“In two weeks time Dr. Casper will operate again to remove the scars on my stomach like he did on my back. That is why since coming to LA Tina and I have not been able to spend much time with each of you. She takes me to my appointments, stays with me through the surgery, and takes care of me after I get discharged while Kit keeps Angelica for us.

Taking a few sips of her coffee she continued with her story.

“After my pimp did this to me I ran…I left New York. I stole some money from another girl living there too and caught a bus to anywhere, but I couldn’t beat my addictions. I traveled around to a couple of states but continued the lifestyle I had been living in NY. Kit I think I sent you a post card a time or two to let you know I was still alive. I never stayed in one place to long but I did keep getting arrested for drugs and prostitution until the last time when the court forced me to choose between treatment and prison with long term probation. I had been in out patient treatment before but it just didn’t work for me. So this time it was hospitalization…long term treatment. I stayed in treatment for 12 months. I have been clean and sober for almost three years now with only one slip.”

“That’s when I met Tina again…Tina saved my life. I will share the details directly connected to me about Tina but the rest is up to her to share with you if she chooses too.

When Tina left LA she moved back home to North Carolina. She went back to school…medical school. She got a job upon graduating at Mountain Lake, an in treatment facility for addictions of the rich and famous. She was their lead psychiatrist on staff. She is so good at her job they gave her the “hard cases” like me, but I was one of the few pro bono cases they accepted that year.

Upon arrival my treatment began detox, private therapy sessions with Tina, and later group sessions. Tina stuck by me and I did not make it easy for her. She reported to the court and administration on my progress monthly. When I was discharged I got a job with Citi Bank…so I could stay near her but at the time she didn’t know this.