Action, Reaction and Consequences Ch. 09 - Sex Stories

Action, Reaction and Consequences Ch. 09

... device. From what you've told us, it looks likely that either this Mr. Smith, Mr Jones and Mickey were behind this in some way".

Ann interrupted the conversation.

"There were three people who came to see Matt after the initial Police protection was lifted, I saw them leave his room. When I checked at the nurse's station on how they had been allowed inside one of the men produced a Government ID card with a phone number. It went through to a Mr. Smith."

The unnamed man opened his case and retrieved his iPad. Several seconds later he handed it to Ann.

"Yes, that's one of the men, he was holding the arm of the woman."

She handed it back and brought up a picture of Tammi, who Ann identified as the woman. When he showed her another picture Ann said she didn't recognise the man. He pulled up a different picture and she said yes, it was him and she remembered the nurse on the desk describing how the guy had given her 'the chills'.

He turned the tablet and showed Matt the image;

"Mr. Jones by chance?" Matt nodded. Swiping to the photograph Ann didn't recognise, he showed Matt again. "And Mr. Smith?" Matt nodded again.

"Ok gentlemen, we now know who we are dealing with but, what we don't know is, why they are involved in a straightforward gangland boss? I'll do some more work and see what I can uncover. Matt, the Police will be coming tomorrow, you need to play dumb...tell them you have no idea."

Matt nodded. The three men shook Matt's hand once again and ...

... said goodbye, they'd be in touch and left Ann with Matt.

Over the coming days, Ann and Matt reconnected. Ann had an outline of Matt's life, how he'd tried to seek her out but, had to give up. Ann told how she thought about him every day and eventually, plucked up the courage to return to Bournemouth, to his gran's house, to find out she had died and he'd moved on. Every avenue she explored drew a blank so, she too, had given up. Whereas Matt had married Tanya, she had several fleeting relationships over the few years but, they fizzled out. She scratched her itch with some one-night stands, here and there and a healthy selection of vibrators.

Ann was part of Matt's physiotherapy recovery team and helped him so he was mobile and adapting to having a limp. Matt was conscious of his slight deformity, where he had a plate fitted in his skull but, as his hair grew longer, it became less visible, bar some scarring to his face. Ann told him she didn't care.

Matt thought he'd ring Graham but, found the number was disconnected. He rang his home number to be greeted by a few seconds of silence and then, Graham's wife burst into tears. Matt then heard how Graham had been taking time off work and she hadn't known. He'd taken a day off work then, committed suicide on a railway crossing, leaving a note apologising. Matt told her he was sorry and would come to see her, once he was able to.

Matt had no doubt that Lance and his friends were looking for revenge over Mark's death. He ...