It was dinner and the movies. They returned close to midnight, and they sounded very merry. I suppose my presence put a damper on that, but I went to ...y room when asked. I heard laughing for some time and then silence for more time before the front door opened and closed and Mum's footsteps up the stairs, barefoot. It was 2am.Jo and I were becoming closer. I had a feeling that Mum was almost pushing us together. "Go and see if Jo needs a hand." "Jo is all alone, maybe she needs company" "Has Jo. ” After the scene...“So, here’s your pay, Bella. If you want to do another one... Here’s our card. As you already know, I’m the talent advisor,” Lexi said.“So, you find the girls to fuck. Let me ask you something, while Jordan is changing.”“Yeah?"“Do you like girls? Two, have you and Jordan fucked? And three, were you masturbating in there?"“Yes, I am bisexual. Yes, we’ve fucked on screen. And yes, I’ve done it multiple times,” Lexi said, truthfully.“Hmm, interesting.”All of a sudden, Isabella. “And what do you think that’s worth?” I asked. “Another twenty quid?” “Just for a picture of me in this outfit?” “Well… maybe more than one…? And what if you took off the outfit too?” “That’ll cost you more…” “Uh. OK.” “And no touching.” “How much more?” I had to do some quick mental maths. If I played this well, I might end up having the rent to pay at the end of the week. I turned to the other guy. “Are you interested too?” “Very,” he replied. His cheeks were beet red. I had the feeling that. I imagined it was a church and I sang, ‘ I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free…’ for the first time myself. I imagined the twins with wings rising up from their little graves and flying up to join Ma in heaven. A couple of days later Grandma died and I buried her myself up on the hill too. I imagined her with my twins and Ma in heaven. I sang all the songs I could remember. Sang all the time I was digging, crying and dragging her body up the hill. I sang the whole time while I.