"Right! Come on settle down!" said Jack Meadows over the noise
"Who is that?" Juliet murmured to Ramani De Costa
"Oh" said Ramani "That's ..."
The door flying open and Marylin barging in interrupted her "Sorry I'm late Mr.Meadows, my oppo was late"
"Just sit down Marylin!" ordered Gina
"What you doing here?" hissed Phil Hunter "Copper now are we?" Marylin didn't get chance to answer
"Philip! Shut up! Unless you'd like to give the briefing?" Said Gina
"No ma'am" he looked at his feet
"OK" continued Jack "For those of you who don't know her, this is ex MET officer Cathy Bradford, we think she'll either head here or for Brandon Kane and his children, Brandon is currently under armed guard. Cathy is seriously disillusioned and should be considered extremely dangerous, if the third nurse is still alive we don't hold much hope, we have checked the nurses' cards and they were used to make one large withdrawal. Cathy obviously has an agenda but no one has any clue what it is. Be on your guard – Cathy is very devious and manipulative. Gina?......" he handed over to Gina Gold
"I've tried to pair you all evenly, one person who knows Cathy with one who doesn't, now CID and uniform are together on this one, do you hear me, not sloping off with your own agenda's?"
"Ma'am"
"Good! Now Polly you are in CAD, Tony you will be on the front desk with Marylin to monitor ins and out, Gabriel and Gary you are guarding the yard, right the rest of you are in teams of 3, CID and uniform mixed, and each of you has a job to do, Honey, Yvonne and Ramani you are going to the hospital, interview everyone you can, find out anything you can" she paused as they left "Terry, Reg and Sheelagh you go down to St Hugh's and try to interview the victims if they are able, get their clothes to forensics then report back to me, Smithy, Julia and Andrea you visit Cathy's friends, family anywhere she might go, Polly will help you with that..." she was cut off by Phil Hunter
"She had some then" he quipped, Gina glared at him
"Phil, Des and" she consulted her note pad and smiled ironically "Neil you talk to the bank look at CCTV door to door the area, find out who saw what and June you are on custody, just in case she tries to get herself arrested, off you go then!" she ordered "What do you want, a gold plated invitation?"
The relief filed out, shuffling their way into their teams "Ma'am?" asked Polly "Can't I go out with the others?"
"I don't think that's a good idea Polly, with Cathy Bradford running around, you must realise that with Brandon, target one, under armed guard, that you are likely target two, I want you here in the station"
Polly sighed "Yes Ma'am" she made her way off to CAD
"Alright Phil boy, lets get shifted!" said Des "Where's Manson?"
"She's done this on bloody purpose, the old cow!" said Phil "She knows me and Manson hate each other, and he's got a major strop on now he's back in uniform" he fumed
"Look Phil" Des got close to Phil's face "I 'aint spending all shift refereeing between you and laughing boy, so keep it under your hat, OK?"
"You two ready?" Manson joined them "Everything OK?" he asked
"Fine" ground out Phil "Lets go"
"Sir?" ventured Andrea to Jack
"What is it Andrea?"
"I need to speak to you," she pleaded, looking at Smithy and Julia who were waiting to go
"I'm busy Andrea, it's here or no where!"
Andrea coughed "My 'er car was stolen last night"
"And? Report it, your Sergeant is there" Jack was getting impatient
"It, um, it had my spare uniform and my warrant card in it" Andrea looked at the floor.
Jack looked at her a moment until realisation came over him "What! Why didn't you report it!"
"I only realised this morning and I was late, I thought it could wait"
"Wait? Do you know what this could mean?" Jack stormed off towards Gina and Adam.
Andrea walked slowly towards Smithy and Juliet "You incompetent idiot!" exploded Smithy, his frown well in place "Didn't you learn anything at Hendon? You never ever leave your warrant card anywhere, especially where it can get stolen," he ranted
"Whoa!" intervened Juliet "Like you never made a mistake!"
Smithy turned on her "And you can keep out of it, I'll discipline my probationers how I see fit!" he stalked off towards the door, slamming it behind him.
"Well" said Juliet "Let's wait for happy Harry out in the car, come on, you weren't to know"
Andrea nodded and followed.
Cathy Bradford smiled at herself in the mirror, following that officer had paid off, someone who wouldn't recognise her just in case. But to find a full uniform and a warrant card was unbelievable, the car she had dumped. She took the hat off and picked up a pair of scissors, cutting away her hair until it was short, round her ears. She started to run the water in the shower of the hotel bathroom and stepped into the cubicle, taking the bottle of black hair dye with her.