Playing with Trouble
Chapter 9
A shortened chapter, this is the one where Kenny Andrews cross paths with UCOS, will he finally be arrested and charged.
The day of beckoning finally dawned for the UCOS team, individually placing Gerry in undercover might have proved wrongly as his updates became less credible and realistic. Sandra surely suspected the pretty receptionist could be averting or tempting Gerry away from uncovering some further truths, she wasn't liking it at all but didn't confirm it as jealously or losing patience, Sandra liked to mostly keep her private thoughts to herself.
"How do you know this though Sandra, this female receptionist might impartially be seamlessly innocent, besides Gerry does sound rather smitten by her" Jack muttered, his glasses positioned above his head as he attempted to see another way around this situation.
"I know that's what I'm frantic about, thoughtfully last night I was reconsidering making the arrest of Kenny Andrews either today or tomorrow, Strickland's already breathing down my neck and I don't think I can devote another day to acting like a nerve wrecking mess over one investigation case" Sandra murmured, curiously her neutral response revealed signs of work pressure, realization hitting her on full impact, somehow she should contemplate in booking a well deserved holiday for two weeks to soemwhere in Europe, Madrid or the Lake District in order to allow her headaches and stress vanish.
"Do you reckon we ought to, hand Gerry an identification picture of Kenny Andrews, for him to take back with him and perhaps he could have that receptionist to identify him when he felt the time was right" Jack sighed, for two days he'd missed his colleague's energetic ramblings about other detectives from lower policing divisions and how he frowned and grumbled because of minor problems in not being taken too seriously.
"Might be too risky, we could even place Gerry in danger and Strickland's going to be horribly furious with us both" Sandra knew her decision was genuinely accurate and never felt a pleading need of debating it argumentatively.
" Well if you say so, Brian might have jumped in there before you though" Jack hesitantly announced without warning, fearing she'd kick off furiously.
"He's done what!.. Jack sometimes You know I don't like any of you going behind my back intently but you do realize and hopefully Brian does to that he should have requested for direct permission to do so" a dissatisfied Sandra voiced her vast disappointment for this surprise, when Brian returned she knew words might be exchanged.
"Not this all again, remember what happened last time, You and him untimely got your wires crossed resulting in an eventually proved innocent man seeing stars flashing before his eyes after Gerry dramatically punched his lights out" Jack stated, eager to justify several former wrongdoings.
"It was a simple misunderstanding, Gerry fully apologized for his actions because he'd been under pressure strenuously, luckily Strickland felt sympathetic and understood which he usually tends to dismiss sometimes" Sandra implicated positively.
Xxxx
In spite of everything in which he endured on his first day of the undercover work with the manager of hell James, Gerry remarkably enjoyed it, thankfully developing a friendship of sorts with Layla, the kind hearted woman who understood a lot of things he particularly mentioned. Skelton's gym saw the failing business suddenly flourishing rapidly, so that next morning he intended to discover why all of a sudden this was the case. As he regained some fresh breezing refreshing air to his sweaty forehead.
"Gerry!" Gerry glanced irascibly over his shoulder to discover what bothersome buffoon was shouting his name loudly. Brian approached on his bicycle at speed, peddling tiringly as he neared.
"What you doing here does Sandra know? If she doesn't you're dead meat mate" Gerry unimpressively expressed his thoughts as he stopped walking anymore.
"Glad I caught yer Gerry, just wanted to give this to you" Gerry first thought, an exhausted Brian chose to arrive unexpectedly with a birthday present "Oh thanks , actually its not my birthday for another six months" Gerry grumbled unpleasantly.
"No.. No it's a profile picture of Kenny Andrews, keep it on you so you can study who comes in and out of the main entrance, watch closely so you should definitely be able to identify him" An exhausted Brian thoroughly explained, hands still clutched to both bicycle handles as he steadied the bicycle to move slowly along the graveled pavement.
"Blimey Brian they'll be nicknaming me Gerry eyed before you know it" Gerry smirked taking the printed picture, folding it in half and placing inside a jacket pocket , chuckling even as he waved a goodbye to Brian, who wobbled half of the front bike tyre lengthways.
A large heavy built individual collided one on one against Brian on the sloped curb, nevertheless abruptly Brian wasn't feel pleasantly appreciative of the driver's blindness, confrontation loomed something he never needed as he was due back at UCOS to face the wrath of Sandra.
"Oi you watch where yer going granddad, next time wear yer glasses for outdoors ...moron" This rude individual stepped out of his Chevrolet Lacetti, one foot practically stamping heavily.
Brian's eyes widened in shock as he acknowledged their main suspect Kenny Andrews was threatening to knock seven bells out of him, at the eleventh hour Brian wriggled out of further actions as he cycled on, not looking back, keen to inform Sandra, perhaps today they should act instinctively by having Kenny Andrews finally captured for absconding from the police for distantly too long.
Xxxx
Layla twitched nervously as Kenny Andrews entered the gym, carrying a hefty backpack, a tennis racket handle preventing the bag from being zipped up appropriately.
"Good morning sweetheart, I see yer still checking me out aren't ya, I'm getting quite a six pack on me So you must definitely desire a piece of me , Good news I am after all a single man looking for gorgeous bird to accompany me everywhere" He grinned arrogantly knowing all too well, she hated his cockiness, he laughed to himself before disappearing into the men's changing rooms.
Layla sought to tearfully cry her heart out, skeptically there was only enough a woman could harshly tolerate in receiving attention on a grander scaled male dominated environment, enough was enough unambiguously she took a stand, storming away from the reception desk to see James for a private word.
