AN: Written for the weekend challenge at 1 million words - first line prompt: He was older than he'd thought he would be

He was older than he'd thought he would be the first time he had his first major trouble with the police. He'd been getting in scrapes for years, and although he had tried to keep his nose clean recently he had expected major trouble before now. Before Daisy had been born he had been looking for trouble, hoping to get put in care away from Dean, it was a short lived fantasy of childhood. He couldn't do it now though, he couldn't be sent to jail, Daisy needed him. He took out his father's medal and dialled. Oxfords, not brogues.