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anythin’ we like.’
Soon, the party was well underway. The two girls got up to dance and one of them kicked over someone’s beer.
‘Oh, I’m sorry,’ Mandy apologised. ‘Is there a cloth in kitchen?’
‘I expect so. Come on Kylie. Dance with me while she cleans up the mess.’ Kevin quite fancied the girl and was ready to make a new start with someone.
‘I should help Mandy.’
‘Nah. Don’t bovver. She’ll be all right. D’ya fancy comin’ upstairs wiv me?’
She gave a shrug and followed him up. The two lads left downstairs made typically rude comments as they went.
‘Go for it Kev,’ called Fred after them. They sat there for a while, with Jace wondering if Mandy would be up for a trip upstairs.
There was a hammering at the door. Jace looked out.
‘Blimey. Looks like it’s the fuzz. I’m sure that’s the cop what interviewed us.’ He went to the bottom of the stairs and bellowed for Kevin to come down.
‘Bugger off,’ he yelled back.
‘The cops are here. Come on down now.’ He went to open the door, as they were offering to call for someone to come with a ram to batter it down. ‘Mornin’,’ he said opening the door.
‘Is Kevin Riley here?’ said Chief Inspector Jones.
‘’E’s jus’ cummin.’
‘And you are?’
‘Jace Blenkinsop.’
‘Oh yes, I know you. Something to do with mobile phones.’ The youth looked down, as if he was avoiding the policeman’s stare. ‘We’d like to come in,’ he said, pushing past Jace. Ted Wilkes followed him, looking round the room as he did so.
‘’Ere, you can’t do that. ‘Ave you got one of them thingies? What d’ya call it?’
‘A warrant,’ Fred told him.
‘Yer. ‘Ave you got one of them wot ‘e said?’
‘We could waste a whole lot of time getting one but as we’re here now, we’ll speak to you all. Now, where’s Kevin? And where’s Mr Riley? I mean the one who owns this place.’
‘Dunno,’ Fred replied. ‘Kev invited us over. P’raps he went out somewhere.’
‘And gave you lot permission to be here? I somehow doubt that. Ah, here’s the man himself,’ he said as Kevin came down the stairs.
‘Mornin’,’ he muttered. ‘What now?’
‘We’d like you to come along with us. A few questions to be answered.’
‘What am I s’posed to ‘ave done?’
‘Hopefully, nothing. We have a few matters to clear up.’
‘’Ow did you know I was ‘ere?’
‘Your Mum told us. She didn’t mention you’d have friends here too.’
‘You’d best clear off now,’ he told his mates. ‘Kylie? You’ve gotta go,’ he yelled up the stairs.
‘Perhaps you’d better clear up a bit first, too,’ said Ray. It’d be a dreadful shock for your brother to come back to this lot. We can wait for a few minutes.’
They watched as the lads stuffed the empty cans into the kitchen bin.
‘I haven’t really cleared up the beer spill properly,’ said Mandy.
‘Don’t worry about it,’ Jace told her.
‘We might need to speak to you again. Where do you live?’ Ray asked them. They gave him their addresses, which he seriously doubted actually existed.
‘Don’t worry Sir, we’ve got them on record. Except for you two young ladies.’
‘She’s my sister and the other’s called Kylie. She lived down the road from us,’ Fred informed them.
‘Very well. Off you go then.’
‘Right. See ya round,’ Fred said as he collected the rest of his group together. They all piled into his car and he drove away sounding his strident horn along the street.
‘That should have woken anyone having a lie in,’ remarked Ted.
‘Okay sonny. Let’s go,’ Ray told Kevin.
‘I thought ya wanted to talk ‘ere.’
‘No. I think we’ll take you to the station.’
‘Wot am I s’posed to ‘ave done?’
‘That we shall find out.’