Gerry briefly overheard Kenny's unbearable manners towards Layla, although risky, daring and perilous, eyes shifting elsewhere, side to side and perceptibly the close remained absolutely clear, he pressed a finger down, immediately making a telephone call to UCOS.
"You alright Layla he didn't say anything badly to upset you emotionally did he?" Gerry whsipered towards her, smiling sympathetically as he seemingly got through to UCOS. Layla smiled in response, wiping her eye with small piece of tissue.
Xxxx
Two hours later,: When Sandra let Brian off luckily and somehow after managing forthrightly to persuade Strickland this was the best possibility they could ever have in bringing the prime suspect of their re-investigation case into the death of Vinny Baxter, the UCOS detectives conscientiously moved onward towards the main entrance of the gym and entered. Gerry kept a low profile, as he proceeded continuously to attend to cleaning the counter table.
"Hi I'm Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, this is Brian Lane and Jack Halford we're looking for a Kenny Andrews is he around here anywhere by any chance its just that we really need to chat with him" Sandra spoke with Layla unfazed by what Gerry impressionably saw within the friendly, bubbly receptionist.
"All I know he's taking part in swimming in the indoor swimming arena, which is if you go through them double doors and its to your left," Layla muttered quietly, kindly providing helpful directions.
"How's erm Gerry been getting on in here, has he kept his head down focused on working well" Sandra whispered, sensing her male charming colleague might not be too far in the background, guessing his ears would be roasting.
"Yeah he's a good guy knows how to put a smile on your face , nonetheless sometimes he can be a little stubborn and shy but I guess its probably down to being effectively apart of in this chaotic environment" Layla knowingly informed Sandra, as the two women became chatty.
Jack and Brian deviously disappeared only professionally to check on Layla's answer, all vague flashbacks of the good old days dawned on Jack, as he remembered visiting the swimming baths as a youngster in the 1950's.
"Jack you've got no time to reminisce, time's running out in us capturing Andrews" Brian reminded his longtime friend with a nudge on the shoulder.
"Oh Not you again come back for round 2 have yer" The familiar voice of Kenny Andrews echoed around all four corners of the populated swimming arena, they pivoted to face him noticing his bare flat lined chest and stomach.
As Jack was about to flash his UCOS badge, Kenny realized the game might finally be ended for him and so he desperately made a sprint for it in his swimming trunks, skipping and clumsily avoiding a head on calamity collision with the lifeguard who he shoved in the pool, Jack and Brian struggled to keep with him the younger male as both detectives staggered for breath, thankfully however before they knew it the entrance door flung widely open and Kenny was knocked out cold flat on the tiled floor.
"Bloody Hell do I have to precisely do everything" Sandra's voice turned gruffer as she moaned staring at her two colleagues.
Xxxx
"So Kenny we've finally managed to hall you in for questioning you've cleverly evaded it for so long… so how come you've never got originally questioned for the death of Vinny Baxter blackmailed some investigating officer did you so he could let you off Scott-free and have you protected." Sandra deliberately demanded a straight answer, she wasn't going to hear lies all over again.
"Yeah I did hear Vinny got kicked about, little nuisance practically asked for it I guess, with attending the football match at Stamford Bridge" Kenny tenaciously rearranged his confession, maybe the time of giving up had arrived for him, as he witnessed the annoyance and impatience in the two detectives interviewing him , he slyly delighted in it.
"Don't wind us up Kenny we've got a backlog of evidence on you, your previous convictions for other crimes, come on confess" Gerry bellowed, finding this male's uncaring attitude grating noticeably.
"What? don't get too intelligent for my own liking Detective Superintendent... alright i aimed to do was to purposely intend to deliver a warning to Vinny's brother Thomas, unfortunately this all went tragically wrong on a bigger scale, I only meant to scare him we brutally fought then he whacked his head on the railing and fell on his back, I wouldn't say I murdered him if you get my drift" Kenny eventually half confessed, they couldn't tell if he was attempting to mock.
"So what your telling us is it true?" Gerry requested, feeling a pang of sickness of hearing the gory details of the description of Vinny Baxter's death.
"What do you want me to write it in my own blood?…. Don't take the piss will yer..I'm laying my confession on the table for you " Kenny groaned impassively and emotionlessly, awaiting to be charged, hating the long drawn out questions directed towards him.
A short time later as they rounded up the interview, Sandra did charge Kenny with murder and intention to kill. She and Gerry explained all to Brian and Jack as they all found a sense of relief finally, the case had been finally resolved and now it was up to Brian to inform Thomas.
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Gerry sneaked out before Sandra could catch up on daily events with him, he'd organize to take Layla out for drinks at his local pub The Lion Heart, as friends he reassured her, nothing more.
"Glad you got that scumbag arrested, deserved the dastardly gleeful smirk wiped clean off his face" Layla drank half of her glass of orange, surprising Gerry.
"i see someone's particuarly thirsty tonight" Gerry muttered silently.
She sighed, contemplating on a rough day "Been a difficult complicated day, didn't fancy buying an alcoholic drink incase i might have done and then i would have given you the shock of your life, prancing around the counter, dancing to Lady Gaga's Just Dance"
"You did well"
"Me I hardly did anything" in reply she jabbed her finger on her shoulder.
"You directed my colleagues to him that's something to feel better about I guess" Gerry smirked winking an eyebrow.
End of chapter.
