Lindsay had a large purse and Gaby carried a duffel bag. Lindsay headed straight to my bedroom."Sit down," Lindsay said as if it was her room. She sai... to Gaby, "Show him."Gaby put the bag down and opened it. She pulled out several women's wigs. It turned out Gaby's mom was a hairdresser and used the wigs for demonstrations sometimes and also to sell though it was rare to sell one.Lindsay spoke confidently. "Since you're not a girl you can't be on the team, so we're going to change that. Which. “Don't even think about it,” he said.But she was thinking about it. And the more she thought the more she wanted.“Can I do anything?” she said, immediately thinking how totally dumb she sounded.“Have dinner with me, nine o'clock, in the restaurant,” he said. “ I'll pick you up in three minutes.”It took several seconds for the penny to drop. Then something huge and hot somersaulted in her stomach. She wanted to say he didn't know her room number.Instead, she said, “Four twenty-one.”“Two. I was halfway down the hallway when Ashley called out from the family room.“Brian, come see for a minute, please.” she said, in a loud voice.I turned and walked back down the hall to the family room. Ashley was sitting on the sofa, she had removed her boots, tossing them aside. She had one arm across the back of the sofa, her legs curled up in front of her.“Come sit down here for a second.” she said, patting the sofa, next to where she was sitting.“What for?” I asked.“Please Brian, just for a. Home. The image conjured up by that word was now nothing but a source of pain. The house, the people, the love - there was nothing left of any of it.The thought of her brother being nearby both terrified her and gave her hope. The hope was that she could get word to Matt and he could get her away from Hector. The terror was of Matt finding out what she had become. What if she was working on the street and he saw her?With each passing day, the drugs, Hector's control techniques, and her own.