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The list was huge. Checking dates, it stretched back five years. At the start, there were only a handful of initials used to identify the girls—Rodin knew some were likely to be boys, but that would get confusing. Rodin would think of the workers as girls, irrespective of age and s*x.
Ratch had started out as a controller with—quick count—four paid companions in his employ. They’d seen about three clients each per week. Slow work rate, but they could well have been doing other jobs at the same time.
Business increased. The girls started seeing five clients a week, sometimes more. At times, they would have three jobs in one day. And, as the list of clients grew, Ratch had to get more workers. More initials appeared. Sometimes double letters, no doubt to avoid confusion.
