内容摘要：Conservative groups supporting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rally denouncing opposition parties’ lawmakers who demand impeachment of Yoon following his short-lived martial law declaration in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Conservative groups supporting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rally denouncing opposition parties’ lawmakers who demand impeachment of Yoon following his short-lived martial law declaration in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers takes the field prior to an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers takes the field prior to an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Amy Yang, of South Korea, is doused after winning the Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club, Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Sammamish, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Amy Yang, of South Korea, is doused after winning the Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club, Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Sammamish, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Workers peep through curtains to watch a match between France’s Gael Monfils and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev during the China Open tennis tournament held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Workers peep through curtains to watch a match between France’s Gael Monfils and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev during the China Open tennis tournament held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Workers remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Workers remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)

United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s World Cup slalom, in Gurgl, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)A police investigator checks on the unidentified body of an alleged drug lord in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

A police investigator checks on the unidentified body of an alleged drug lord in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)By then, Marcelo’s mother, Betty Soriano, had decided to start accompanying her son on his nightly tricycle shifts. The family believed he would be safer, and her presence would discourage him from spending time with the drug users he always ran across.

Marcelo then made his wife an extraordinary promise: He was quitting shabu. It had become too dangerous.Betchie felt he had to do more, and convinced him to work day shifts. But the competition was too tough, the money too little, and Marcelo reverted to working nights. He told Betchie she didn’t have to worry “because I’m not using drugs anymore.”