when a criminal is arrested

one of the first things that happens is

the interview at the police station

questions and answers

the detective asks the questions

and the criminal answers

or not

some of them won't say a word

others talk and talk

and talk

ian is a great talker he wants to tell

the detective everything

from beginning to end

every

single detail

it was tony's idea

ian says

moving about in his seat

tony's my brother

two years younger than me

but he was always the clever one

it was all his idea

i just went along with it

he's still trying to get comfortable

it's not easy to get comfortable in the

interview room

the detective could tell him that

he could tell him about the chair he's

sitting in

it's a special interview chair

with its front legs just a little bit

shorter than its back legs

very uncomfortable

so

tony says to me one day he says

ian

this is one plan that cannot fail

and he tells me about it

we spend a long time talking about it

and i'm trying to find things wrong with

it

but it's good

it's a really good plan

that's why i'm here

it was just

too good

ian looks around again

studying the walls looking for two-way

mirrors secret listening spy holes

the one thing he hasn't expected is the

quietness

it's 11 30 on a weekday night

and the police station is like a ghost

town

ian wants to see lights action

lots of police uniforms

yet again in his life he's disappointed

he goes on with his story

tony had noticed the slip road

he drove from fife to edinburgh most

saturday nights

taking a car full of friends for a night

out

on the a-90 road south of the fourth

road bridge

tony saw the signpost for the slip road

department of transport

vehicle check area only

that's what started his idea

the next morning he went back and drove

up the slip road which took him to a

kind of roundabout in the middle of

nowhere

he stopped his car and got out

there was grass growing in the middle of

the road

he didn't think the place got used much

there was a hut nearby and another slip

road went back down onto the a 90 road

he stood there for a while

listening to the noise of traffic below

him

and the idea slowly grew in his mind

you see

ian went on

tony had two guards uniforms at home

he's always had the idea of robbing some

place and always knew those uniforms

would be useful

and one of his old friends a man called

malk was good at getting false papers

so tony brought him in

have you got a cigarette

the detective points to the no smoking

sign

but then raises his eyebrows and says

okay

he gives ian a packet of ten and some

matches

thanks

ian lights up a cigarette

breathes noisily

so you see

he goes on

it was all tony's idea and malk

well

he'd done this kind of thing before

i was just family

that's why tony brought me in

i'm not saying i wasn't part of it

i mean

that's why i'm here now

i just want it in the police report that

i wasn't the leader

the clever one

i think i can agree with that

the detective says

aren't you going to write all this down

asks ian

we're trained boy

we remember everything

so

ian nods

goes on with his story

the interview room is small and airless

