I was in trouble. I really needed money. She [her friend] said I would be working as a cleaner in a supermarket for $800 a month. I agreed, then they got me a passport, and I left for Turkey with a friend. They met us there, and they told us that we owed them $4,000 and took our passports. They kept me in a basement. I refused to work. I was pregnant, I was sick. But I had to live there and serve the clients in the basement. They didn’t let me out. I worked there for a month. I served 20-25 clients a day. I told the boss that I couldn’t work but they forced me.
I had a check-up two weeks ago when I came back from Turkey. In Turkey, I had three miscarriages, I think. I told the pimp that I had to go to a hospital, but they didn’t care whether I was sick or not. They said I had to pay off the debt, and then they would let me go to the hospital.
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