He could beat her, rape her, sell her, curse at her, kick her out of the house, but he could never intimidate her. We make decisions every day. If she hadn’t of intervened last night, he wouldn’t be arguing with her now. Rich regarded the man’s attire as mockery more than anything. Most of Rich’s girls who crashed here regularly were pretty good about sharing, so their clothes and makeup belonged to all of them. Riggz, a friend and fellow pimp of Rich, had already come and removed her. His body almost pressed against Angel as he stood over her, his breath reeking of cheap liquor and stale cigarettes. Before the man could object to Angel taking his money, she tossed it back to him “feels light.”
The man leaned closer to her, his foul breath hot on the side of her head.
