Kim nodded, and watched the veil of disinterest that closed over the woman’s face like a Roman blind. Kim understood the look. It represented much of the population. Prostitutes were less deserving of the rights allowed to other citizens. Somehow they were to blame for their own fate, even if that fate was a brutal, horrifying death. Most people would not voice the thought that slipped into the minds of ‘good people’. That she should be working on other cases; solving crimes committed against the worthy. Good people would not say it but the thought would be there nonetheless. A fire fighter
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And those thoughts and ideals are from the minds of people who grew up if in not perfect families, at least normal, average, where they have the luxury of schooling, a stable home, loving parents, friends, etc etc, but take all of that, and more, away from a child, and you’ve been put onto a track that’s got a long dark tunnel with no light at the end, until that’s all you’ve got, the end.
