The Bill: Corruption.

Chapter 17: Bosses House.

Outside the building John and Claire had just drove off.  "Couldn't give me a lift could you Ste?" asked Marion.

"Of course, come on;" said Stephen before the two rode home together.

"Wanna stay at my house tonight Mar?  We can get out earlier then."

"Well ok, but we'll have to get my stuff first."

They drove to Marion's house and she packed her stuff in the car.  Just has they were about to leave, the phone rang.  "Hello!" said Marion into the receiver.

"Sorry, for calling so late Gov, but I just wondered if you was coming into work tomorrow."

"Well don't worry about the time, I've only just got in, and as for me coming into work tomorrow; I'll be off the patch for a few days.  You think you can handle things whilst I'm gone?"

"Sure, no problem Gov.  See you soon," said the voice on the other end of the line.

"Bye," said Marion before putting down the receiver.  "Ok, let's go;" she said to Stephen grabbing her things and heading out of the door to the car.

Stephen grabbed the rest of her stuff and followed her out to the car making sure to lock the door on the way out.  They put the stuff in the boot, jumped into the car and drove off to Stephen's house.

"Who was that on the phone Mar?" asked Stephen breaking the silence that had descended on the car.

"DS Whitehouse, he wondered what was going on with me disappearing off all week; although how he got my home number I'll never know; Unless I left my address book in Sun Hill."

"Knowing you and losing things Mar, you probably did.  I keep wondering why you lose everything but your keys and phone, hmm."

"I lost them the once too.  You'll never guess where they were?

"Go on, Where?"

"The tumble dryer.  I have absolutely no idea how they got there."

"You idiot, know wonder your phone keeps playing up.  Probably went in the washing machine too."

"Probably."

They pulled round the corner and onto the drive.  They got out the car and went out of the car so they would have less to do in the morning.

Inside Stephen put the kettle on before going upstairs to sort through his stuff and pack for the trip.  "Make yourself at home Mar," he called down to her.

She sat on the sofa and put the telly on, then realising she was peckish, she got back up and went into the kitchen calling up to Stephen to see if he was hungry too.  She grabbed a couple of packets of crisps, a big bar of chocolate and a packet of biscuits and put them on the coffee table before going back into the kitchen to make them both a cup of tea, which she also placed on the coffee table before sitting back down on the sofa.

After she was settled she watched the telly nibbling on the snacks.  A few minutes later Stephen came down and joined her.  They watched telly in relative silence for an hour, nibbling on the snacks and drinking the tea.

"It's getting late.  We better get some sleep if we're going to the seaside tomorrow don't you think Mar?" commented Stephen.

"Yeah, your probably right Ste," said Marion getting up, switching the telly off and putting the cups back in the kitchen before following Stephen up the stairs to bed.