Chapter 23
“I never told you all the details of why I ended up selling myself, did I?”
“You said you had no money, nowhere to live, but Jake let you stay at his place, so long as you worked for him.”
“That’s only part of the story. When I got off the bus in town I sat on a bench in the bus station. I had no idea what to do. I must have sat there for hours just glad I’d gotten away from my dad, but I’d run away without thinking where I was actually running to.” Mark let out a long breath.
I kept rubbing his arm, offering silent support.