Chapter Forty-One
Susan’s face tightened as she worked through a fragmented memory. “For almost four years I bummed around the City,” she continued, “waitressing, a little modeling, and when I filled out a bit, I worked the topless clubs. Then I got a call from Elaine. She was hooked on pills, desperate and suffering from depression. She needed to be hospitalized.”
“Because of Tiger?”
“Naw. It was that bastard Ilya. He was financing Tiger’s new production company so Tiger gave him anything he wanted, including my sister. Ilya was keeping Elaine a virtual prisoner. He starved her to keep her weight down for the cameras. He took away her driver’s license, emptied her bank account, and he beat her. She was sleeping with Ilya and anyone else he deemed appropriate. Ilya was throwing parties
