THREE: GETTING HELP

Dashing across the major road that split Jefferson's Avenue in two and serves as a link to the urban areas of the city and the neighbouring suburbs, Akin smiled as he recollected the first time he crossed these roads, he was young and daring back then, and his guts and smarts had changed his life. Now he's back on these streets on a mission he might not come back from, but like two years ago he'll brave its dangers and go against all odds to achieve his goals, for there's no way he'll go back to live the miserable life of a runaway.