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had been really done over and all, but no one can get the full bifta. Terri’s frightened of getting involved; Bates told her to keep her nose out, and who can blame her? If her family finds out what she’s doing, there’ll be murders.’
    ‘What did she tell the Old Bill?’
     
    ‘That she came in and found the body. She pretended she was a newbie, though if they believe that, they’ll believe anything; she’s been on the game since she left school. The thing is though, what can she do? If she spills the beans she would be putting everyone in it, most of us do this on the quiet. It’s not like t had been everything to her, and sNke bhe had he Filth would give us a swerve, is it? Do you think we’re safe, Janie?’
    Janie sighed heavily, her face as bewildered as her friend’s. ‘What’s safe in this game? What with dogging and the internet, I’m amazed there’s anyone who still requires our services, they can get a free fuck in any council car park providing they don’t mind an audience. I know one thing though, we’re safer here than on the streets, and whoever did Danielle will be loath to repeat it with all the furore it’s caused. That flat is closed down, but all the others are still going. Old Batesy thinks it was the ex-boyfriend, she was seeing that druggie for years on and off. I can’t see a stranger doing something like that, it’s too personal. I heard she had a chair leg shoved up inside her. I mean, what the fuck would make someone do that to her? And if you remember, she had a few good hidings off that idiot over the years. He put her in hospital more than once.’
    ‘Well, if it was him he’s going to be collared sooner rather than later. Her mum will see to that, she hated him because he kept taking all Danielle’s money.’
    ‘Makes my blood run cold just thinking about it. What a way to die. I think we should consider working in pairs for a while, just in case it’s not him.’
    Lucy shrugged, her shoulders looking even more impressive than usual because of the sheer material of her Matalan top. ‘Well, let’s wait and see. I am on till six and I have a full quota. I’m going to put a heavy ornament by the bed in case of emergencies. But I can’t see anything happening tonight.’
    Janie poured herself another wine and, taking a large swig, she said sadly, ‘I never liked Danielle, she was a flash prat, but I wouldn’t wish anything like that on my worst enemy.’
    ‘Who the fuck would? But it will bring heat with it, you can depend on that.’
     
    Jimmy Heart was worried. He had been arrested, but not charged, and he had been sitting in the interview room for over an hour and a half without anyone even looking in on him. He was terrified. He had last had a toot about an hour before his arrest, and he was just about to go and score when he had been rudely detained. Now he was starting to rock; he needed another hit, and he needed it soon. He was sweating and his heart was racing. He knew that there was something serious going down, but he wasn’t sure about what his part was in all of it. He was shrewd enough to know that he was going to be accused of something, he was also shrewd enough to know that, whatever it was, he probably was involved in some way because he normally was. Unfortunately for him, he had no recollection of anything that might have brought him to the Filth’s attention. He also knew that if he was being detained and ignored by the said Filth, it was a serious tug. But he had not done anything to his knowledge that warranted such a production.
    Jimmy was genuinely bewildered, but he was also worried. The police were more than capable of fitting a person up when the fancy took them. He could name many people who had not only been accused, but put away for a crime they had no knowledge of nor, more importantly, the intelligence to prove their innocence of. It was a worry, but it was also a given. For all his fear, he knew he was nothing more than a junkie,