the first few men were the hardest. The men would be friendly and then Olivia would let them take her to their hotel room. They would offer her a monetary gift for her troubles. She allowed the licking, kissing, scratching. As long as she knew that once it was over she never had to see them again; that they were going away to Europa, far far away. She tried not to smell their acid skin, or taste them, mouths like sour milk. She would turn and lay on her belly, letting them come on her back. She learned that playing hard to get made them want her more, made them pay her more. They wanted Olivia
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Prostitution. A means of survival. Understand how to please men. No indication--yet--of trauma caused by her choice to be used by men.
