Chapter 8

Dmitri took the tattooed girl to the Easy Inn, a place Dmitri was quite familiar with. Alma was scared "don't hurt me," she cried. She told Dmitri how smart she was and how she had finished high school. Alma wasn't worthless. Dmitri was kind to her; fed her; nourished her; gave her a place to go. She knew she owed Dmitri and was thankful for his services so she gave him what he wanted. After he finished with her he did his continual ritual of giving the girl meds, she forced them down her throat. He had gained her trust; insuring that he loved her. He wanted to do other things, but she refused so he beat her. Not Alma, but the tattooed girl. Alma and the tattooed girl were in the same body, but different people. Alma listened to Dmitri, she knew she owed him and obeyed his rules while she "worked" for him at the inn. Dmitri left for 2 hours to work at the cafe and came back to see Alma curled up in a ball on the floor reaching of vomit. The last customer had beaten her, but could you blame him. She looked unconscious when Dmitri approached her she looked up with her big sleepy eyes pleading that there must be another way for her to work.