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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.64,0:00:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He found me on social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.03,0:00:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would force me to beg in the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.21,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.86,0:00:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave birth to me when she was 14 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.07,0:00:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always had problems...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.32,0:00:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I was born into problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.78,0:00:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to quit school early \Nand go to work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.49,0:00:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my family to have money.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.29,0:00:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad chose drugs over us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.80,0:00:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this awful feeling\Nin your stomach
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.89,0:00:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you know you're not wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.70,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already had friends working \Nin a strip club
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They introduced me to a trafficker.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.89,0:00:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to run away...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.92,0:00:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might find love and care some place else.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.50,0:00:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't believe how much\NI made in one night.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.87,0:01:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I could control \Nwhat happened from there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.53,0:01:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd take pictures of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.88,0:01:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought what they were doing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.73,0:01:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me was okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.44,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my hair and nails done.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.99,0:01:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.95,0:01:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave my family a computer and phones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.06,0:01:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friends didn't have those,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.87,0:01:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I felt proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.27,0:01:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just didn't realize...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.20,0:01:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the person I thought was helping me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.74,0:01:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keeping me protected...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.84,0:01:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was really my pimp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.72,0:01:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.27,0:01:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought she loved me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.29,0:01:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then he started saying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.87,0:01:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rent's not free."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.01,0:01:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was forced to work in a nail salon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.06,0:01:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was only twelve years old
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.77,0:01:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was first sold for sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.55,0:01:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mama said: "I'll be giving you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.65,0:01:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my American friend."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.93,0:01:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "okay".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.76,0:01:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when the time came...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.92,0:01:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to hide from him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.46,0:01:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the cars in the parking lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.35,0:02:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't avoid the beatings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.30,0:02:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I begged to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.19,0:02:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My hands were swollen from the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.42,0:02:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hurt to walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.86,0:02:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to do what he wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.83,0:02:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he paid for me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.78,0:02:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People kept asking what was wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.98,0:02:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept making up answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.22,0:02:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't just tell my mom, because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would have just called the cops
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.56,0:02:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.12,0:02:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't know how these people act.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.80,0:02:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then some people did call the police
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.63,0:02:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they would just come and then leave
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.21,0:02:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nothing would change.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.39,0:02:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...And no one could help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.34,0:02:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought my life would end there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.94,0:02:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone called Love146.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.05,0:02:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I wasn't going to see them, but...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.55,0:02:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they kept showing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.06,0:02:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew what I needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.59,0:02:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people were there and got us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.53,0:02:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They brought me to Love146.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.97,0:02:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talking to Love146
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.22,0:02:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the first time I realized
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.79,0:02:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was really happening to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.98,0:02:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given..
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.21,0:02:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a light, and..
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.75,0:03:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way out when I met you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.88,0:03:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I try to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.82,0:03:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm angry or sad
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.25,0:03:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's okay to cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.48,0:03:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...But everything that happened before
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.18,0:03:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is starting to become a smaller part of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.23,0:03:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's being replaced with good memories
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.59,0:03:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Love146 worker is like a mom to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.88,0:03:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She.. showed me that...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.94,0:03:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm deserving of much more than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.10,0:03:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When everyone else just thought \NI was a bad kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.37,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she listened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like it was my fault,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.20,0:03:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.22,0:03:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I can explain to people \Nhow he tricked me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.94,0:03:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hardest part
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.06,0:03:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is knowing that they couldn't find him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.47,0:03:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine that he is just around the corner
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.59,0:03:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he could shoot me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.64,0:03:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if there are people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.15,0:03:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who continue to harm children,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.08,0:03:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are more people who still can love
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.54,0:03:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children like us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.23,0:04:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am now living independently
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.51,0:04:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel great.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.05,0:04:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love146 valued me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.97,0:04:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was here that I became strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.99,0:04:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was here that I learned how to be loved
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.43,0:04:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to love myself and other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.91,0:04:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned to stand on my own two feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.53,0:04:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just another statistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.28,0:04:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not ready to give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.15,0:04:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still have fight left in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.02,0:04:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna make it.