interview commencing at 11:25 am, with myself Dc Masters and Dc Webb, and suspect is Mr Davdra and he has no representation" says Jo into the recording device.
"Mr Davdra do you know why you were arrested" asks Mickey?
"No comment" answers Sunil.
"Ok the drugs we found on you when you were arrested, where you got them from" asks Jo angrily.
"No comment" answers Sunil.
"Mr Davdra may I remind you that a possession of a class a drug and if your found guilty means a prison sentence due to you having a substantial amount on you" warns Mickey.
"No comment" answers Sunil.
"Ok do you know a Matt Hinckley" asks Jo.
"No comment" answers Sunil.
"Right Sunil, I think the best option for you at the moment in time is to answer the questions" explains Mickey.
"No comment" answers Sunil.
"Right interview terminated at 11:33am" says jo before exiting the room along with mickey.
In custody
Jo and mickey walk back to the custody desk where neil is waiting.
"No look gov, he kept to no comment couldn't bring grace into it he kept quiet, we need something to frighten him" says Jo.
Soon there look comes true, when smithy walks in after conducting a search at grace's house.
"Neil we finished at grace's house" says Smithy.
"Find anything useful" asks Neil.
"Err yeah I did, but I need to ask are you and grace intimate" asks Smithy but doesn't need an answer when he gets a dirty look from Neil.
"I think you should not ask that again gov, and me and mickey don't want to know about Grace and Neil romance" teases Jo.
"ok I take the look as a yes, so erm I will cut to the chase, I found this when searching grace's house maybe this can help when talking to her ex" says Smithy handing neil a pregnancy test that shows a result of positive.
"wow grace is pregnant" asks Jo.
"it looks like" answers Smithy.
"thanks smithy, look you two go in and ask him about grace and matt Hinckley, if he doesn't talk mention the test" says Neil handing the evidence bag to smithy, then he rushes off to the CID offices, and he rushes to his office where he remains.
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In the interview room
"Interview recommencing at 11:45am" says jo.
"Mr Davdra when was the last time you spoke to your ex-girlfriend" asks Jo
"No comment" answers Sunil.
"I'll remind you of your Ex-girlfriends name, her name is Detective constable Grace Dasari, and as of a couple of hours ago your ex-girlfriend from university, was registered as a missing person, since she didn't turn up to work" shouts jo losing her patients.
"What, where is she" asks Sunil.
"We don't know but we are concerned for her welfare, and we know that your attack this morning and her disappearance are connected, so we are going to ask you again, do you know Matt Hinckley" asks Mickey?
"Yes, he is the one who attacked me this morning" answers Sunil.
"Does he know grace" asks Jo?
"Yes" answers Sunil.
"How do they know each other" asks Jo?
"Matt, I and grace all went to university together" answers Sunil.
"Is there a chance he kidnapped grace too" asks Mickey?
"Possibly since matt and grace never got on in university" answers Sunil.
"Why" asks Jo?
"he hid things but grace analyses people in her head, if something is off with someone she will approach the matter head on, and in university grace figured something out about matt, he didn't like it" answers Sunil.
"So what did matt hide, like the fact that he abused his ex-girlfriend and covered it up" suggests Jo.
"How do you know about Nina" asks Sunil.
"Matt's ex-wife uncovered it, she got Nina to open up about matt's abusive behaviour" answers Jo.
"Oh so he done it again to his wife, can I speak to her, I want to explain about matt and how it all began" pleads Sunil.
"Am sorry Mr Davdra, but matt's ex-wife is dead, she was killed in the line of duty last year, but instead you can tell us" says Mickey.
"fine I will, in university , matt was smart, but he hated people rating higher than him, and grace and Nina where both top of the class, but one thing that matt hated is when a women stood up to him, Nina was timid so whatever matt dished she took but didn't fight back, but once Nina left, he started on grace, and one night he took it to far and he tried to rape her, grace hit him in the side and he left it at that" explains Sunil.
