want to be kept waiting so he started to panic. The last thing he wanted was for him to think he had absconded with the money.
Luckily he remembered Charlie saying to someone at Vallance Road that the hotel was near a castle. David jumped in a cab, keeping close hold of the packet, and asked if there was a hotel nearby that was also near a castle.
The cab driver said there was and took him there. Running up the steps into the reception David asked, ‘Have you got a Mr Kray staying here?’ The girl said, ‘Try the bar.’
David walked in and saw Ronnie and Dickie Morgan sitting on a sofa with another man and a girl. He didn’t recognise either of them. Ronnie glanced over at David and said in an offhand way to the others: ‘Get David a drink, will you?’ David felt pretty furious – he’d come all this way and Ronnie was treating him as if he’d just come from down the road. But of course he didn’t say anything.
Ronnie then asked David, ‘Have you got that packet for me?’ My brother handed it over mutely. Ron left the bar for a moment and the girl turned to David and breathed a sigh of relief, saying ‘Thank God for you, Dave!’ She gave the impression it had been an anxious wait for the money. Ronnie returned, took out a wad of notes and gave them each some cash. Afterwards when they all started drinking and talking, theman said – cool as you like – that he worked at Scotland Yard. This was some sort of high-class pay-off and David had been the courier for the money.
So then David, Ronnie, Dickie Morgan, the policeman and the girl – a grafter who’d clearly been brought over to entertain the policeman – all proceeded to have a lot to drink in the bar, then they moved back to Ron’s room and carried on drinking there. By the end of the night, the police officer was very drunk, the girl was happy and Ronnie seemed to be OK. The girl kept saying, ‘Good for you, Dave,’ to my brother, because he had brought the money.
Dickie and David, however, were just tired. Returning along the corridor from the bar with more drinks, Dickie, who’d had enough of the evening, slipped away to his room. David asked Ron where he was supposed to sleep. Ron kept saying: ‘We’ll sort it out later.’ David didn’t feel particularly comfortable with the situation but what could he do?
So they all kept talking and drinking in Ron’s room for a while longer. Suddenly the copper passed out on the chair, fast asleep. Ronnie gave the copper a nudge with his foot so he slipped to the floor and Ronnie could take his seat. David again asked Ronnie where he should stay the night and this time he pointed to the girl who was lying on the bed and said: ‘Just get in there and give her one.’ David didn’t know what to do. The girl was willing and he wanted to, but he naturally didn’t like the idea of Ron being in the room while they did it.
But the girl kept asking him, so eventually David got into bed and had sex with her. It was only when it was all over andhe looked round that he saw that Ronnie had been watching the whole thing from the chair, masturbating. David felt quite sick with disgust at what he’d got involved in.
At that stage it seemed Ronnie was bisexual, or perhaps he didn’t even know what he was. Later on he had affairs with all sorts. But at this stage it wasn’t widely known that he was gay. Certainly David didn’t know at first. To him the image of a gangster and a ‘pouf’ just didn’t go together, so it just hadn’t really occurred to him. Later, Ronnie was to take David into his confidence and tell him a bit more about his sexuality. He said he had liked women when he was younger, but that one particular experience had put him off for life. He said he’d taken a young woman back to Vallance Road with him one night. After having sex he’d fallen asleep, only to wake the next morning to find himself, the woman and the bed all covered in her menstrual blood.
Jumping up in horror, he
Luckily he remembered Charlie saying to someone at Vallance Road that the hotel was near a castle. David jumped in a cab, keeping close hold of the packet, and asked if there was a hotel nearby that was also near a castle.
The cab driver said there was and took him there. Running up the steps into the reception David asked, ‘Have you got a Mr Kray staying here?’ The girl said, ‘Try the bar.’
David walked in and saw Ronnie and Dickie Morgan sitting on a sofa with another man and a girl. He didn’t recognise either of them. Ronnie glanced over at David and said in an offhand way to the others: ‘Get David a drink, will you?’ David felt pretty furious – he’d come all this way and Ronnie was treating him as if he’d just come from down the road. But of course he didn’t say anything.
Ronnie then asked David, ‘Have you got that packet for me?’ My brother handed it over mutely. Ron left the bar for a moment and the girl turned to David and breathed a sigh of relief, saying ‘Thank God for you, Dave!’ She gave the impression it had been an anxious wait for the money. Ronnie returned, took out a wad of notes and gave them each some cash. Afterwards when they all started drinking and talking, theman said – cool as you like – that he worked at Scotland Yard. This was some sort of high-class pay-off and David had been the courier for the money.
So then David, Ronnie, Dickie Morgan, the policeman and the girl – a grafter who’d clearly been brought over to entertain the policeman – all proceeded to have a lot to drink in the bar, then they moved back to Ron’s room and carried on drinking there. By the end of the night, the police officer was very drunk, the girl was happy and Ronnie seemed to be OK. The girl kept saying, ‘Good for you, Dave,’ to my brother, because he had brought the money.
Dickie and David, however, were just tired. Returning along the corridor from the bar with more drinks, Dickie, who’d had enough of the evening, slipped away to his room. David asked Ron where he was supposed to sleep. Ron kept saying: ‘We’ll sort it out later.’ David didn’t feel particularly comfortable with the situation but what could he do?
So they all kept talking and drinking in Ron’s room for a while longer. Suddenly the copper passed out on the chair, fast asleep. Ronnie gave the copper a nudge with his foot so he slipped to the floor and Ronnie could take his seat. David again asked Ronnie where he should stay the night and this time he pointed to the girl who was lying on the bed and said: ‘Just get in there and give her one.’ David didn’t know what to do. The girl was willing and he wanted to, but he naturally didn’t like the idea of Ron being in the room while they did it.
But the girl kept asking him, so eventually David got into bed and had sex with her. It was only when it was all over andhe looked round that he saw that Ronnie had been watching the whole thing from the chair, masturbating. David felt quite sick with disgust at what he’d got involved in.
At that stage it seemed Ronnie was bisexual, or perhaps he didn’t even know what he was. Later on he had affairs with all sorts. But at this stage it wasn’t widely known that he was gay. Certainly David didn’t know at first. To him the image of a gangster and a ‘pouf’ just didn’t go together, so it just hadn’t really occurred to him. Later, Ronnie was to take David into his confidence and tell him a bit more about his sexuality. He said he had liked women when he was younger, but that one particular experience had put him off for life. He said he’d taken a young woman back to Vallance Road with him one night. After having sex he’d fallen asleep, only to wake the next morning to find himself, the woman and the bed all covered in her menstrual blood.
Jumping up in horror, he
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