Gangsters paradise part 19

Phil moved closer to the end of the warehouse so he could get a better view of what was happening, Sam couldn't see, Phil had made it perfectly clear that she had to do what she was told, he didn't want her in any more danger, this angered Sam, but she couldn't say anything, Phil knew what he was dealing with, so she just let him take control.

'ok, I can see the DCI, but no sign of Steve anywhere, I don't know where he is, what shall I do?' he said, Sam looked at him, she didn't know what to say, he was obviously worried about Steve.

'look, we will wait until its safe to move, then we will see what's happened.' she said, she gave him a smile, he was really glad he had Sam in his life, he couldn't cope with all this without her.

'thanks Sam, I don't know what I'd do without you.' he said, she gave him a kiss.

Phil then broke away to hear shouting around the corner, he looked and saw the DCI and the rest of CID speeding away in their cars. The gangsters must have done a runner he thought.

'what's going on now?' Sam said, Phil didn't answer, he just walked away to see what was happening, Sam followed, she knew something wasn't right.

'Phil can we just go back to the station please, I don't like this?' she said anxiously.

'yeah course we can, I will just phone the DCI and see what's happened to Steve.' he said before getting his mobile out and ringing the DCI, Sam walked towards Phil's car and got in the passenger side. She sat there waiting for him, staring out the window, she just kept thinking about Stuart and how she wished she could of helped him more, but she knew if she kept torturing herself like this then she would just make herself ill. Phil got into the car and slammed the door shut, Sam came back to reality.

'is Steve ok?' she asked.

'yeah I think so, they have arrested two of the eight gangsters apparently, for some reason I thought that there would be more of them than that.' he said looking a little confused.

'yeah me too, I don't want you too go anywhere near the guys they have arrested though, it will only cause more trouble.' she said.

'yeah but I want to find out what's happening , I wont do anything to them if that's what's your worried about?' he said grinning, Sam just gave him a look in which he instantly started up the car and drove them back to the station. Sam just smirked to herself, knowing that she would always get one over on Phil even if they were a couple now.

When they both got back to the station Phil went to look for Steve whist Sam stayed put in CID.

Phil walked down the stairs and saw Steve going into the toilets, he followed him, as he walked in he saw Steve splashing cold water on his face. Phil stood behind him but Steve didn't notice until he looked up into the mirror, he jumped scared, Phil laughed.

'what's wrong with you, you look scared shitless?' Phil asked laughing at the state his brother was in.

'you might find it funny Phil but I don't, these guys are out to get us, and they want me more than you.' he said angrily. Phil just smirked and walked closer to him.

'nah Steve, you did this yourself for getting involved with dad, I mean where was he today then, he's disappeared again, just like he did when we were kids.' Phil said, he paced around the toilets.

'what like you did you mean, you used to disappear for days when we were little and leave me and mum to deal with him.' he shouted.

'I was hardly little, I was fourteen, I'd had enough, he used to beat mum up, and if I ever tried to stop him then I got knocked about as well.' he said sadly, he was beginning to loose it again.

'and what about me, I had to look after mum when she was battered and bruised whilst you were staying at your girlfriends or your mates houses.' Steve said feeling sorry for himself.

'oh shut it Steve, we both had a lot to put up with, we've never had an easy life, you were dads favourite, that's why I got all the grief, and I was mums coz I was the only one out of the both of us able to stand up for mum, and myself.' he said. The both stopped talking as one of the uniformed officers walked in, they both walked out of the toilet.

'lets go into to CID, I want to make sure Sam's ok, she been through a lot today.' he said concerned.

'yeah that's right Phil, when things get too much you go running to her, she will find out what your like eventually, she can do much better than you.' he said trying to wind Phil up, but to his surprise it wasn't working, Phil just walked away, knowing that Steve would follow, coz Steve would be all alone if it wasn't for him. Phil got to CID, and was looking around for Sam, she wasn't there, he walked up to Ramini and asked her where Sam is.

