## JAMES PATTERSON

and he told me that it wasn't good enough. So I filled it out again, and it was like three times. So I'm pretty sure he wasn't checking into it, he was just telling me that he was. But I think that had a lot to do with the reason I stayed there so long, 'cause my dream was right in front of me, you know? And it's so far....

- D: Aside from having been with [redacted], was there anybody else that you brought to the house?

- V: I brought a few people.... Because it got out that I did this. Like, everyone at school knew. You know, everyone talks-

D: It was a circle, and-

V: It was a little circle, yeah.... Not that I would want anybody to get involved....I brought girls I didn't like and, frankly, did not give a shit about. Girls that I knew were skanks. That would do anything. Girls that would just, like, suck dick in the bathroom at school. Like, not even people I was friends with. I'd just hear a rumor about a girl and be like, “Hey, I know a way you can make two hundred dollars. How about..." I would tell them flat out, like, "This is what you've got to do. Are you cool with this? 'Cause I'm not gonna take you if you're not." So I told them. They all know that I got paid to bring them. It was actually [redacted]. She took off her shirt. She was a little overweight, so he didn't want any- thing to do [with her]. She was my best friend. But, you know, she was another story. I did care about her. But, um, she lost her house and stuff and really needed money. She had-she was homeless, she had nowhere to go. So she did it out of desperation.

D: Did he ever hurt you?

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