"So matt's capable of rape, what happened after the attack, and how do you getting arrested for assaulting your own girlfriend" asks Jo?
"Me getting arrested for assaulting grace, was a separate incident, she dropped the charges because she knew it could ruin my chances of becoming a lawyer, so she dropped them" answers Sunil.
"Ok so what happened to matt, and trying to rape grace situation, did she report it then" asks Mickey.
"No after the attack he threatened to hurt her if she ever told, and soon we graduated and we never seen each other again" explains Sunil.
"is matt out for revenge" asks Mickey?
"yeah he found out where I worked, after he lot his job he turned to drugs and started drug trafficking, I helped him get off, one time he made me snort coke, and then I got addicted, soon he was asking me to sell it on the side, but I lost it and know he says I owe him, for everything, but know he has gone on a revenge rampage" explains Sunil.
"So he attacked you this morning for losing his drugs" says mickey.
"That and also losing my job in the courts, you see that's where he dealt mostly, to criminals and some stressed out lawyers" answers Sunil.
"And what about grace" asks Jo?
"Grace nearly cost him his career, even if she didn't talk, he still blames her because she initiated the allegations, she was the first one" answers Sunil.
"If he has grace where would he be, and would he hurt her" asks Jo?
"he would hurt her, and last I heard he didn't have a lot of money and he has a flat on the jasmine Allen estate, he also knows an underground hiding place he likes, its perfect to hold someone hostage" explains Sunil.
"Thank you Mr Davdra" says Jo exiting the room with mickey in tow, heading straight for CID.
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CID was busy with everyone ringing round trying to track down new leads, but the only person not working was Neil, he sat in his office quiet as a mouse, sitting there thinking about grace and their baby she is carrying, but soon the noise level increases when jo and mickey barge through the doors with a possible location of where grace is being held.
"Sir Davdra paid off he started talking, we know now that matt Hinckley and grace and Sunil davdra all went to university together, and matt tried to rape grace in university but she fought him off, and stood up to him, and he threatened her not to report his crime" explains Jo.
"Good did he give you anything else" asks Jack.
"Yeah he did, if matt has grace he might know where he has her" answers Jo.
"And where would that be" asks Max?
"The jasmine Allen estate, matt has a hiding spot underneath the flats he shown davdra it once, he says that's the only place he knows" says Jo.
"Ok get a team and get down there" orders Jack.
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Jasmine allen estate
Dark basement underneath the flats
Grace sat against a brick wall; exhaustion setting in all she wanted to do was sleep, but she knew if she slept people wouldn't find her, and she will be there longer, and soon she would need food only if she could keep anything down, sitting next to her own vomit made her nauseous, she shifted slightly trying to move away from the sick at the side of her, but after sitting in the same position for a long period of time took its toll on her body, her eyes were drifting shut, but soon she was pulled out of sleep again by numerous dots of lights moving as they went, soon the lights got closer and closer, and then she hears something.
"Serge we've got her radio for an ambulance" shouts Jo.
All the team from the station a mixture of both fan out searching the make shift den looking for clues to where the captor maybe, while the officers scout around, jo, Neil and mickey all run over to the tied up detective, mickey unties the ropes that binded her wrists together, grace gets up with the help of jo, but before she does Neil is at her side, an soon the pair are hugging and kissing one another, Neil hugs her with a slight tear wetting her clothing crying at the thought that they found her.
"Hey great to see you, how you feeling" asks Jo.
"Fine, in pain feel like throwing up, and tired" answers Grace.
"Well the ambulance is outside waiting for you so, let's get you up" says Jo helping grace to her feet, since they knew she may not have been steady on her feet.
Grace walks out the underground holding onto mickey and Jo as she went, Neil walked behind with a smile across his face, once they were outside they were met by the ambulance officers who took grace to the ambulance, Neil accompanied grace in the ambulance while everyone stayed at the scene, unbeknown to them that they were being watched from above.
Matt was on the roof watching the scene unfold in front of his own eyes.
