 Cory's mother and stepfather try to keep him away from Des, but despite their best attempts, Cory continues to meet with him.Des, who lives in squalor comes home to find a police officer and a social worker in the kitchen, talking to his mother about his behavior in the wake of his recent arrest, which she doesn't take seriously.Following an incident where Des gets stabbed by his mother, he ends up in an assessment centre for troubled children.