One Hot Summer

My name is Summer.

I grew up in a household with crack addict parents. With no regard for my life, as a child, they used me as the means to get high.

I could no longer live like this, so I ran away from home on my 13th birthday. I met a man and woman who would take me in and raise me. The man was a pimp who was all about business, so when I was old enough, he put me to work.

This type of work for me was a bad idea. I was filled with so much anger and rage at men who prey on young girls for the...