Stolen: The True Story of a Sex Trafficking Survivor by Rosenblatt Katariina PhD

Author:Rosenblatt, Katariina PhD [Rosenblatt, Katariina with Cecil Murphey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIO026000, REL012110, SOC059000
ISBN: 9781441246141
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2014-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Because Julio repulsed me with his offer, several days passed before I went back to see him. I didn’t want anyone to be in control of my life, and I certainly didn’t want to have sex with old men. But then again, I was only fifteen years old with no schooling, no job, no car, no license, and no life of my own.

Julio continued to try and sell us on “the life,” or as I call it, “the lie.” He invited us to go out on his boat. During the day we did all the coke we wanted while drinking and cruising on Miami’s intercoastal waterway and passing by the big cruise ships.

After a few days, we had used up all the coke Jan stole, so I borrowed my brother’s car again and we went to one of the homes that belonged to Julio. To my surprise, I saw Beth, a girl from my elementary school. Now, seven years later, she was strung out on drugs. No longer beautiful, she looked spent. Worn out.

I looked around and saw almost no food in the kitchen and asked about it.

“Why do we need food when we have coke?” Beth said and laughed.

She finally stopped talking and walked away. Julio came up to me and said softly, “Don’t listen to her. She’s nothing but a coke whore.”

That’s how you refer to her, I thought, and that’s what you think of us.

“She snorts too much coke,” he said. “Don’t become like her.”

I smiled, but inside I thought, You made her like that.

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