Walter 15

Mr Creative Writing with the inmates

Mr Smiley....

Better not say his name I suppose....

I told you I'd got him. (You? Who are YOU? - why am I talking to YOU?)

well, then I went and told him I'd got him....

and he just kept smiling....

and asked me if I'd like to have lunch... and it was lunchtime... and i said 'yes. ok'.....

and we had lunch.. and we got on.. quite well....

It even turned out he'd done my job .. for a while.

..but he'd got the sack for not forwarding any referrals from 'nosey neighbours' -as he put it....

I liked him. I even told him about this stuff.. about Pink Rabbits....

He was encouraging. he made it seem worthwhile... I mean, it is worthwhile - or I wouldn't be doing it.

He completely understood that there was nothing I could do about his prosecution - or whether charges were brought - he didn't even seem to want to talk about it... in fact he made me feel guilty for prying.. Like it was obviously necessarry - or he wouldn't be doing it..

I shouldn't have disclosed myself to him like that.