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"Yes, Mrs Carson?"

"If you can trouble yourself to pay attention to ive you sohteen?"

"March seventeenth, ma'am"

"Alright, did you finish high school?"

"Yes, ma'am"

"Alright, why did Mrs Drawing ask you to leave her home?"

"Isn't it obvious?” I said, dropping my arm over the back of the chair next toindifference I don’t think I was fooling anyone Truth was, I was scared, no, terrified of being alone “She won't be receiving benefits for being hteen Her free lunch ticket expired, if you catch my drift"

"Harper, you're always so cheeky, ue you wouldn't have been asked to leave"

"Oh, Mrs Carson, that's why I love you You ot me kicked out of all those homes when in truth, it was my fists" And a little bit my mere existence

"There you go with that hts you were in, not one of them was your fault?" Her eyebrow arched over one eye That brow screamed ‘bullshit’

"I know it's hard to believe, Mrs Carson, but when soh ti to your heart and there's only so many occasions where a person is expected to endure it before they end up punching that someone in the face"

"Hht, baby"

We both laughed loud enough to draw Calluhtly That’s set all about how pathetic your situation really is

"Okay, well," she sighed "There are homes for those in your situation but this is New York City and they're full up, not an opening in the foreseeable future"

Of course "That's fantastic news, Mrs Carson Well, that was invigorating, I think I'll leave now" I stood