'she went out for a walk with Jo, she was quite upset, she wanted to be alone, but Jo insisted she went with her.' she said concerned for Sam, she was her colleague, but she was also her friend.

'ok thanks Ramini, I'm just happy shes not on her own.' he said smiling gratefully.

'just look after her Phil, from what I've seen she's been though a lot in her life and she doesn't need this, she deserves to be happy.' she said truthfully.

'I will look after her, I'm sorry I got her involved in all this, but I will do anything to protect her, I love her more than anything.' he said, with that Ramani smiled and nodded her head, she left him sat alone for a while until Steve came up to him, obviously to make more snide comments he thought.

'what's wrong with you now, I thought you would be away sulking like you normally do.' Phil said, not in the mood for another bust up.

'nope, I'm nothing like you at all, all you do is think about yourself, and all you care about nowadays is Sam, well what about me Phil, I'm supposed to be your brother?' he said angrily.

'Steve I think you should leave, your not a copper anymore, you have got your own life, and if you want to get mixed in with the wrong crowd then you do that, but yeah all I care about is Sam, I've loved ever since I first saw her, and no one is ever going to change that.' he said a little louder this time, Sam and Jo were just walking through the doors of CID and saw the two of them arguing, Sam and Jo both looked at each other, she couldn't believe it, why were people always blaming Phil for everything, he's not that bad a person, she walked up to them both, most of CID were watching.

'oh look Phil, it's the lovely Samantha, why don't you go and shack up with her then for the rest of your life, she can do much better than you.' he said nastily.

'yeah, you keep saying Steve, I don't know why I bother with you, yeah ok, she probably can do better than me, but me and Sam are together at the minute and I don't intend on messing it up, I love her.' he said, he then looked at Sam and smiled, she smiled back.

'come on Phil, it's getting late now, and there's not much more we can do today, we might as well go home.' she said, she held out her hand, and he glared at Steve before going with her, they both left the station, it was about half past eight, and it was now getting dark.

'do you want to go out tonight or shall we just stay in?' Phil said, Sam turned and looked into his eyes, he put his hands on her waist and held her close to him, she kissed him and he kissed her back. They broke apart a little breathless and she looked at him again and smiled before they both walked hand in hand to his car .

'well, I thought you could come back to mine tonight, maybe we could just watch a film, just to help take our minds off things a bit.' she said getting into the passenger side and putting her seatbelt on, Phil got in the car, he looked out the window staring into space, he then came back to reality to see Sam staring at him, waiting for a reply, she was wondering what was wrong he got his mobile out of his pocket, he turned it off and threw it on the dash board. Sam looked at him confused. After a few seconds he turned and spoke to her.

'that sounds great.' he said, he moved closely to her and they kissed again. After a few moments of silence she started to speak, still knowing something wasn't right.

'what did you turn your phone off for, its always turned on, day and night?' she asked. Still completely puzzled. He was hiding something, she knew him too well.

'well, I don't know about you, but I really don't care about anyone else but you tonight, so I don't want anyone especially Steve, to get in touch with me, therefore I'm all yours, if you want me?' he asked, Sam smiled, she stroked his face and kissed him again.

'I don't know why you keep pulling your self down all the time, your gorgeous, I heard what you were saying to Steve, and I really love you too, I want you to know that I mean it, I will help you through all this, and I want us to be together.' she said seriously, this made Phil smile.

'that's all I've ever wanted, all my life… well what I'm trying to say is, all my life all I've ever wanted is for someone to really love me for who I am.' he said, he didn't look at Sam, she touched his face and pulled him closely to her, she hugged him for a while, and then she pulled away from him.

'are you going to tell me what this is all really about?' she asked. Phil sighed and looked her in the eye.

'yeah, just give me some time and I will tell you everything' he said, he gave her a gentle smile and he turned the key in the car, they drove off, thinking about what had really happened in the last twelve the hours……