“There is the long grift where you set someone up and it takes a while and then there are short little tricks where you make a little bit here and t...ere,” he said.“We don’t plan to make this a career,” I assured him.“Do you see any time cards out here? This is no job, this is survival. I’ll coach you and you will be twice as effective as any of Kenny’s bitches,” he said.“Who is Kenny?” Rory asked. I didn’t care – I didn’t want any part in this. Eli explained that Kenny was the man who ran the. Melinda watched me,her expression no longer angry, no longer exasperated, but curious."I thought you were just too shy to say," she finally said after a longmoment. "You do seem very shy, Ione. Was I wrong?"I didn't answer. I didn't know the answer.She finally sat down next to me, a sudden smile on her face. "I'll tell youwhat," she said, headbutting me in the shoulder and nuzzling me almostinsistently. "You're going to be a woman for a whole week. No ifs, ands, orbutts about it. No breaks. No. She sat me at a dressing table, and put a small pair of earphones in my ears. And, said, "I think this will be a goodsong for you. It's 'One Hand, One Heart' from West SideStory." She pressed play on the tape recorder, and the songbegan. She then started fussing with my hair, a lot ofbrushing, a lot of combing, and a lot of hair spray. Whenshe was satisfied with the hair, she began on my makeup, andwhen she was done I looked like a drag queen. The song thatI was to perform played over and over,. I realized that I needed to save up money for next year of college so I started looking for jobs and conveniently found one at a gym pretty close to my house as a yoga instructor. This was a perfect kind of job for me, not only did I already love doing yoga, but now I would be paid to do it.I started working there and it was pretty fun but that left my younger sister Amy who was 18 years old home alone by herself every single day and she would blow up my phone with texts about how bored she.