The next three weeks crawled by for Sam. She barely ate, slept or spoke to Phil. She barely spoke to anyone, aside from giving orders.
She had given Jo £50 to put towards a leaving gift for Phil, as she was collecting for a present off everyone in CID. Jo noticed that this was more than twice what anyone else had given. Sam had also booked a function room at the White Swan Hotel just outside of Canley for a party. Nobody knew it, but she had paid for the room herself, and put Mickey in charge of everything else. He was under strict instruction to keep all mention of a party away from Phil. She had given Mickey a list of instructions and ideas, ranging from balloons and decorations to a cake, but it was just a list. She had provided all the ideas, but that was all. She wasn't going to have anything else to do with it. After all, who organises a party they're not going to attend?