Around a week later, a friend informed me of Belle's situation and cautioned me to stay vigilant.
Once the bandages were removed from Belle's face, Lester, burdened by high-interest debt, approached her for money. But without me, where would Belle have funds?
I had canceled her credit card, and the car in her name had been returned to me in the divorce.
Unable to extract money from Belle, Lester coerced her into serving men with drinks, which she reluctantly accepted at first.
But with both of them accustomed to a lavish lifestyle, how could Belle's earnings alone support them for long? In a drunken state one day, Lester forced Belle into prostitution.
She refused, and Lester responded with violence.
At first, their kind neighbors would call the police for her, leading to incidents a
