We got back to town and i went home to my parents house and slept in my own bed. i hugged my nieces and nephews and watched my mother and father with greedy eyes. i drank more than ever and started defying Jackson on a regular basis, no longer caring how badly he beat me. Then i went back to Edward's and worked. It was just as bad as before, the clients horrible, the rules stringent, the pressure unbearable. And, so again i asked Benny to take me away. And, this time, he flat out told me he "couldn't." He couldn't leave his drug connections. He chose his drugs over me.
