Josie had dropped completely out of sight. Charlie knew nothing about Josie’s infatuation with Jackson Parrott, she had never mentioned him to her, probably realising that Charlie would not approve of a relationship with a known drug dealer.
Jackson soon tired of Josie, she was too weepy, crying all the time, pleading to go home, and was not proving to be as much of an earner as he had hoped. It was then that Sadiq offered to help her.
‘Listen, Josie, I can get you out of here, if’n you want?’
‘Take me home, you’ll take me home?’
‘Nah, can’t do that, can I? Jackson, he knows where you live, you don’t want him going round there and creating a fuss do you?’
‘Nooo.’ Josie answered uncertainly.
‘Look, you know what a vicious bastard Jackson is, well he’s dead spiteful an’ all. You don’t
