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The Score chapter 12
Danny stepped inside the station, immediately getting the feeling that everyone was staring at him, while in reality, a couple of people had glanced at him when he walked in the door. As his eyes rested on the sign that said "Sunhill Police Station" he had the overwhelming urge to bolt. He looked all around him quickly, wondering if anyone had recognised him. He jumped as he heard a voice speak to him,
"Can I help you sir?"
"Ahh…." Danny hesitated, before making his decision. No revenge was worth this torture, "No, I'll come back later." Secretly vowing to never return to this hell hole. Then he heard a female voice from behind him,
"Danny?" he spun around, and came face to face with DS Samantha Nixon, "What are you doing here?"
" It's about Stacie…" Danny said, looking around him again, still irrationally afraid of the police station.
"Stacie Monroe?" she asked. He nodded and she led him into a soft interview room closing the door behind her.
Danny looked around, instantly preferring this environment. There were armchairs and a table and it didn't look at all like what he thought a police station should look like. He sunk uneasily into one of the armchairs and the policewoman sat in the other. She asked,
"So why are you here Danny?"
"You heard about Stacie, right? She got stabbed."
"Yeah, DC Nadir was assigned to the case." She said, rising from her chair, "Would you prefer to talk to him?"
"No!" Danny half shouted, "No, no thank you." He repeated quieter this time.
"Why not?" she asked, sitting down again.
"I just don't want to talk to him, that's all." Danny said, getting defensive, "I want to talk to you."
"Okay" she said, leaning back in her chair, "So what do you know about Ms. Monroe's assault?"
"If I tell you something, will you keep it off the record?" he asked, she nodded, so he went on, "We know who did it, but we don't want to tell. You know what things are like, he'll be released in no time. We want the guy that did it punished…" Sam interrupted him,
"You won't get away with half killing whoever did this you know."
"That's not how we work," Danny said, quoting Mickey "We're going to get him arrested with a lot of cocaine in his possession. We were wondering if we could count on your support." The policewoman stared at him for a while and he began to feel even more uncomfortable than before. Finally she spoke,
"Where's Mickey?" Danny was thrown by this question, not expecting her to bring up any of his gang, except of course Stacie.
"Why?" he asked
"He's in charge, and this clearly means a lot to you, so why would he send you here instead of coming himself?" she wondered aloud, "Unless of course, he doesn't know you're here…"
"Mickey doesn't want anyone else to get hurt." Danny said slowly, "He doesn't understand that more people will get killed if Hendon isn't put away!"
"Hendon? Matthew Hendon? He was the one that did this?" Sam asked. Danny swore under his breath, not meaning to have given away the identity of Stacie's attacker just yet.
"He's dangerous, he needs put away." Danny went on, "We need your help to do it. We need someone to go undercover and plant some drugs on him before someone else arrests him. We get revenge, you get safer streets, everyone's happy."
"Zain's usually the undercover guy." The detective said, frowning.
"We can't use him." Danny replied bluntly, "We need someone else."
"Why can't you use him though?" Sam asked questioningly
"Because, Hendon probably knows him."
"Through his undercover work." Sam realised, nodding. Danny looked up, surprised that the woman knew of Zain's dalliance with local drug dealer Kristen Shaw.
"How about the man I was with earlier. Phil Hunter. He was talking to Stacie ." Sam reminded him. Danny nodded in recognition. That morning seemed like a lifetime ago.
"Anyone will do. I just want Hendon brought down."
"Wait here until I get him then." Sam said, leaving him alone in the room. Danny sighed, feeling a little more relaxed now. This was going better than he'd originally thought it would anyway. A few moments later, Sam returned with the man that had been flirting with Stacie earlier outside the hotel. He nodded to Danny by way of greeting , and let Sam sit in the only remaining chair, standing by her side.
"So will you do it?" Danny asked, going straight to the point. Sam and Phil traded a glance, Phil leant down and whispered something in her ear and she nodded. Danny just watched, wondering if the two coppers had some sort of history between them, they certainly acted like Stacie and Mickey did. Real close and personal. Finally, DS Hunter spoke,
"I'm in."
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