I took the phone from him, composed myself and said: "DI Priest," in my most authoritative voice.
"Hello, Inspector Priest," a husky female replied. "This is Miss Yates, secretary to the Chief Constable."
"Hello, Rita," I boomed into the mouthpiece. "Long time no see." Rita goes through chief constables like Eurostar goes through the Chunnel.
"How can I help you?" The others were hanging on my words.
"I'm just preparing the agenda for the next Serious Crime Operations Group meeting," she told me, 'and I've noticed that at the last one, item eighteen, you offered to look into unsolved crimes going back thirty years. Shall I put you down for a presentation at the next meeting?"
I took a deep breath, puffed my cheeks and exhaled with a poof ff like a beach ball deflating. "Er, no," I stated.
"What would you like me to put?"
"Nothing. Can't you just forget it?"
"No, Inspector. I'm afraid that's not possible."
"Well, just say… say I'm working on it. Nothing to report at this stage."
"I'll have to put it on the agenda, and you can tell the meeting yourself. Will that be all right?"
"If you say so." She rang off and I handed the phone across the desk, my displeasure apparent for all to see. They stared, blank-faced, waiting for a pronouncement. It broke my heart to disappoint them all.
"That's it, lads," I said. "Tea break's over. Back up on your heads."
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