Human Conditioning

“I am a product of my upbringing and my environment. I read that psychologists call it human conditioning. And no matter who we meet, no matter what we do or where we go, we all fall victim to it in the end.”   East End of London. 1986. Aiden Foster is sixteen years old. He lives on the most notorious council estate in Hackney. He has no prospects. His father is an alcoholic. His mother never wanted him. His guardian is overbearing. He craves control over his own life. He wants out of the squalor. He wants to make a name for himself the only way he knows how. But at what cost to those closest to him? (PROFESSIONALLY EDITED)