Kevin looks at me and I know he isn’t seeing the little girl I use to be, all pigtails and gangly limbs. He isn’t seeing my mother’s daughter or even my mother anymore. As his eyes linger over me, stopping here and there in the most uncomfortable places, I know he isn’t really even seeing me as I am. The bloodshot eyes staring out of the alcohol-flushed face are seeing a girl, nearly of age, who owes him a tremendous debt of gratitude.-- Rocky Evans. Gwenn Wright
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This is a powerful and moving story of a young woman who finds herself in a position that she never dreamt she would be in. Rocky Evans is living with her three young children in a small apartment, when she comes to an agreement with one of her ex-boyfriends. In exchange for him giving her a place to stay, which is something she desperately needs, she agrees to make love with him. This is more than sex though it becomes a form of emotional and physical abuse. She has no one else to turn to for help, no one who will believe her when she tries to get away from him.

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