The rucksack was heavy on his back as he walked home with it that day. Dane’s uncle Rico told him to look after it until he contacted him about when and where to deliver it. He gave him a mobile phone and told him to keep it on him at all times.

He said that he would have done it himself but had no space in his house to hold the bag and was busy organising a meeting with a Nigerian business man who was currently in England.

Alexis remembered Rico’s last words before he left the house with Dane,

“Do not open the bag because I’ll know about it.”

That sent shivers down Alexis’ spine, but he was comforted by the fresh bank notes in his pocket which he played with his fingers. £100 now and £100 when he delivered it.

When he got home that day he rolled the bag in a blanket and stuffed it at the very top of his airing cupboard. His mum wouldn’t touch it until winter when the blankets were needed, and his little brothers couldn’t reach it.

He laid back on his bed smugly counting the five £20 notes, then took out the mobile phone that Rico gave him. He’d never had a mobile before, but was familiar with it from playing with friend’s phones at school.

He put it on silent.

He’d have to charge it at school so his mum or brothers couldn’t see it. It shouldn't be a problem, all the other kids that had phones did it while the teachers weren’t looking. He’d borrow one of their chargers.

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