Intermediate

Tammy Banks was in a hurry.

She wanted drugs and she wanted them fast. It was the early hours of the morning – far too early for her normal guy. Then she remembered there was another dealer called Bubbles. That guy never went to bed.

She looked into her bag and found the number she wanted. It was written on piece of cigarette packet card: 01737890. Or so she thought.

Unfortunately for Tammy, Bubbles handwriting was not good. And she was reading from the light of a street lamp. The ‘7’ she dialled was really a ‘1’. And it didn’t put her through to the all-night drug dealer.

Sleeping Detective

Detective Phil Stewart was asleep when the call came on his mobile, ‘Hello?’ he said, rubbing his eyes. He looked at his clock radio. Who was calling him at this time of the night?

‘Is that Bubbles?’ said Tammy. ‘I need some stuff.’

Now Detective Stewart immediately realised it was a wrong number. But he was also a police officer. And something told him that the ‘stuff’ this woman was looking for was not late night coffee.

‘He’s not here. What are you looking for?’

This was the time for Tammy to end the conversation. Instead she said, “I need a gram of crystal meth.”

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