UnTwisted – Chapter One (Pg 14-17)
30 Jul
That evening, when I was by myself eating supper, I thought about what we were going to do and I knew I didn’t want to do it. I knew if we were caught, it would hurt my mother terribly. I decided I would tell the boy the next day that I would not go.
At noon on Friday, the boy said, “We’re going. Are you coming?” I said, “Yes.” In making that choice, I launched myself on a destructive path
that would result in years of untold pain and damage to myself and thousands of others.
We jumped on the streetcar and rode Uptown for some shoplifting. I was the lookout. The next thing I knew, the police were there and everybody was running. Being the youngest, with the shortest legs, I got caught. Everyone else got away.
I was arrested for truancy and taken to 311 Jarvis Street, the secure custody unit of the Juvenile Detention Centre. (more…)




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