them. As Mum was proud of repeating, they now had four generations Georgina’s living there. Grandmother had been in one of the first waves of families Georgina’s to move in, and now, what with the kid and all, there was no excuse not to give them a place. job kept her away from home most of the time, but still the Dean’s Mum’s couple were desperate to move out. It had been alright before Harry was born, but now they felt they breathe. Both Mums were constantly giving Georgina couldn’t conflicting advice and it was starting to drive her crazy. In turn Dean got the tail end of the flak. Both just wished to bring up their son on their own terms. Not that they wanted to sever links from the in-laws, far from it, they just wanted to be their own family. They waited on their haunches, tensed and ready to move at short notice. The weeks passed and no word came from the council. Dean went back to work. The job get any better and Dean was keen to make some extra cash. didn’t Neither he nor Georgina had realised just what a money vampire a baby was. The benefits were handy, but they even enough to cover the basics, let alone any weren’t mini luxuries. Selling weed was one rung up on the ladder, just above the BMX kids, the real money was in amphetamines and coke. Phil sure Dean was up to it. wasn’t have to move to a different patch that was a lot more shady and prone to police He’d raids. The clients were a different sort too. still get the knobs from the He’d Brickworks, but also be some proper cases that would need a certain level of there’d tact and balls to handle. Phil agreed to let Dean have a stab at it when a patch became available, but for the meantime have to stay put. Phil just worried about he’d wasn’t inability to deal class As, he was also concerned about the increasingly regular Dean’s scuffles between the gang from pushers and those of the expanding black Addington’s gang on the other side of the Junction. been a lot of threats and beatings There’d thrown back and forth over the Handonwell front line and things had come to a
them. As Georgina’s Mum was proud of repeating, they now had four generations living there. Georgina’s Grandmother had been in one of the first waves of families to move in, and now, what with the kid and all, there was no excuse not to give them a place. Dean’s Mum’s job kept her away from home most of the time, but still the couple were desperate to move out. It had been alright before Harry was born, but now they felt they couldn’t breathe. Both Mums were constantly giving Georgina conflicting advice and it was starting to drive her crazy. In turn Dean got the tail end of the flak. Both just wished to bring up their son on their own terms. Not that they wanted to sever links from the in-laws, far from it, they just wanted to be their own family. They waited on their haunches, tensed and ready to move at short notice. The weeks passed and no word came from the council. Dean went back to work. The job didn’t get any better and Dean was keen to make some extra cash. Neither he nor Georgina had realised just what a money vampire a baby was. The benefits were handy, but they weren’t even enough to cover the basics, let alone any mini luxuries. Selling weed was one rung up on the ladder, just above the BMX kids, the real money was in amphetamines and coke. Phil wasn’t sure Dean was up to it. He’d have to move to a different patch that was a lot more shady and prone to police raids. The clients were a different sort too. He’d still get the knobs from the Brickworks, but there’d also be some proper cases that would need a certain level of tact and balls to handle. Phil agreed to let Dean have a stab at it when a patch became available, but for the meantime he’d have to stay put. Phil wasn’t just worried about Dean’s inability to deal class As, he was also concerned about the increasingly regular scuffles between the gang from Addington’s pushers and those of the expanding black gang on the other side of the Junction. There’d been a lot of threats and beatings thrown back and forth over the Handonwell front line and things had come to a