Chapter Four
Charge Office
By the time Don got back to the station Sean Treadaway was already cooling his heels in the cells. His wife, meanwhile, was in the process of having her property listed by the Station Sergeant, Trevor Watson.
Christine, who was standing next to Gloria, finished placing her prisoner’s few personal items into a clear plastic bag, which she sealed with a red, tamper-proof tag before handing it all across to Trevor for storage.
“Thanks, Chris,” he said to her. “If you wait with Gloria in the Detention Room I’ll get Vi to pop down and take over from you as matron. It should only be a few minutes”
Vi was the senior typist in the station typing pool. She had also been trained to stand in as a “matron” to supervise female prisoners whenever the occasion demanded. Th
