He woke up on the old air mattress laying on the living room floor as he does every morning. Everything froze at night and the fact that he has no heating isn't helping he is shaking all he has to warm him up is his torn up blanket and dog named Milo. For Tom this is how every day starts. He grew up in this neighborhood he feels as though he is stuck. He has seen family and friends die his whole life in this neighborhood. He wants to go to college but he knows that that isn't an option right now because he needs to keep the job that he has to take care of his family. The ghetto was home for this family. Even though he doesn't like the thought he can't change it. This is his first day working he got a job with one of the biggest drug dealing groups in the city. He grabs his gun all his cocaine and marijuana and throws it into a backpack as his hands are shaking. He knows that this isn't right but he has to do what he has to do to get the money he needs to live. As he walks out the door he sees that dog laying their with no food because he could not afford to get him any. He walks over to Milo and tells him that he promises that things are going to change then he walks out of the door and calls his boss Cj. Cj was a big scary man he is not afraid to put a bullet into you if you mess up on the job. When Cj answers he gives him the directions to his fist deal it was on the other side of the neighborhood. So this is where his new life begins. He starts to walk their as he is thinking about his passed how mad his mom would be if she saw him doing this but he knows that their isn't an option and he needs to do what he has to do.
He is scared he knows that this is a dangerous line of work and he never imagined himself being in such a scary situation. He looks back down the torn up road he has been walking on for what feels like forever. He is shaking thinking about backing out this couldn't be the job that he was meant to have. But then he remembers his dogs and his cousins all starving because nobody can afford to put food on the table. When he gets to the spot of the drug deal he sees the buyer sitting in his car so he opens up his backpack as quick as possible grabs out the beg of marijuana that he had already scaled out at home and quickly puts the pistol in his pants thinking to himself that their is no way he could shoot a man but he should have it ready just in case things go wrong. He walks over to the car and sneakily hands over the beg as the man hands him the money and drives off. Tom takes a huge breath of relief knowing that everything went as planned. As he was walking back to his apartment waiting for his next call he looked behind him and saw a group of people walking behind him. He puts a hand on the gun just in case. He is shaking he doesn't know what to do then be starts hearing footsteps blaring like drums behind him as they are sprinting at him. Tom goes on a full on sprint moving his legs as fast as they will possibly move and he knows that all he has to do is find a place to hide. Tom taught himself gymnastics as a young boy he always wanted to be a gymnast but his parents couldn't afford it. As he is running he knows he has to get away and he has to get away now. So he starts to climb the building like he did as a kid when he was practicing his gymnastics moves. He was quick to the top of the building. When he gets to the top he is out of breath and can hardly breathe he looks down and none of the guys even attempted the climb that he just made. Tom lays back to rest he hears his heart pounding as he is laying on top of the fairly large building. And all that is going through his mind is (I need to do this, I need this job their is no other choice). He lays their and can't believe what just happened and the fact that he is going to have to do this every day to make money. He knows that he probably won't live long in this job but he needs the money so he can't quite now.
