Kenny had a one bed roomed flat close to my mother's house. I told him what had happened with my stepfather, he laughed a knowing smile, Kenny had been living on his own for over a year now. Kenny asked what I had been up to?, and why I was so wet?. It was just after 10am, when I met Kenny my mate Tommy's older brother outside the local shops.
It was not even 8 am and here I was tramping around the cold wet streets, I had no money in my pocket and nowhere to go, I was tired and unwashed and hungry, I walked around the housing estate for another two hours getting soaked right through to the skin, as people passed me bye going to work or school. I packed a few positions in to a sports bag and left the house feeling a mixture of Surprise and pride, I don't know what Frank was feeling or thinking, But I am sure it must have come as a shock to him that this little shite had laid him out, I usually run away from fights, now all of a sudden I had beat up a fully-grown man, and felt like King Kong. To this day I don’t know where the courage or anger came from, But it had been a long time coming and when it did it came like a storm, it was a crazy crazy few seconds. “Get out of here you little bastard, and don't come back”. I jumped from the bed and landed a heavy blow right on his nose, Then as soon as he went down, I smashed my bare heal hard Into his face bursting his lip, as the blood from his nose mixed with the blood from his lip He bubbled. I awoke with a start, his voice pounding in my cloudy head, it took a few minutes for me to work out what was happening, Then some crazy demon took over, “Get up, get out and find a job and don't come back until you have one”. It was the last straw, my stepfather Frank had pushed me to the limit, Since he moved in with Mum he constantly complained about me, My music was too loud, my feet were too Smelly, and my room was untidy, I ate too much, I was lazy, and a waste of space.ħ.30 am on a cold Monday Morning, he came in to my room pulled the duvet from my bed, Leavening me Naked and still half asleep.