Link is a sixteen-year-old boy. His father left when he was 14 years old. His Mother has a new boyfriend, Vince, who is a drunk. He is violent and a bit dirty minded. He made a pass at Carole so Carole left. Vince beats up Link but Link’s mum is so desperate to keep Vince that she takes his side. Link decides to leave home.
Shelter
Ex Sergeant Major. Forty-seven years old. Claims to have trained National Servicemen but he would have only been 14 when the last National Service recruits were taken in. He also thinks that the government and even the church are plotting…
He was discharged from the army for being mentally unstable. He dislikes drug addicts, homeless people etc. Wants to recruit a “dead” army. He is a murderer. Serial killers have a flawed logic - things make sense to them.
Shelter gets himself a cat because he wants to appear to be a nice old man who just wants to help and the cat makes him look like a caring person. The cat is called Sappho.
Link is forced to go to London after spending Christmas with Carole and Chris. He gets such a slagging for being a sponger from Vince that he feels he has to leave. When he gets to London he makes the mistake of taking the first room available and pays far more than he should (£50 per week). He finds out very quickly that there are no jobs to be had and any Social Security money that he might get could take weeks to arrive. Link tries to get work to begin with but he soon discovers that it’s not as easy as he thought to get work. After two weeks he only has nine pounds left and his landlord demands the next weeks rent. Link tries to reason with him but the landlord doesn’t care and throws Link out. Link is now on the streets - from here life can only get worse.
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