"It’s a place where they can rebuild their confidence, and earn some cash, obviously," Rap goes on. "We helped each other when we were both starting out in our businesses,” I point out quietly. Five years of friendship seem like both an eternity and not nearly any time at all. “Granted, you helped me more—changing my name, scrubbing my past. But I’m not lost. I haven’t been for a long time." She shakes her head. “When we met. . .” She stops, her voice thick with emotion as she looks down at her coffee. “You helped me more than you could possibly know.”