They bundled him into the car and drove back to the police station. He was put into an interview room and left for a while to calm down. Ray took out the interview notes and
Soon, the party was well underway. The two girls got up to dance and one of them kicked over someone’s beer.
‘Oh, I’m sorry,’ Mandy apologised. ‘Is there a cloth in kitchen?’
‘I expect so. Come on Kylie. Dance with me while she cleans up the mess.’ Kevin quite fancied the girl and was ready to make a new start with someone.
‘I should help Mandy.’
‘Nah. Don’t bovver. She’ll be all right. D’ya fancy comin’ upstairs wiv me?’
She gave a shrug and followed him up. The two lads left downstairs made typically rude comments as they went.
‘Go for it Kev,’ called Fred after them. They sat there for a while, with Jace wondering if Mandy would be up for a trip upstairs.
There was a hammering at the door. Jace looked out.
‘Blimey. Looks like it’s the fuzz. I’m sure that’s the cop what interviewed us.’ He went to the bottom of the stairs and bellowed for Kevin to come down.
‘Bugger off,’ he yelled back.
‘The cops are here. Come on down now.’ He went to open the door, as they were offering to call for someone to come with a ram to batter it down. ‘Mornin’,’ he said opening the door.
‘Is Kevin Riley here?’ said Chief Inspector Jones.
‘’E’s jus’ cummin.’
‘And you are?’
‘Jace Blenkinsop.’
‘Oh yes, I know you. Something to do with mobile phones.’ The youth looked down, as if he was avoiding the policeman’s stare. ‘We’d like to come in,’ he said, pushing past Jace. Ted Wilkes followed him, looking round the room as he did so.
‘’Ere, you can’t do that. ‘Ave you got one of them thingies? What d’ya call it?’
‘A warrant,’ Fred told him.
‘Yer. ‘Ave you got one of them wot ‘e said?’
‘We could waste a whole lot of time getting one but as we’re here now, we’ll speak to you all. Now, where’s Kevin? And where’s Mr Riley? I mean the one who owns this place.’
‘Dunno,’ Fred replied. ‘Kev invited us over. P’raps he went out somewhere.’
‘And gave you lot permission to be here? I somehow doubt that. Ah, here’s the man himself,’ he said as Kevin came down the stairs.
‘Mornin’,’ he muttered. ‘What now?’
‘We’d like you to come along with us. A few questions to be answered.’
‘What am I s’posed to ‘ave done?’
‘Hopefully, nothing. We have a few matters to clear up.’
‘’Ow did you know I was ‘ere?’
‘Your Mum told us. She didn’t mention you’d have friends here too.’
‘You’d best clear off now,’ he told his mates. ‘Kylie? You’ve gotta go,’ he yelled up the stairs.
‘Perhaps you’d better clear up a bit first, too,’ said Ray. It’d be a dreadful shock for your brother to come back to this lot. We can wait for a few minutes.’
They watched as the lads stuffed the empty cans into the kitchen bin.
‘I haven’t really cleared up the beer spill properly,’ said Mandy.
‘Don’t worry about it,’ Jace told her.
‘We might need to speak to you again. Where do you live?’ Ray asked them. They gave him their addresses, which he seriously doubted actually existed.
‘Don’t worry Sir, we’ve got them on record. Except for you two young ladies.’
‘She’s my sister and the other’s called Kylie. She lived down the road from us,’ Fred informed them.
‘Very well. Off you go then.’
‘Right. See ya round,’ Fred said as he collected the rest of his group together. They all piled into his car and he drove away sounding his strident horn along the street.
‘That should have woken anyone having a lie in,’ remarked Ted.
‘Okay sonny. Let’s go,’ Ray told Kevin.
‘I thought ya wanted to talk ‘ere.’
‘No. I think we’ll take you to the station.’
‘Wot am I s’posed to ‘ave done?’
‘That we shall find out.’
They bundled him into the car and drove back to the police station. He was put into an interview room and left for a while to calm down. Ray took out the interview notes and
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