Will you call the cop on your best friend? In the story "That was Then, This is Now", Bryon called the cops on Mark, his best friend. This is how Bryon messed up and broke up his friendship with Mark. Some people will say Bryon had the right to call the cops on Mark but they were best friend. Bryon shouldn't have called the cops on Mark because they were best friends and they also could've talked it out; however, some may argue that Bryon’s decision was right because Mark was doing illegal things. First, Bryon’s decision was wrong because he called the cops on his best friend. So Bryon found out that Mark was selling drugs. In the text, it said, "I became very cool, I very calmly called the cops” (Hinton, 140). This shows he wasn't focusing