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some digging into the
victims background, what I found interested me greatly and I needed to pop out for an hour.
    Richard gave me my break at eleven so we could be in court by two; this gave me enough time to
visit a care home where the defendant’s mother was staying. I parked my car at The Manor and
buzzed myself inside, the care workers took my story of being a niece and led me to Mrs Pilkington’s
room. My hunch was based on the fact that the victim worked in the same home as the defendants
mum resided was too much of a coincidence. The police had looked into the link but came up with
no story just used it to confirm that the victim was preselected. Operating on my general feeling that
elderly women were more likely to chat with a single female than a man in uniform I hoped my
interview would bear fruit.
    Mrs Pilkington looked tiny; she was upright propped up with cushions, watching This Morning on her
little portable TV. The tiny lady sat on a huge arm chair, my heart pulsed she reminded me of my
Gran.
“Mrs Pilkington? Hello my name is Leah I am trying to help your son Joseph” she opened her eyes at
the sound of his name
     
“My joseph where is he? It has been ages since he visited, do you know him? Is he okay?” I sat
beside her and stroked her hand
     
“He is in trouble Mrs Pilkington, he hurt someone badly and they want to punish him” she snapped
back at me, snatching her hand away I felt really guilty, wondering if maybe this was a bad idea.
    “It was someone who cleaned here at the home Jimmy something” the old lady winced and her eyes
filled with fear
“Evil that man is evil he hurt me, he touched me, I told my Joe to tell him to stop but he didn’t, he
took my wedding ring, my Alfie would turn in his grave if he knew” she was getting upset, but I had
all I needed, why had the defence not questioned her properly, I knew this was important so left the
room to call Gordon. My boss was thrilled with my initiative though Richard unimpressed that I had
gone behind his back.
    The court was informed of a delay as the defence lawyer immediately came to see the defendant’s
mother. As it turned out Joseph had approached the victim about the theft of the wedding ring, he
promised to not report him if he returned the ring. Jim did as he was asked but made a couple of
very sick comments about touching his mother which made Joseph snap.
Once the court had all the information the case was dropped, Jim was fired and arrested for theft
and abuse of Mrs Pilkington, it conspired she was one of many he had given the same treatment to.
    I wrote up the story and it was given page five status, Gordon was thrilled my first day had been a
resounding success. We went out for a few drinks and I couldn’t help but notice Richard sending me
daggers, my new mentor was not happy with me, I didn’t care but part of me knew he would
retaliate in some way. I had dealt with worse so Richard, bring it on, he was one minion for me to
crush on my way to the top! Go Leah.
When I got home, Lucy was back and there was a delicious odour permeating the flat.
     
“Hey working girl I thought I would be last in” I wandered in to the kitchen and Adam was there, in
fact he was cooking.
    “Hello Leah, looking smart, I hope you don’t mind me gate crashing you again but hotel rooms are
very lonely places” I smiled to let him know it was fine, he was making chicken stew by the looks of
it, I peered over his shoulder.
“Oh my God that smells like the one your housekeeper used to make” he grinned at me, took a tea
spoon and gave me a taste “oh yes that’s the one how come you know how to make it”
    “I watched and learned, it was always my favourite too, I wouldn’t leave home until I had it
mastered, my flat mates never went hungry with me around” blimey sexy and a good chef Natalie
was very lucky. I excused myself to get my slob clothes on, and then came back in time to sit down
for our meal. We had fresh