Page 3 of Last Summer

Ella:

Care to elaborate?

[Pause]

Ella:

I know this must be difficult for you to talk about, but—

Amira:

No, I wouldn’t have asked you here if I didn’t want to tell you.

Ella:

Take your time.

[Pause]

Amira:

I was fourteen when my stepfather sold me to pay off his debts to his drug dealer. I spent six months in forced prostitution until the authorities raided the house where they kept me and six other girls locked up.

Ella:

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