Hey, sorry 'tis another zain chapter, but the next one will be SamPhil, I swear lol
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Settling the score chapter 10
"If you approach Hendon and can convince him you're a dealer, you can sell him some drugs and we'll tip off your friends at Sunhill." Mickey said in a tone that told Zain he still wasn't happy with this arrangement. Zain stayed silent, waiting for him to continue. However, it soon became clear that was all they had.
"That's it? That's your plan?" he asked, amazed that this was the group of con artists that could outwit any police force.
"What's wrong with it?" Stone sounded defensive.
"It's not exactly complex, is it? And it won't work anyway." He realised, "I work on all the drugs cases. They'll expect me to interview him and as soon as I do, he'll name me as his dealer."
"Well what can we do then?"
"We could tell me superiors…" Zain began, fully intending to tell them anyway. However, the oldest man, Albert Stroller spoke up
"No. No more cops."
"How about one more? Maybe me sergeant, he won't tell anyone" Zain asked, referring to Phil.
"No more." The elderly man repeated in a tone that told Zain it wasn't up for discussion.
"Then there's nothing more I can do." Zain replied in an equally firm tone. He wasn't going to have anymore secrets. Kristen was enough on her own. He saw Albert and Mickey exchange a glance, before Mickey spoke,
"Will you excuse us a moment, DC Nadir?" Zain nodded, knowing there was nothing else that he could do, before leaving them alone in the hospital room.
He headed outside, intending on calling Phil to tell him what the con artists wanted when his mobile began to ring again. He glared at the caller display when he saw Kristen's name flash there. He almost rejected the call, but something stopped him. He instead accepted it and snapped,
"I'm busy."
"It's important." Her voice replied
"As important as last time?" he asked sarcastically, "Or the time before that?"
"I need a favour." She said, getting straight to the point.
"What is it this time?" he asked, his patience wearing thin with her and the whole investigation revolving around her.
"I heard that there's a case revolving around Matthew Hendon." Zain frowned. How could she possibly know that? The only person who knew Hendon was involved was him. And the con artists, but they genuinely did seem to want justice. But then again, these people made a living out of manipulating others. Could it be possible that this whole stabbing thing was just a test of his loyalty towards Kristen? Or was he being too paranoid?
"What about it?" he answered in a non committal tone.
"I need you to get him off the hook. Matthew's an old friend of mine. I wouldn't want to see him stuck behind bars.
"Some people deserve to get put away."
"It's just a bit of cocaine." She said in a nonchalant tone.
"It's not just cocaine. It's heroin too. And he's had someone stabbed. He nearly killed her." He exaggerated
"And you nearly killed Louis Drake." She reminded him, "I suggest you take some time to remember where your loyalties lie." She hung up, leaving Zain even more frustrated than before. He punched Phil's number into his mobile and he answered on the third ring,
"So what's this proposition?" Phil asked by way of greeting.
"They want me to go undercover to catch Matthew Hendon. He's the one that stabbed Stacie."
"On first name basis are we?" Phil joked
"Didn't you hear me? We could get Matthew Hendon." Zain said, re-entering the hospital and making his way back up to the hospital room.
"I heard you. I just don't think it'll work. Hendon always gets off with everything." Phil answered.
"Another thing… Kristen just rang me. Told me to stay away from Hendon."
"You told her about Hendon?" Phil asked in disbelief
"No, she just knew. I'm starting to think this whole thing might be a setup."
"Surely Stacie wouldn't betray you Zain." Phil laughed
"I'll call you back." Zain said and hung up as he approached the hospital room. He could hear Mickey and Stacie talking and stopped by the door, just out of sight. He heard Stone speak first,
"It's not that I don't care…"
"You made the right choice." Stacie replied in a reassuring tone, "We can't risk Danny or that copper getting hurt. We'll just have to let Hendon go." Zain backed away silently, realising that he actually wasn't getting conned. He went back towards the stairs, unwilling to let anyone know that he'd been listening and bumped into Ash Morgan, the quietest member of the gang,
"They're ready for you to come back now." He said, leading the way back to Stacie's room. They both saw the elderly man return too, from the other direction, but as Zain sat in the once again vacant chair, he realised someone was missing.
"Where's the other one? Danny?" he asked, glancing around again to make sure he hadn't missed him.
"He had to leave." Mickey said, sounding like he was more than a little annoyed at Danny, "Look, we've considered your offer of involving your superiors, and we've decided it's just not worth the risk. We're sorry to have wasted your time." Zain nodded, and stood up, handing them his card as he did so. He was actually a little relieved they'd backed out, because now he could honestly tell Kristen that they wouldn't be looking into Hendon's doings for now
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As he climbed into the blue CID car, he had the strangest feeling someone was watching him. He turned and glanced around the busy car park, but no one stood out, so he drove back towards Sunhill, intending to forget this entire case and focus on something more important. Ways to dump Kristen for example.
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