Fast-forward and Ciaran 22 now, in a rare period of which both his brother Michael and he had both been out of jail at the same time, though Ciaran hadn't spent much time in prison compared to Michael.
Michael had been in and out of prison most of his life, his first visit being at the age of 14 in a young offenders unit, but Michael had been estranged from the family for years before that. We will visit that later on though.
Today being the day of Ciaran release after serving fourteen months of a fifteen month sentence, excited at the thought of Michael waiting for me at the train station, it has been a very long time since he had seen his brother.
Determined to create an honest life, not just for himself but his brother as well, he needed a good role model, one Michael had never had. First things first, celebrations and with what little money the prison released Ciaran with, he and Michael went to the shop and brought a create of larger, Michael convinced Ciaran to but four cans of an alcoholic drink called dragon soup, a drink that had been released while he was serving his custodial sentence. Ciaran was not prepared for the effects caused by him drinking them.
Now with twelve cans of larger and two cans of dragon soup in his stomach, Ciaran was heavily drunk and is now struggling to stay awake. With one of Michaels sign in times fast approaching, him and Ciaran had been minutes away from the M.A.P.P.A. approved premises waiting, but Ciaran is fully unconscious and Michael is very worried now, so much so that he placed a call to the emergency line requesting paramedic support.
As the ambulance arrives, Michael is moving Ciaran away for the puddle of vomit he had just brought up, Ciaran had not yet regained consciousness. With the first look at the paramedics you could tell instantly their frustration, to them its just another drunk person on the streets of Southampton.
As Michael explains his brother Ciaran's circumstances to the paramedics, you could see their frustration quickly turned from frustration to anger, at this point Ciaran started to regain consciousness, though he had no ability to move or speak, he could not even open his eyes but he could hear the hostility grow between the paramedics. Michael doesn't care about the circumstances, he will not let anyone say a bad word about Ciaran. To defuse the situation the paramedics ask Michael to exit the ambulance so that they could take me to hospital.
The next morning Ciaran was up and bouncing around like his usual self and his first thought was to go a get Michael and there he was, waiting outside the approved premises with a big smile on his face. It didn't take long for those that knew them both to realise they are both out together and for those that didn't know about them both, they soon will.
Ciaran being a devilish charmer with piercing blue eyes neve struggled to find a women to fall in to his trap, but for him he wasn't on the hunt for a new women, he was still in contact with Danii, a women he met years before. They met shortly after his return to Southampton, on the run and broken form Krysia, there relationship had been doomed from the start.
At this point it had been the full length of his prison sentence since they had seen each other and like usual, all it took was the one quick call and Danii agreed to meet. It was like nothing had happened and at the sight of each other was like an energy like no other raises in them both, but while there was no denying that Danii was madly in love with Ciaran, for him it was more like his was in love with the idea of being in love with her, or was it because he knew that no matter what, she would always be there as soon as he gave the word, he wasn't sure.
Michael frustrated now because of spend years in prison and when he wasn't, he wasn't to interested in running round jumping for girl to girl. Ciaran knew who he could introduce him to, Tamara. Ciaran and Tamara had a little thing going before he went to jail, in between him and Danii, but Ciaran and Tamara didn't last long,
Tamara adamant that she will stay loyal while he was incarcerated, two weeks in Ciaran calls her but when the phone was answered, it wasn't Tamara but her friend Charlie answered to tell me Tamara is now with someone else, not that I was bothered by that, he did however beat the headset off the housing unit breaking it. It wasn't that she was with someone else, it was the fact that before he went to jail, he had said that they should end it here, fifteen months is a long time to wait for someone to get out of jail.
Like he guessed Michael and Tamara hit it off but nothing would separate Michael and Ciaran, this infuriated both women. As well as both women hating each other, Danii blamed Michael for Ciaran's bad behaviour and Tamara blaming Ciaran for Michaels behaviour, little did they know it was Ciaran and Michael and they didn't need each other to behave in that manner.
Now that was out of the way, its now time for Michael to introduce Ciaran, not to a women but to the business he had started but before he could, it introduce itself to Ciaran. Ciaran and Michael had just left Danii and they had both been walking through the town centre with Tamara when Daniel and Sol approached them, Ciaran had not met them yet but his interest in them both would rapidly grow.
Daniel and Sol walked up to Michael and in a town centre full with large amount of people, Sol removed thousands of pounds from his pocket, he was bragging to Michael about how much money they had made that day, Michael furious at Sol for being so careless with putting that much money on show.
Michael and Ciaran where considered high risk offenders and though Ciaran had served his full sentence, not being subject to any supervision himself, Michael however was and with his violent history and being subject to level three M.A.P.P.A. conditions, this being the highest of the three categories and usually subject to being followed by police officers dressed in normal clothes, just the association could have Michael recalled back to prison.
Michael tells Sol to put the money back in his pocket and that they would both be over to Daniels later that day to collect, not to go out and not to remove the money from his pocket until he was back at the flat.
Ciaran and Michael walk Tamara home, they head out to get some food while they discuss what the repercussions would be for Sol and Daniel for taking such a risk but for them both there was only one. They finish eating and start the walk to Daniels flat which would only take the twenty five minutes, with nothing more then a single decision , the details of which they will work out at the time when they had all the information from being in the flat.
Michael knocks the door and Daniel answers the door, without a word Michael and Ciaran walk right in. Because of how fast the meeting developed in the town centre, Michael had not had the chance to introduce Ciaran to Daniel and Sol, though they had both had no knowledge of Ciaran, the third person in the flat had clearly heard of Ciaran, the mention of his name had caught his attention and a look of fear embodied his face.
Michael asks if he could get a glass of water and while this seemed innocent, Ciaran knew better and the adrenaline grew. Michael reappears in the living room, Ciaran waiting for whatever Michael had planned. Michael with a mischievous look throughs two steak knives at Ciaran and without a problem plucks them both from the air, this had sparked fear in all three but when the turned back to Michael, it was like their lives flashed before them as the see the shine off the large chef's knife Michael was holding.
Sol who was already standing was grabbed by Michael who spun him around and pushed him up against the wall, Ciaran grabs Daniel and throws him against the wall opposite, Ciaran turns to the third person and tells him that at this point he had done nothing wrong, that as long as he sits still and quite, he will be fine.
Like officers of the law Ciaran and Michael start to search both Daniel and Sol, making sure to pat down every inch of their bodies, finding nothing but a phone on each and a small amount of money and weed, Ciaran and Michael start to lose their patience.
"Where is it? Where is it" shouting now Michael is now getting angry, Ciaran had to take control because if he didn't, he wasn't sure where this would lead, he turns to Michael and tells him to start searching the place, Michael looks at him and with a small nod from Ciaran he turns and heads out of the living room.
While Michael is searching the bedroom Ciaran tries to take a more soft approach, if you can call it that. Knowing that they had the money, the fact that they had seen it all hours before, the money itself had to be paid to Michael with him being their boss, but Daniel and Sol know that if it was taken by Ciaran and Michael that they would still have to pay what was owed to them, this wasn't a visit for collection, this was a visit to eat.
Daniel and Sol knew that if they could last through this visit and have the opportunity to hand the money over voluntary, that it wouldn't put them in debt with them both.
The sound of Michael saying "got it" from the bedroom was like music to Ciaran's ears, Michael walking in to the living room again but this time a bag in hand, with that Ciaran turns and with a short sharp nob thank them and tells them it was a pleasure doing business with and both him and Ciaran leave. It would be years before they see Sol and Daniel again.