“What’s your name?”
“Linton. Linton Dial. I help people like you. I work for this company called Home Safe. We find people get jobs and become financially stable so they can eat, dress themselves, and pay rent. We help them build their lives. I can help you do all these things. It’s my job.”
“Can I trust you?”
“Only if you want to.”
“It’s such a shitty world. I can be a battle for you. I’m a handful and a bad guy.”
“Come with me. I can change that. I don’t know what your past is. But I can see a shade of your future. There might be a sliver of light.”
“But I don’t even know you.”
“But you can know me. And I can help you. What do you say?”
He might not hurt me. He might just help me. So I take his hand and follow him out of the tunnel. He tells me his car is parked over on the other
