“And she almost got me with that. See, I could remember so many times, so many little incidents. She cared so much, my Effy. She’d help others. We had a neighbour, always shouting and cursing, but when he fell on the stairs, it was Effy who helped him. Even while he was shouting at her, she was making sure he was comfortable. So I can understand how she wanted to help others.
“But I was not naive. I knew the other side of her job. I am sure you know a little of my past. I have lived my life. And I know what else paid companions get up to. What they do to earn their money. And that tore me up inside.
“Can you imagine someone so close to you, someone who is your own flesh and blood, being treated like that by total strangers? I had seen my daughter n***d as a baby, pure and innocent, a thi