it smells of all the people who have

told their stories in there

a few of the stories were even true

so we drive up this slip road a few

times

nobody notices us asks what we're doing

tony's happy about that

and the plan is fixed for last wednesday

why a wednesday the detective asks

ian shakes his head

tony's idea he said

he moves around again in his chair

remembering wednesday night

tony and ian were dressed in the

uniforms

tony had a friend with a big truck

it had been easy to borrow it for the

night

the story was they were helping someone

move house

they took the truck up to the roundabout

left the car near the bottom of the slip

road

malk was dressed like a truck driver and

he and ian waited by the truck

tony went back down to the a90

stood by the department of transport

sign

and used a torch to stop a lorry on the

road

then he told the lorry driver to drive

up the slip road

to the vehicle check area

when he got there the driver would see a

man in uniform ian

interviewing a truck driver

malk

that way the real driver wouldn't think

anything strange was going on

it was just normal department of

transport interviews

it worked ian says

that's what's so amazing

the driver brought his lorry up to the

roundabout

stopped it and got out

tony comes driving up gets out of his

car says he wants to check the cargo

the detective has a question

suppose the cargo had been bananas or

fish or something

we send that lorry on and stop another

one

until we get something we can sell

but

we were lucky first time

washing machines

24 of them

300 pounds each

we just got them into our own truck and

away we went

ian stops

you're wondering about the driver aren't

you

there were three of us remember

we just tied him up

left him in his lorry

we knew he'd get free in the end

tony had two lock-up garages and we took

the washing machines there

we were already thinking about who we

could sell them to

there's a man we knew name of andy

horrigan who does

bits of business

doesn't ask questions you know

i thought maybe he'd be

interested we wanted to be careful who

we sold to see

when the news got out about the robbery

on the a 90

ian stops again for a minute

of course

we'd already made our big mistake

one mistake

ian asks for another cigarette

his hand is shaking as he lights it

he can't get it out of his head the huge

bad luck of it

before he's said a word to andy horrigan

horrigan has a question for him

heard anything about a robbery on the

a90

washing machines

off the back of our lorry

i didn't see anything in the newspapers

ian had said

which was true

all three of them had been surprised by

that

why hadn't the robbery been in the news

ian could see that horrigan knew the

reason why

and ian could also see in horrigan's

face that it wasn't good news

it wasn't in the newspapers and it never

will be says horrigan

he goes on to explain why

and ian feels his life coming to an end

he runs to the lock-up garage finding

tony there

tony already knows

it's written on his face

they have to move the washing machines

throw them away

somehow

somewhere

fast

but they don't have the truck anymore

