Poisonous addiction

r beer, the bitterness in her throat seemed to mirror the bitterness she felt inside. Her friend Lisa's

ears mixing with the sticky beer on the table. "But I'm so

red a reassuring squeeze. "I know, sweetheart. I know it's been har

crying. "But how? How can we possibly come

ermined. "Nothing is impossible. We'll fi

glimmer of hope kindling in

a bit harsh on you earlier, but I did notice something when you sh

g to recall. "A business card?

Lisa continued, "but I did happen to notice that th

riosity piqued. "What does t

an he knows what to do with. And you just happened to stumble upon his wallet. I

take the money inside I have to return it,

about your miserable life, you've come too far and now the universe has finally h

ay to get things fixed, no

lready" puzzled she looked at Julia face, No, n

understand that." Julia repli

ion, "I've never seen you so soft

amed pushing her

money in that wallet, this is th

her filled her mind, she couldn't stop thinking of how she always wanted to prove herself to him, "I have to

o it," s

and, "That's the right thing to do, and y

comfort, a respite from the harsh realities that awaited her. Yet as the dawning sun fi

nder of both her desperate situation and the uncertain path that lay before her. As she held the

ity of her potential actions. "I gotta do what I got to d

table. With deliberate steps, she made her way to the washro

woman torn – between the moral righteousness she'd been raised

t to hurt herself more. She dressed up as she needed to de