Chapter 5, Six:
Over the years, Zar had changed greatly. The quiet of the night gave the aging prostitute a moment of peace to remember her life and her regrets. Six had few feelings of remorse. Her life had been hard but not as difficult as others. She didn’t mind the trade of flesh. It paid well, and she was able to secret a portion of her profits away from the city. If things ever went badly, she might run away. Most couldn’t afford to leave. She mourned her decision to never have a child, not that it would have been practical. An early lesson in her life: the business she was forced into was no place for a baby. She couldn’t bring herself to introduce a baby to her environment after what had happened to her.
Six had been alone hours of the day and night. The man that shared her rooms
