CHAPTER 12

So, if there was any food in a bin, even if it was yours, and if you were not quick, he would claim it from the other side of the street. The day I got the hotdog, James must have been half asleep, as he didn't fight me on it. It was very unlike him, but I wasn't going to overthink my luck that day.

When Alice comes over, I never let her in my house, as she would see the deplorable conditions that I lived in. She would try to do something about them, which would put her in a bad position. I didn't want her living off the streets like I was. How I was living was no way to live not while starting a family.