A few hours later Don reappeared.
"So, Neil" he drawled, "What've they got you in hear for? I remember you
telling me you'd never become bent. In fact as I remember you gave me grief
after I got sent down." Don smirked at Neil.
"You were taking bungs, destroying evidence." Neil exploded.
"Alright, alright calm down. So what are you in here for?"
"Having a colleague abducted" Neil replied sheepishly.
"You never!"
"Yeah and the bloke who done it for me also raped her."
"Bet that looked good" Don snorted.
"Oh, yeah," Neil sat down heavily on the edge of the bed, "but I know
people, only got sent down for six months"
"Six months will fly by when you make some mates and have a laugh"
"Thanks Don" muttered Neil quietly.
Jack hung up the phone with a frown and looked at Gina Gold. "That was CIB. They've just informed me that Neil Manson and Don Beech are currently sharing a cell." "What! What the hell were they thinking of. I'm in a good mind to complain about malpractice or something." Gina finished. "Apparently it's for their safety with them both being ex-coppers and all" scowled Jack "And get this Manson's going to appeal. There is a good chance he'll get off" "What!!! After what he did to Sam." Gina was furious now. "He knows people. The same people who gave him such a light sentence no doubt." "If that slimy rat ever goes near Sam again I'll rip him limb from limb." Stated Gina on her way out.
Six blokes sat around the pool table. One of them spotted Neil and Don walking towards them. "Don mate, who's the plank?" "This plank and me go way back. And his name's Neil" "What's up?" Shot another of Don's mates towards Neil. "Can't you speak for yourself?" "Yeah in the right company" retorted Neil. The other man's face clouded over. "Jimmy, mate, calm down." Don stepped in. He shot a glare in Neil's direction. "Alright, so" Jimmy turned to look at Neil "Do you play pool?" "Yeah." Jimmy threw a cue at him "Catch" Don breathed a sigh of relief. It would have been just his luck if Jimmy and Neil had started to fight. His two best mates in solitary confinement.
Jimmy won the game by a few points. "Good game." He turned to face Neil, "Not bad yourself, I think we're going to get on ok." "Maybe" "Full of enthusiasm this one" snorted Jimmy. "Come on, come on" Ushered the prison officers. "Back to your cells" Neil took another look around the place that was to be his home for the next six months and thought to himself I could fit in here. For the first time ever said that annoying little voice in his head. Neil hit the side of his head and don gave him a funny look. You don't get rid of me that easily laughed the little voice. Now let me tell you a story. And as his cell door shut behind him although Don was in the room with him, Neil realised he was on his own. Just as he had been as a child.
Jack hung up the phone with a frown and looked at Gina Gold. "That was CIB. They've just informed me that Neil Manson and Don Beech are currently sharing a cell." "What! What the hell were they thinking of. I'm in a good mind to complain about malpractice or something." Gina finished. "Apparently it's for their safety with them both being ex-coppers and all" scowled Jack "And get this Manson's going to appeal. There is a good chance he'll get off" "What!!! After what he did to Sam." Gina was furious now. "He knows people. The same people who gave him such a light sentence no doubt." "If that slimy rat ever goes near Sam again I'll rip him limb from limb." Stated Gina on her way out.
Six blokes sat around the pool table. One of them spotted Neil and Don walking towards them. "Don mate, who's the plank?" "This plank and me go way back. And his name's Neil" "What's up?" Shot another of Don's mates towards Neil. "Can't you speak for yourself?" "Yeah in the right company" retorted Neil. The other man's face clouded over. "Jimmy, mate, calm down." Don stepped in. He shot a glare in Neil's direction. "Alright, so" Jimmy turned to look at Neil "Do you play pool?" "Yeah." Jimmy threw a cue at him "Catch" Don breathed a sigh of relief. It would have been just his luck if Jimmy and Neil had started to fight. His two best mates in solitary confinement.
Jimmy won the game by a few points. "Good game." He turned to face Neil, "Not bad yourself, I think we're going to get on ok." "Maybe" "Full of enthusiasm this one" snorted Jimmy. "Come on, come on" Ushered the prison officers. "Back to your cells" Neil took another look around the place that was to be his home for the next six months and thought to himself I could fit in here. For the first time ever said that annoying little voice in his head. Neil hit the side of his head and don gave him a funny look. You don't get rid of me that easily laughed the little voice. Now let me tell you a story. And as his cell door shut behind him although Don was in the room with him, Neil realised he was on his own. Just as he had been as a child.