Independence

Yesterday, I was at the station to go to London and Carole came to see me. She gave me a big hug and some money.

I rode on the train and came to London where I am right now. I tried to find some jobs and shelter to stay.

When I arrived, I was finding places to live. Well, every place was expensive. I went to one sleazoid place and it wasn’t negotiable either. I knocked on the door, and then one came out. He said, ‘fifty for week’. I didn’t like it so I tried to negotiate with him but he was strict. He said ‘take it or leave.’ So I made second mistake. I took it... Which is really expensive, but it was good. I was thankful at that moment.

Today, I went out to look for work. First, I went to Job Center but the woman there said I should go to Careers Office because I wasn’t eighteen. When I went there, I filled in a form and they said I also should go to DSS…

I went to DSS and filled in another form. I did an interview, and the guy asked me a lot of stuff about home. He said it might take several weeks. That’s when I got nervous because I had a room for two weeks, maximum. It shouldn’t take more than two weeks..uh...

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