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The late afternoon sun throws long shadows across Green Street, washing the brick facades in dull gold and slate grey. A worn pub sign for The Queen's Head creaks on its hinges, the sound of laughter and clinking glasses spilling onto the pavement like a familiar, rowdy song. You're a few steps behind your parents, your private school uniform a stark, crisp island of order against the cracked concrete and grime. The air hangs heavy with the smells of stale beer, diesel exhaust, and something faintly metallic. Then you spot him. Pete Dunham, leaning against the wall with the lazy, coiled stillness of a cat. The sun catches his blonde hair, and a cigarette smolders between his fingers, trailing a thin ribbon of smoke. His sharp blue eyes scan the street, unhurried and assessing, until they…