"Crystal, you have to get away from Jeff, it isn't safe for you to stay with him. I can take you someplace safe if you are willing to go. Trust me, we can work this out." Lila is shocked at what she just blurted out. No thought to anything, just out, and now if Crystal says yes, she has no idea what to do. "What am I doing?" she thinks, "Where is this coming from?" Turning and taking one last look out the window, she sees a familiar car pulling up to the curb. Two of Billy's associates, Zack and Mr. Smith get out of the car. Lila has a brief moment of fear. Apparently Billy isn't going to trust her to do the job of bringing Crystal to her alone. She has sent unwelcomed reinforcements. Now what to do? She has no choice, she must take Crystal to Billy. If she doesn't, Zack and Mr. Smith will, whether she wants to go or not.

"Look," she says to Crystal. "I used to work for a pimp like Jeff. He beat and abused his girls and worked them until they couldn't work anymore. Then he disposed of them, threw them out like trash. That is what Jeff will do. If he can't get you to work willingly he'll force heroin on you until you are addicted and need to hook for the money to buy the drug. He'll take most of your money and keep you in drugs, but nothing else. Is that what you want? He brought me here to try to convince you to do it without forcing you, but he is ready to force you if you don't cooperate. He will do anything he needs to do to make you do what he wants. Not what You want, what he wants. The only thing standing between you and that kind of life, right now, is me." Lila makes up her mind that she will tell Crystal about Billy and what Billy does. She will offer the protection of Billy until she gets Crystal away from here and can find a plan that will work for both of them.

"Now I work for an escort service run by Billy Sheldon," she continues. "Billy does thing a whole lot different than the street pimps. She trains you to be the best escort you can be, gives you access to music, literature and classes on dressing to impress, she calls them. Her clientele consists of Business men from around the world, some of them just want the company. You will have the opportunity to be out among the high and mighty in society. Some of them want the sex, but Billy has different girls for different occasions. I work the sex angle but she does have the basic escort service that doesn't include the extra. You wouldn't make as much money, but you would be working and wouldn't need Jeff or any one else. It's up to you, all we have to do is walk outside and get into a car." Lila stops speaking and waits for what seems like a lifetime for Crystal to answer.

"Lila, how do I know that this Billy Sheldon isn't any different from Jeff? How do I know that he won't be trying to force me into having sex with the guys he expects me to date? Crystal looks at Lila carefully while she is speaking, she doesn't know what she expects to see, she wasn't all that smart about Jeff, but still she believes that she will be able to tell if Lila is playing false with her. Lila returns Crystals steady gaze and tells her "She's tough, she's cold, she loves the almighty dollar; but she has learned that to make the most money, you have to have girls that are happy to work for you. You have to have girls that love what they are doing for whatever reason they love it. Whether it be for the fine clothes they can afford. The fancy cars they can buy, or the penthouse apartment that is their dream. She pays well, she's learned that quality commands the best price. She is in the business to provide quality escorts for fine rich gentlemen. She doesn't force, but if she knows what your dream is and can use it to her advantage, she will, believe me, she will"

Crystal gets up from the bed she's been sitting on and moves to the window. Looks at Lila for a second and moves past her to lean her forehead on the cool glass of the windowpane. While studying the street below she sees the limo and the two well dressed men leaning against it. So out of place in this neighborhood, that she immediately knows that they are there to take Lila and her to wherever Billy is. She has lived the past four weeks in hell, and she knows that she can't continue. She loved Jeff, and she thought he loved her. She kept thinking that there was a way that he would see things her way, but after Lila's words, she knows now that her fate is worse than she could ever imagine if she stays with Jeff. "Will you stay with me?" she askes Lila. "Yes." Lila answers, "I will tell Billy that you can stay with me during the training. If you decide that this is what you want to do." Crystal walks to the bed, picks up her few belongings, turns to Lila and nods her head. "I'll go."

Out on the street, Mr. Smith and his driver Zack are getting impatient. Maybe they should see if they can find out what room this Jeff is staying in and go up to let Lila know that they are there if they are needed. While they are making up their mind, Lila and her companion walk out the door of the Kings Rest Hotel and head straight in their direction. They notice the companion is carrying a small suitcase, "Good" Mr. Smith thinks to himself. "Lila did what she needed to do" On the other hand Zack is thinking about Jeff. He needs to get the girls and Mr. Smith into the car and out of here before Jeff comes out of the diner. He walks up to the two, relieves Crystal of her suitcase. Giving her a smile he directs them to the car. "Zack, Mr. Smith, this is Lila, she's the newest employee of Sheldon's Champagne and Limosine Escort Service" Lila introduces them to Crystal, they stow her belongings, enter the car and settle into the back seat with Mr. Smith. As they are pulling away from the curb, Jeff can be seen in the front window of the diner, paying for their meals. Lila lets out a sigh of relief and thinks,"Not a moment too soon".

As Jeff comes out of the diner he sees the limo, but doesn't pay that much attention to it. He's thinking he better get back up to the room to see how Lila is doing with Crystal. He has their food, and he is thinking that he may be a fool to leave Lila alone with Crystal. Lila has gotten above herself working for Billy. Maybe this wasn't a good Idea. He hurries across the street and into the hotel. Rather than wait for the elevator he starts up the stairs. The desk clerk calls out to him, "Jeff, your lady friends just left. The expensive looking one left you a message. She said to tell you that Crystal was going to Billy, that you knew what that meant. As a matter of fact, you just passed each other, didn't you see them?" Jeff drops the food on the floor and runs out of the hotel, looks up and down the street. No sign of either of them. "I'll get her back," he vows, "I'll teach her a lesson she won't ever forget." I'll find her and I will kill anyone who stands in my way."....