where can they get a truck

wait a bit

tony had said

starting to think again

eddie hart doesn't want the washing

machines does he

he only wants what he put in them

eddie hart

the name made ian's legs go weak

steady eddie was mr big in dundee

a man who controlled most of the

criminal business in the town

the stories about him would make your

hair stand on end

if you made steady eddie angry

you didn't wake up again the next day

and now

hurricane had said

eddie was looking for blood

he was in the drugs business

and needed to move drugs around a lot

what he did was this

he hid the drugs in fridges

washing machines

dryers freezers

and his lorries went up and down the

country

all they needed was a few false papers

it just so happened that tony had

stopped one of eddie's drivers

and now

eddie wanted blood

but tony was right

find the drugs

get them back to eddie

and maybe

eddie wouldn't kill them

so they started pulling the packing out

of the washing machines

taking the backs off searching for

hidden packets

they went through

every machine

in both garages

checked them once

twice

three times

and found

nothing

wait a bit

said tony

he started counting the machines

there was one missing

the brothers looked at each other

then ran to tony's car

at mark's mother's house

malk had just fitted her new washing

machine

mark's mother was as pleased as anything

she had a crowd of neighbors in her

kitchen

my boy so

good to me she was telling them

he saved his money and bought me this as

a surprise

even ian knew they were in real trouble

now

everyone in town would get to hear about

the new washing machines

and everyone meant

eddie hart

tony and ian took malk outside and

explained

malk went back inside

pulled the machine out again and started

taking the back off

his hands were shaking so much it took

him a long time

but

at last he had the back off

and began to pass

brown paper packets to tony and ian

tony explained to the neighbors that

these were just heavy things used in

packing to stop the machines shaking in

the lorry

like bricks

one neighbor asked

and when tony agreed with her sweat

running down his face

she added another question

why cover bricks in brown paper

tony beyond explanations put his head in

his hands

and wept

the detective brings back two cups of

coffee

one for himself one for ian

he's been checking things

using the computer

making some phone calls

ian sits

ready to tell him the end of the story

we had to think of a way to get the

drugs back to eddie

he has a nightclub in dundee

we drove up there night before last

and put the drugs in one of the rubbish

skips at the back of the club

then we phoned the club and told them

where to find the packets

the problem was that their rubbish skips

are emptied at night

so sometime

that night the skip got emptied

and

and it was me who made the phone call

and there were two numbers in the phone

book

i meant to phone the office number but i

got it wrong and phoned the other number

which is a phone by the bar

anyway

someone answered

i said my piece and put the phone down

maybe it was a customer

