I recognised Mark as he ran into me at the street corner...He had also clocked me.
This estate was his home, and I knew that he had recently been suspended from school for drugs offences.
Across the rain-swept street, two shadowy figures watched as I steered Mark into a concealed shop entrance. Water dripped on us as I waited for him to catch his breath. I could see terror in his eyes...
Thrusting a package into my hand, he suddenly ran off into the night.
I glanced across the street.The mysterious onlookers were gone...