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teanna does not have regular prenatal care. she had a sonogram at a local hospital and found out she s having a girl. teanna refuses to go into a shelter because men and women are not allowed to sleep in the same quarters and teanna does not want to be separated from bam. when she delivers, she risks having her baby placed in foster care if she is found to be an unfit mother. 18-year-old runaway and jacksonville native josh has been on the streets for two weeks. before leaving home, he says his father gave him one last piece of advice. the last thing my dad told me was, he said if you want to try to repair what damage you ve done, go to trinity because they ve got a program where you can detox. i went to trinity rescue mission. trinity rescue mission helps people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. while there, josh began making ....
a few days later, anthony and 18-year-old runaway, josh, head to the job corps office in downtown jacksonville. anthony has been talking to josh about the program. do they have a pamphlet with different jobs in it? i m pretty sure. i don t know. you just know what you wanted? i knew i needed to get the hell out of here. when they come out, josh says he will attend an orientation session later in the week. i m mainly interested in like the medical field occupations. because i ve always wanted to do something with science or health. josh calls home every sunday after his family gets home from church. every time i call them, it s a little bit less formal and a little more familiar. so i really do think i ll eventually get, it may not be back the way we were before i left, but to the point where i can be involved in their lives again. josh says he has renewed faith in god. ....
You know. i got my diploma. i m smart. just looking for a chance. new friends, anthony and 18-year-old jacksonville native josh, are hanging out in the park with a group of their buddies. anthony is preparing to give josh a stick and poke tattoo. he prepares the rudimentary tools, a staple with the end filed sharp, inserted into a pencil eraser and ink from a ballpoint pen. get one cross on your shoulder with a phoenix in the middle. the tattoo josh picked out has special meaning for him. i m half irish. i ve always had a thing for keltic stuff and i m a christian and like crosses so i figure i ll combine the two and get a celtic cross. hey, why don t we get a tattoo so we can remember each other by when we split up. anthony begins the slow process of tattooing. ....
that s our new home now. that s where we re going to sleep from now on out. 19-year-old teanna who s five months pregnant and her boyfriend bam are moving into a tents in the woods next to where teanna s mother carla sleeps. don t come tonight, i m sleeping there. i m sleeping tonight here. i am not going to teanna and bam did not want to sleep at the abandoned nightclub anymore. there are rumors the police are watching it. i don t know if it s true but i don t care. i m not taking chances. i m not going in jail. it rained last night and everything in the tent is soaked. and all of our stuff got wet. teanna wants to check to make sure her sonogram picture wasn t ruined. all right. that s the main thing i was worried about. thanks for watching my stuff. anthony has invited josh and his friends to sleep in abandoned hospital downtown. ....
stop shaking. are you cold? a little. need me to stop, let me know. i m good right now. and i m pretty [ muted ], too. he s passed out. hey. josh, wake up. coming up, josh s friends become increasingly concerned as he struggles to remain conscious. look at his lips, man, they are white. go to the hospital? breathe. josh. ....