runaway in Snippets

I started running away from foster homes because I was tired of being hit and abused. I really only ever wanted to go back to the only home I ever knew . The first one. I wanted to be with my dad. I hated my life I hated my social worker I hated all the crappy places she ended up dumping me at. Running away in the summer didn't present much of a problem. But the winters were hard on me. I sometimes slept under the stairs of a parkade. I knew of an apartment building where I could sleep under the steps. That was definitely warmer but I was at greater risk of being caught. I slept there but always lightly.There was a refrigerator box behind a donut shop and between a menswear shop and a drugstore. That became a regular place one summer. I think the guy from the donut shop knew about me because every morning when I went to leave there was a bag of donuts by the backdoor of his shop. Sometimes a pop was left too. I kinda felt safe there. One winter I was having a hard time finding safe sleeping places. There was a trailer lot that left their trailers unlocked. I found some old blankets and spent my winter sleeping there. I always left early and always made sure everything was clean. I wasn't out on the streets to cause problems just to be safe because the places I was being sent to were more dangerous than being alone on the streets. At least most of the time. It wasn't fun and games for me that's for sure. It was survival. And I did almost kinda.