"And then he
gave me some cake."
"Sorry,
what?"
"He gave me
some cake. It was in a Tupperware in his bag. Said he'd been taking it in for
his team at work but I might as well have it. To sort of say sorry I think. You
know, for the inconvenience."
"I see. What
happened then?"
"Well, he
climbed over the fence and I stood there like a chump for a moment before
getting back on and calling you lot."
"You didn't try
and stop him?"
"What did you
expect me to do? Wrestle him to the ground and throw him over my shoulder? He
weren't a big guy but he's not much smaller than me.
"And he'd
already made it pretty clear that he wasn't getting back on the train."
"How so?"
"Well, he said,
"I'm not getting back on." But it was the way he said it. Like it
wasn't up for debate. And he had a bit of a scary look in his eye."
"A scary
look?"
"Yeah, sort of
like he was on drugs but not really. Just that getting in his way wouldn't be a
good idea. Look the guy who pulls the emergency stop on a train then just gets
off and walks off into the countryside clearly has some issues, right? Besides
which, he'd left track-side so I was hardly going to pull him back onto railway
property was I?
"You'll have
him on CCTV anyway right?"
"Probably, but
you'd be surprised about how little help that is sometimes. Cameras are old,
pictures are grainy and at the wrong angle, and we're looking for a
normally-dressed, average-size, brown-haired Caucasian male carrying a laptop
bag..."
"Yeah, sorry
about that. I'd know him again if I saw him, but to describe him...? Well, he
could be me or you or half the people who've walked past that window."
"Do you know
where he got on?"
"Not a chance.
With cancellations it was heaving on there, I never made it down the
carriage."
"Okay, I
understand. Thanks for your help. We'll be in touch if we get anything."
"Can I eat
it?"
"What?"
"The cake; can
I eat it? Well, share it with the team..."
"Yeah, go
ahead, knock yourself out. What kind is it?"
"Banana and
chocolate chip."
"Leave us a
bit."
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