So sorry for the delay
Part 18
"Good evening Sir. Bit late for you to be out and about. Do you mind if I ask what you are doing?"
"Of course not. But can I ask that we talk quietly as if my partner wakes up it'll spoil her surprise."
"Surprise?" The policeman started walking around Dennis's car looking at the tyres and at the tax disk. Everything was in order.
"Me and my partner are expecting our first child in a couple of months time and i'm doing the nursery out as a surprise. She has no idea and this is the only time I can get rid of the rubbish and things without her seeing. She's tucked up in bed right now with not a care in the world. She hasn't got a clue what is going on."
"We're sorry for bothering you Sir, just keeping an eye on the Square. Good luck with the surprise." The two police officers walk away over to the other end of the Square. Dennis climbs into the drivers side of the car and sits and lets out the biggest sigh of his life. He thought that he was going to be caught. Tears start rolling down his cheeks. Just the thought of being taken away from Sharon and his daughter hit him hard. He wipes the tears away with the back of his hand and starts the car engine.
He drives out of the market and along roads he had travelled on numerous times before. It took him half an hour to reach the canal. He pulled up in a parking bay not far from the side of the canal. Dennis got out of the car and walked to the edge of the canal. He looked around and could see no one around. The body was heavier than he remembered when he had carried it to the boot. He struggled getting it out of the boot but once he had he dragged it over the pavement and slowly rolled it into the canal so it minimised the splash when it entered the water. Dennis stood and watched the body sink to the bottom of the canal and turned and shut the boot of the car.
The drive back to Walford was quicker than the drive out and as he pulled up at the Vic he looked up to the window where Sharon would be sleeping. He had done all of this for her, gotten rid of Den's body. He would do a lot worse if it meant keeping Sharon happy and safe.
