Free Spirited (5)..Paying to Stay (1998)
I was by now out of home and barely in school. I was just surviving and living in derelict building. I spoke to Stacy on my first night while Melissa was out working and learned a few things. I tried to continue with schooling; but found it so difficult. I found it really hard concentrating at school so I dropped out of the subjects that gave me a headache. English, Science, and Home Economic were the ones I ditched; but I continued with the rest. Stacy told me “I have been living here since I was 14 and I am 19 now. I have been a hooker since the age of 15 and been on drugs since I was 17. I earn $500-800, and pay Tex $100 a week to stay. Most of the money …