“Tell me why you’re afraid. You mentioned that early on and haven’t said much since. I think it’s more than being on the street without your boyfriend,” Lori said.
Rose looked down at her clean hands and nails resting in her lap. She hadn’t had to think about that night for months. She looked Lori in the eyes. “All right, I’ll tell you about it. My boyfriend, Sam, was in jail for a few weeks. After he got out, he found me. We went back to where I was sleeping, and everything was fine … until these two guys busted in on us.” Rose stopped to take a deep breath, then continued. “One sells drugs, the other is an enforcer. Everyone knows them as Moss and Shep.”
“Then what happened?”
“They had a beef with Sam. I don’t know what Sam did to get them so upset because he didn’t do drugs. All I co
