Garet McLendon

My household was full.

My household was like this.

It was my grandma, my uncle, my little sister, my nephew, and me in this one bedroom little spot.

Like everybody, like really no space or no privacy.

And then there's a guy next door that seems like he has stuff going on.

And, um, and he teaches me and I, and I learned this flow of how to make a couple dollars by, by, by selling drugs.

And, um, I remember sitting at his house that one night and, uh,

And there was a knock on the door, and it must have been this guy just getting released out.

And everybody just looked at this guy, and he was just such a big role model to everybody in the room.

Everybody just stood quiet.

He came in large and in charge and walked through, and everybody gave him this really good respect.

I still see it, and it's still clear as day right now.

And I love that.

And I love that.

I started selling drugs.

And this is 15.

This is a 15 years old.

And, um, I'm, I, and I took off from home 15 years old Christmas break.

And, uh, and I took off from home and, um,

And I started, uh, staying on the streets.