"Trish leant over and touched my knee. "I could tell you were, I was inyour position myself once, not so very long ago." You ran away from home too?" ...es," She frowned."They told me at the house that you are a..." A hooker, yes I am, but only part time now." Oh." I have a proper job too, I just sell myself if I'm short of money forthe rent or something like that, it's a hell of a lot easier and cheaperthan using pay day lenders." I don't really understand Trish, isn't selling your body a bad. Every time her tears slackened she would think about the futility of her life — the impossibility of escaping both her husband or her desire for her own son — and they would break out anew. Finally, her body could take no more and she fell asleep, exhausted and spent, still in a fetal position. ###### Christie never came down from her room for the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. Danny tip-toed from room to room, listening for her footsteps or the sound of her door opening. The. "Anything I can help with?" Jeff said, sitting beside me."Meal plan for a fat slob that can't follow simple fucking directions," I shook my head."Teresa again?" Jeff shook his head."Yes!" I shook my head. "Her husband should get it through his thick skull. She won't be his trophy wife again." Marcus is a good guy. I will talk to him tomorrow," Jeff said. He started to massage my shoulders."Don't," I said, shaking my head. I knew he just wanted to have sex. I wasn't in the mood. There was a low. If ya'll let Johnny hang out with us this week—tomorrow will be 'school' for him”.“School”? “Yes sir—we come out here to have fun and get dirty. Most likely I'll put Dustin on him—they seem to be already attached. He will show him how to handle the bikes, go through the gears, do maintenance, and most importantly, how to fall off. “Fall off”? Exclaims Mrs. Abernathy. I kinda chuckle a bit, “well, yes ma'mm, its inevitable—you gonna ride 4-wheelers, your mostly likely gonna fall off at some.