“Which lane should we start in first?” Mom asked as we entered the supermarket. 

“Snacks!” I pulled her along happily. 

Once on the snack lane, Mom looked around before she nodded at me. I quickly opened my lunch kit and threw a few snacks in before I slammed the lid shut. Soon after, we walked to the juice aisle where I placed six juice boxes into my kit. Next, Mom grabbed some fruit, paid for it and we walked out of the supermarket. 

I know what you’re thinking but Mom told me that she spoke with the manager, Mr. Hillman, who allowed her to take a few things and when Mom got paid she then paid him for the stuff. We have to hide while doing it because Mom told me, the employees get jealous because they don’t have the same privileges as we do so we must be careful not to let them see us. 

Come on guys cut me some slack. I was eight and she was my mother, what else was I supposed to believe? But that was just the beginning of my crazy adventures with my mom. If you want to know how everything turned out in the end, please keep watching. 

As I grew older, I questioned Mom about our strange habits. She said she would do whatever she needed to do to keep a roof over my head, clothes on my back and food in my stomach. To make matters worse, Mom married Harold, a man who encouraged her in this criminal lifestyle.

Harold was a 50 something year old man, who couldn't keep a job for more than three months. He drank and swore a lot. I couldn't understand what Mom saw in such a sleeze bag. 

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