Q: What does your mom think?

A: My mother loves me. I‘m her child. But we’ve had a lot of obstacles to overcome. It’s been a priority for us. We’re getting there, and she and I have a very close relationship and a very healthy relationship. She was there for me when nobody else was. She was there for me when I went to jail, and she was there for me after I got out of jail and helped me through a lot. I don’t know where I’d be without her. I feel so much compassion and empathy for girls who don’t have the support structures that I did.

Q: Is it hard for a call girl to have a social life?

A: I always had my circle of friends, and they pretty much stayed constant throughout. There were some of them with whom I could share the details of my life. There were some that I couldn’t because we didn’t have that element of friendship where we had unconditional love and nonjudgment. It was difficult because within the lifestyle, you’re pretty much always on call, so I couldn’t make commitments. I couldn’t make long-term plans because I might be called by the agency to meet with a client at any time. That’s something I don’t miss.

Q: That must be hard to explain to a date.

A: Yeah, it is.

Q: Did a client ever fall for you or vice versa?

A: Yeah, and it definitely went both ways. There was a certain element to my experience in the industry, where for some reason I chose not to separate myself emotionally or put up walls between myself and my experiences with my clients. I’m a hopeless romantic. I fall in love every day. Yeah, I definitely fell in love. I didn’t hold back from finding things about my clients that were really attractive and really endearing to me. As a result, I definitely developed feelings for them. But at the same time, you get over it, I guess.

Q: What do you think of the movie “Pretty Woman”?

A: I love that movie! “Pretty Woman” is almost a little bit scary, because I remember watching that movie when I was a child. It’s the world’s best fairy tale. Everybody wants to be swept off their feet by Richard Gere or someone like him and rescued from Wilshire Boulevard or wherever she was. It’s the Cinderella story revisited.

Q: Is the movie realistic?

A: It actually happens. There was a girl I knew who worked for the agency, who had a booking with a client, went on a date. They fell in love, and he whisked her off to London. They have a house in London, a house in Paris and a house in New York, and they’re getting married.

Isn’t that great?

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