A Change Of Trade
Mick phones this morning. Says the plod brought back all his stock. said there had been a mistake. There was nothing to worry about after all. I asked Mick what kind of stuff they’d seized. “Continental,” he says. By which he means hardcore. I mean, not just hardcore - not just normal stuff if you know what I’m saying. Weird stuff, kinky stuff. I tell you, some of that stuff’d turn your stomach. So I say, “How come they let you have it back?” He says, “Ways and means, my boy, ways and means...”
There’s something very fishy about Mick. He’s obviously had to pull some strings to get away with this one. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s got something on one of the high-ups in the Vice Squad or the Flying Squad or whatever squad it is that seizes the smut mags. Seems funny how they let him off like that, anyhow.
Mick asked me if I wanted to come down and work in the shop this afternoon. He says he could do with some regular help these days. I didn’t want to go really. It gets on my tits watching all those middle-aged businessmen drooling over wank mags. But I can do with the money. The delivery work’s been drying up lately. Big D reckons the custom isn’t there any more. For neon and that. Says he’s thinking of switching over to softer drugs, dope, XTC, stuff like that. But I think what’s really happening is he’s getting junkies to do all the dirty work. He can get them to deliver for nothing as long as he also supplies them too. So they end up paying him. He don’t ask where they get the money and he don’t really care. He knows they are not reliable but if they screw up he screws them up. The end result is that people like me - people who are reliable, people he can trust - get given the big E.
So anyway, I went down the shop and did the afternoon. Pissed me off, but at least I ended up with some cash for tonight. The one thing you can say about Mick is that he isn’t mean. He knew I needed the dosh, so he gave it to me then and there. So, as a result, I’m well set up for tonight.
Think I’ll try the Vauxhall Tavern for a change. A bit queeny but at least I might get some trade.
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