Payback Time 16 ( Finally its over)

Tom Marks made a phone call to Paul Fletcher’s wife Jenny, in Portugal. She answered the phone.

“Hi babe, it’s me.”

“Any news yet?”

“Yes, it’s done; Frank McGinley just called and confirmed, it’s over Jen.”

There was a silence, then Jenny spoke quietly.

“Is everything in place, you know, sorted?”

“Yep, Paul unknowingly signed the will along with a load of other documents a week ago, he leaves everything to you, the deal is that you sell all the businesses to McGinley and you keep all the properties, he’s promised you’ll be well looked after.”

“What about me and you?”

“We’ll have to wait a while babe till everything settles down, then we can move on.”

“I love you Tom.”

“Love you too Jen.”

“So what happens now?”

“Well, in a short while, you’ll get a call from Cornwell telling you about the sad demise of Paul, he’ll say that it looks like Paul had too much to drink and fell into the large hole that was being dug for the swimming pool, he smashed his head on the hard-core at the bottom, you’ll be all upset and fly home, there’ll be an inquest of course but I’m assured by everyone concerned that it will come out as accidental death.”

“Okay honey, see you soon.”

Tom Marks smiled, he suddenly realised that he had finally got rid of that bullying prat Paul Fletcher, no more having to kiss his arse every time he called, no longer having to bite his lip every time he called him a cunt. In a years’ time he would leave his wife and kids and move in with Jenny. He’d strike a deal with his wife and she and the kids would want for nothing. He was also confident that Jenny would take on board Paul’s son Billy. She’d always known about Pauls other women, especially Kathy, oh yes, she knew all about Kathy.

It actually took eighteen months for everything to be sorted.

Paul Fletcher’s death was accidental. The coroner determined that Paul Fletcher had been upset by the death of his lover Kathy Jenkins; he was driven home from the hospital by one of his employees who confirmed that he had been distraught and was acting in a confused way. He had returned to an empty house where he had then drank approximately 40 cls of alcohol, more than half a bottle of whiskey, he had wandered into the garden and fallen into the large hole being dug for the swimming pool, the drop was twelve feet and he had landed head first onto the hard-core causing massive head injuries. Two of his employees who were sitting outside confirmed that no one had entered or left the building at this time. There was no CCTV footage as for some unknown reason the system wasn’t working that day.

It was thought that Ross King, a well-known drug dealer, was the victim of a contract killing, another dealer had recently been released from prison and many eye witnesses had confirmed that the two of them had had an argument in the Oporto Public house in East London just days before.

Terry Murphy was the main suspect and it was thought that he had fled the country and was now living abroad.

Jenny Fletcher sold all Paul’s business interests to Mr Frank McGinley, a well- known and respected business man from North London; he made her a very generous offer of £2.4m, which she gratefully accepted. Mister McGinley also agreed to keep on all of Paul Fletcher’s employees, they were extremely grateful for his gesture. Jenny kept all of Paul’s property portfolio.

Tom Marks left his wife and two children and moved in with Paul’s widow, Jenny Fletcher, she had relied on him heavily during the inquest and a relationship blossomed, they planned to live six months in England and six months in Portugal. Jenny was distraught when she found out that Paul had a love child called Billy, but after finding out that his mother had been killed in a vicious attack and that Billy was now an orphan, she decided the most decent thing to do was for him to live with her and Tom, they adopted Billy.

DCI Cornwell was promoted to Detective Superintendent twelve months after Paul Fletcher’s death. The promotion was gained due to his relentless work in fighting organised crime in Central London. One of his biggest supporters in gaining promotion was Councillor Ian Morgan.

Councillor Morgan became Labour’s representative for Hackney in the recent by-election after the mysterious death of the previous representative. Councillor Morgan won the election and became Member of Parliament for Hackney; one of his biggest donations came from businessman Mr Frank McGinley.

Mr Ian Morgan M.P. never forgot the day he played cards with Paul Fletcher all those years ago when he was just a lowly surveyor on the council.