maybe they went outside and got the

drugs for themselves before the skip was

emptied

maybe

they thought

i was crazy or

something

ian's voice is shaking

he's almost crying

so mr hart didn't get his drugs back

the detective guesses

ian nods

and now your brother and mark have gone

missing

eddie's got them says ian he must have

and so you want us to protect you

the detective asks

i'm in terrible danger

ian says

i mean

there's a price on my head now

you've got to help me

the detective shakes his head

if somebody needs protection we can do

it

he says but there's no report of a

robbery of washing machines on the a 90

yes

we would love to catch mr hart and put

him in prison

but there's nothing to prove

that mr hart is doing anything criminal

the detective moves his chair closer to

ian

you see

i know that you lost your job after

arguing with your boss

and you told your boss that your brother

would come and break his bones

i found that out from the computer

what i didn't find in the computer

was anything about washing machines

drugs in brown paper packets

or

missing persons

ian jumps up from his seat begins

walking around the room

you could go to the place where they

empty the rubbish skips

if the drugs are there you'll find them

or

or go to the garages

the washing machines will still be there

unless

steady eddie's taken them

don't you see

i'm the only one left who can speak

against him

the detective is on his feet now too

i think it's time for you to go home son

i'll take you to the door

i need protection

the detective comes up to him again

his face very close to ian's

get your brother to protect you

his name's

billy

isn't it

the one who breaks bones

only you can't do that can you

because you haven't got a brother called

billy

or a brother called tony

the detective stops

begins again

you haven't got anybody ian

you're a nobody

these stories of yours

that's all they are

stories

come on now it's time you are home

your mum will be worried about you

she got a new washing machine last week

ian says softly

the man who brought it to the house

he said he was late because he'd had to

stop at a checkpoint

it is quiet in the interview room

quiet for a long time

until ian begins weeping

weeping for the brother that he's just

lost again

you

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当一个罪犯被捕

时，首先发生的事情之一就是

在警察局的采访

问题和

回答侦探问问题

和罪犯回答

与否

他们中的一些人不会说一个字

其他人说话和说话

和

说话 一个健谈的人，他想

告诉侦探

从头到尾的每件事，

每

一个

细节都是托尼的主意，

伊恩

说在他的座位上走动

托尼是我

比我小两岁的兄弟，

但他总是很聪明，

这都是他的主意，

我只是 跟着他继续

他还在

努力让自己舒服在

采访

室里不舒服侦探可以告诉他

他可以告诉他他

坐在椅子上

这是一把特殊的采访椅

，前腿稍微

短一点 比它的后腿

非常不舒服，

所以

托尼有一天对我说，他说

这是一个不会失败的计划

，他告诉我

我们花了很长时间谈论

它 我正试图找出问题所在，

但这很好，

这是一个非常好的计划

，这就是我在这里的原因，

太好了，

伊恩再次环顾四周，

研究墙壁，寻找双向

镜子，秘密监听，间谍

洞，一件事 他没想到

的是工作日晚上 11 点 30 分的安静

，警察局就像一个鬼城

ian 想在他的生活中再次看到灯光动作

很多警察制服

他很

失望他继续讲述

托尼注意到的故事

大多数星期六晚上他从法夫开到爱丁堡的支路

带着一辆车

在四路桥以南的 a-90 路上过夜

第二天早上他的想法开始了 他回去开车

沿着支路行驶，这条支路将他带到了

一个偏僻的环形交叉路口

他停下车然后下车，路

中间长着草

他 没想到这个地方用得太多

，附近有一间小屋，另一条

支路又回到了 90 号公路，

他站了一会儿，

听着下面的交通噪音

，这个想法慢慢在他的脑海里生根发芽，

你看

伊恩继续说，

托尼在家里有两套警卫制服，

他一直有抢劫某个地方的想法，

并且一直知道这些制服

很有用

，他的一个老朋友一个叫马尔克的人

擅长弄假文件，

所以托尼带他进来

