‘Ha, you’ve got no fuckin’ chance. The police are holding him. And, if you ask me, they’ll be charging him, that’s if they haven’t done already. He’ll probably get GBH.’

‘GBH? You’re joking!’ she said as the shock registered. Then she asked, ‘How long will they hold him for?’

‘Depends if he gets bail or not. But if he doesn’t get bail they’ll hold him till the trial.’

‘No!’ she yelled.

This time there was a definite smirk on Glynn’s face when he responded, ‘I’ve sent a solicitor down there. I’ll let you know when I hear anything further. But, even if he doesn’t get bail, don’t worry, you’ll still be able to go and visit him.’

Then Glynn walked away, leaving Adele distraught. She stared after him, open mouthed with astonishment. Just what sort of world did Glynn inhabit where he seemed to think she’d be comforted by the fact that she could still visit Peter in prison if he didn’t get bail? Memories of her time in prison were only too fresh in her mind. She wouldn’t wish that life on anyone, especially her own brother, even if it wouldn’t be the first time he’d been inside.

Adele couldn’t believe her brother would do something so foolish. OK, so he’d been no angel in the past. But he was a businessman now. Why would he want to go getting involved in something like this? She couldn’t understand any of it. And she wasn’t happy that he’d kept her in the dark.

If she had known what he was involved in then maybe she could have talked him out of it. Adele silently cursed herself for ignoring what was going on around her. She should have made it her business to know.

As she stood in the middle of the Golden Bell, recovering from the shock and trying to make sense of what had happened, she came to a decision. From now on she would make sure she knew what went on in Peter’s business world. After all, if the police didn’t release him, she would be at the mercy of Glynn and Mike. And she didn’t trust those two at all.

Chapter 58

It was a week later and Adele was visiting her brother in Strangeways where he was being held on remand. As she peered across the prison visiting room a memory flitted through her mind. It was of the first time Peter had been locked up when he was only a boy. And how that had changed him! Thrown out by their father on his return from the detention centre, he’d spent his teenage years living in a squat; surviving on his wits and the wrong side of the law.