Chapter 3

A/N: Thanks to Vikki, Becki, Sophie Phoenix, Bex and Chelsee6 for reviewing! Your reviews mean a lot to me and as promised, I will not kill off Phil ;) This chapter picks up where the other left off.

When Phil's hand had fallen onto her shoulder, Sam had barely suppressed a small shiver from running through her. It was acts such as these that made it difficult for her to work and she was extremely glad her boyfriend, DS Stuart Turner wasn't here today. She had known Phil long enough to know that he didn't mean anything by his flirtatious comments and occasional touches, but Stuart often didn't realise it, leading to a lot more arguments between them.

Phil leant closer to her, removing his hand from her shoulder, taking the mouse off her and started to type something into the search engine. Sam calmly leant back in her chair, letting Phil get on with some work for a change, not minding in the slightest that their bodies were inches away from touching. Naturally, Stuart would have a problem with their proximity to one another, but he wasn't there. And this was just the way Sam and Phil got on. They were friends. Good friends at that and their flirting was just part of an average day, but Stuart couldn't seem to except that.

The phone rang, jerking her out of her thoughts. Phil was looking at it suspiciously, as if he expected Stuart to be on the other end again. Sam knew it wouldn't be. She'd told Stuart she was going into an hour long meeting just ten minutes ago. She didn't really know why she'd lied, all she knew was she was sick of Stuart checking up on her.

"You going to answer that?" Phil asked with an amused expression on his face. She didn't reply, she just picked up the phone and said

"DS Samantha Nixon,"

"It's PC Fletcher here Serge. Two of the suspects are on the move. It looks like they're going to set up a short con here. What do you want me to do about it?"

"Nothing. Just don't lose sight of them. I want to know what they're up to"

"Okay" Will said, before hanging up. Sam hung up too

"You busy Phil?" she asked

"No. Why?"

"Want to come watch the conmen with me?"

"Sure' he nodded, going to his own desk to retrieve his coat.

Ten minutes later, Sam parked the car along the side of a busy road

"You know, you're parked on double yellow lines" Phil pointed out, smirking a little

"It doesn't matter. Look there they are" she said, nodding towards a blonde man and a woman with black hair talking by the side of the road.

"Right. So what are their names again?"

"The man's Danny Blue. He's the newest member. The woman's Stacie Monroe."

"Right." Phil said, wishing he'd listened more earlier on, "So what're should we do?"

"Nothing yet. I just want to see how they operate. This looks like an early stage of a con. They will have a larger con in waiting, but they and the other members of the gang will be pulling off smaller cons in different places to raise funds, so they have enough to pull off the larger con."

"Right" Phil said again, sounding confused

"You didn't listen at all earlier on did you?" Sam laughed

"Nope" Phil confessed. Sam laughed again. A couple of years ago, this was one of the things she hated about Phil- his inability to concentrate. Now, she didn't mind at all. In fact, it was funny most of the time. It was strange the way things could change.

"Don't worry. I'll keep you up to speed" she told him

"Thanks" he said, smiling at her. They both turned their attention back to the con artists and noticed one of them was now across the road, pulling a heavy table behind her. The man was gazing around the crowded street and suddenly, his eyes fell on their car. A vague look of recognition crossed his face as he stared at Sam. However, he quickly looked away as the woman returned with the table and he smiled at her affectionately before she disappeared into the crowd again and began talking to people. Sam didn't know what the con was yet, but she was almost certain it was about to begin,

"I'll go talk to Danny if you take Stacie" she said

"Wait! What do I ask her about?" Phil asked,

"The barman that got attacked. Just keep her talking until I get there, okay?" Sam said, realising that although Phil not paying attention was funny, it was also annoying at times.

"Right. So what's the boss's name again?"

"Michael Stone"

"Okay, got it" Phil said, getting out of the car and disappearing into the crowds that were gathering. Sam sighed a little and walked in the opposite direction towards Danny. She knew that this was going to be a long day.

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