了 有一根

香烟 侦探指着禁止吸烟的

标志，

但随后扬起眉毛说

好吧，

他给了 ian 一包 10 根

火柴，

谢谢

ian 点燃了一支香烟

大声呼吸，

所以你看

他继续说下去，

这完全是托尼的主意

好吧

，在我成为家人之前，他就做过这种事，

这就是托尼带我进来

的原因

我不是

领导者 第一个

我想我可以

同意侦探说

你不打算把这一切都写下来

问伊恩

我们是受过训练的男孩

我们记得一切

所以

伊恩点头

继续他的

故事采访室很小而且没有空气

它闻起来有味道 那里所有的人都

讲述了他们的故事，

其中一些故事甚至是真的，

所以我们沿着这条支路行驶了几次

没有人注意到我们问我们在做什么，

托尼对此很高兴，

并且计划在上周三确定

为什么 星期三侦探问

伊恩摇头

托尼的想法 他说

他又在椅子上四处走动

想起星期三晚上

托尼和伊恩穿着

制服

托尼有一个朋友开着一辆大卡车

晚上借来很容易 故事是他们正在帮助某人

搬家

他们把卡车开到环形交叉路口

离开了支路底部附近的汽车

马尔克穿着卡车司机的衣服

他和伊恩在卡车旁等着

托尼回到了 e a90

站在交通部的

标志

旁，用手电筒将一辆卡车停在路上，

然后他告诉卡车司机开

到支路

到车辆检查区，

当他到达那里时，司机会看到

一个穿制服的人ian

以这种方式采访卡车司机

马尔克

，真正的司机不会认为发生了

什么奇怪的事情，

这只是正常的

运输部门采访，

它起作用了伊恩

说这真是太神奇

了，司机把他的卡车带到了

环形交叉路口

停下来，然后下车

托尼 开车过来

下车说他想检查

货物侦探有一个问题

假设货物是香蕉或

鱼或其他东西

我们派那辆卡车停下另

一辆

直到我们得到可以出售的东西

但

我们很幸运 第一次

洗衣机

24 台，

每台 300 磅，

我们刚把它们装进自己的卡车，然后

我们就走了

我们只是把他绑起来，

把他留在他的卡车里

我们知道他最终会得到自由

托尼有两个带锁的车库 我们

把洗衣机带到那里

我们已经在考虑我们

可以把它们卖给谁

我们认识一个人 安迪·

霍里根（Andy horrigan）的名字 做点小生意

不问问题 你知道

我想也许他会

感兴趣 我们想小心

我们卖的人 看看

什么时候关于 90 ian 抢劫的消息再次停止

当然，

我们已经犯了一个大错误

一个错误

伊恩要另一支烟

他点燃时他的手在颤抖

他无法把它从脑子里拿出来

在他对安迪说一句话之前，它的巨大运气 horrigan

horrigan 有一个问题要问他

听说

我们的货车后面的 a90 洗衣机发生抢劫案

我没有在报纸上看到

ian 说的任何内容

这是真的

他们三个都对此感到惊讶

为什么没有 抢劫案发生在新闻

ian 可以看到 那个 horrigan 知道

原因

，ian 也可以从 horrigan 的

脸上看出这不是好消息，

它没有出现在报纸上，而且永远

不会说 horrigan

他继续解释为什么

，ian 觉得他的生命即将结束

他跑到上锁的车库找到

托尼那

里托尼已经知道

它写在他的脸上

他们必须移动洗衣机

以某种方式快速将它们扔到

某个地方

但他们没有卡车了

他们在哪里可以得到卡车

等等

托尼

说过要重新考虑

埃迪·哈特不想要洗衣机

他只想要他放进

去

的东西

镇上的生意

如果你让埃迪生气，

你第二天就没有再醒来，关于他的故事会让你头发直立

，现在

飓风说

埃迪正在寻找血液，

他从事毒品生意

，需要 为了大量运送毒品，

他所做的是，

他把毒品藏在冰箱里，

洗衣机，

烘干机，冰柜里

，他的卡车在

全国上下穿梭，他们所需要的只是一些假

文件，碰巧托尼

拦住了埃迪的一名司机

现在

埃迪想要血，

但托尼是对的，

发现药物

让他们回到埃迪身上

，也许

埃迪不会杀了他们，

所以他们开始从洗衣机里拉出包装，

取下背部，寻找

隐藏的包裹，

他们穿过

每台

机器 两个车库都

检查了两次

3 次

什么也

没找到 很高兴

她的厨房里有一群邻居

我的男孩

对我太好了，她告诉他们

他存钱买了我

令人惊讶的

是，即使 ian 知道他们遇到了真正的麻烦，

现在

镇上的每个人都会听到

关于新洗衣机的消息

，每个人的意思

都是 eddie hart tony 和 ian 把 malk 带到外面并

解释说

malk 回到里面

又把机器拉出来并开始

服用

他的手颤抖得厉害，

他花了很长时间，

但最后他终于放下了

，开始把

牛皮纸包递给托尼，

伊恩托尼向邻居解释说，

这些只是用来

打包的重物，以阻止 卡车里的机器

像砖头一样晃动

一位邻居问

，当托尼同意她的汗水

顺着他的脸流下来时，

她又补充了一个问题，

为什么用棕色纸盖住砖块，

托尼无法解释地把头埋在

手里

哭泣 侦探带回了两杯

咖啡 给自己一份 给 ian

他一直在用电脑检查东西

打了几个电话

ian 坐下来

准备告诉他故事的结尾

想办法把

毒品还给埃迪

他在邓迪有一家

夜总会 我们前天晚上开车到那里

把毒品放在

俱乐部后面的一个垃圾箱里

然后我们打电话给俱乐部 告诉他们

去哪里 找到这些数据

包问题是他们的垃圾箱

在晚上被清空

所以

那天晚上的某个时候垃圾箱被清空了

，是我打了电话，电话簿

中有两个号码

我打算打电话给办公室号码，但我

弄错了，打电话给另一个号码

，

不管怎样，

有人

接了电话

我疯了，或者

什么

ian 的声音在颤抖，

他几乎要哭了，

所以哈特先生没有拿回他的毒品

侦探猜测

ian 点头

，现在你的兄弟和马克失踪

了 eddie 说 ian 他一定

有 所以你想让我们保护

你侦探问

我处于可怕的危险中

伊恩说

我的意思是

我的头上有一个代价现在

你必须帮助我

如果有人需要保护侦探摇摇头我们可以做到

他说 但是没有

关于a 90洗衣机抢劫的报道

是的，

我们很想抓住哈特先生并将

他关进监狱，

但没有任何证据

证明哈特先生在做任何犯罪活动

侦探将他的椅子移近

伊恩

你看

我 知道你和老板吵架后丢了工作

你告诉老板你哥哥

会来打断他的骨头

我从电脑

里发现我在电脑里找不到的

东西是关于洗衣机的东西

棕色纸上的毒品 包裹

或

失踪的人

伊恩从座位上跳起来开始

在房间里走来走去

你可以去他们清空垃圾箱的地方

如果有毒品 你会找到它们

或去

车库 洗衣机会

除非

稳定的埃迪带走它们，否则仍然在那里，

你不明白吗，

我是唯一一个可以反对

他的人，侦探现在也站起来了，

我想你该回家了，儿子，

我带你去 门

我需要

保护 侦探再次向他走来

他的脸离伊恩很近

让你的兄弟保护你

他的名字叫

比利

不是只有骨折的那个人

你不能那样做

因为你没有 一个叫

比利

的兄弟或一个叫托尼

的兄弟 侦探

又开始了

你没有任何人

你是一个无名小卒 你的

这些故事

就是这些

故事

来吧 现在你该回家了

你妈妈会担心你的

上周她买了一台新洗衣机

ian

轻声说把它带到房子的那个人

他说他迟到了，因为他不得不

在检查站停下

来 面试室

很安静 安静了很长一段时间，

直到 ian 开始哭泣

为刚刚失去的兄弟

哭泣 是

你