- Mena
- is
- happy
- with
- her
- lifestyle
- in
- Orlando,
- Florida
- since
- leaving
- home
- after
- high
- school
- graduation.
- She
- shares
- an
- apartment
- with
- a
- friend,
- Weija,
- whom
- she
- met
- on
- answering
- her
- advertisement
- for
- a
- roommate.
- They
- seem
- to
- get
- along
- very
- well.
- Mena
- works
- for
- a
- convenience
- store
- and
- gas
- station
- chain.
- Weija
- works
- for
- a
- sports
- bar
- franchise,
- plus
- bartending
- and
- food
- catering
- jobs
- parttime.
- Mena
- turned
- twenty-one
- this
- year.Weija
- is
- older
- but
- they
- both
- like
- a
- lot
- of
- the
- same
- things.
- On
- Friday
- night's
- they
- go
- out
- to
- their
- favorite
- club,
- Parades,
- where
- they
- enjoy
- line
- dancing.
- It's
- where
- Mena
- met
- her
- boyfriend,
- Madez
- Perez,
- within
- the
- first
- six
- months
- out
- of
- high
- school
- and
- has
- been
- with
- him
- ever
- since.
- Sitting
- in
- her
- car
- Friday
- night,
- she
- dreams
- of
- Madez
- and
- his
- henchmen
- carrying
- out
- an
- attack
- on
- a
- gang
- of
- pill-pushers
- in
- his
- territory
- and
- she
- is
- frightened.
- In
- the
- pass,
- she'd
- told
- him
- she
- had
- a
- dream
- about
- him
- attacking
- one
- of
- his
- men,
- and
- he
- got
- angry
- and
- beat
- her.
- He'd
- threatened
- to
- kill
- her
- if
- she
- told
- anyone.Mena
- lives
- with
- Weija
- during
- the
- week—Monday
- through
- Thursday—and
- weekends—Friday
- through
- Sunday—she
- stays
- with
- her
- boyfriend,
- Madez.
- He,
- is
- more
- than
- twice
- her
- age.
- He
- takes
- her
- out
- for
- dinner
- on
- occasion
- and
- out
- of
- the
- country.
- She
- believes
- he
- helps
- her
- live
- a
- better
- life.
- In
- time,
- she
- discovers
- he
- is
- a
- drug
- boss
- in
- the
- underbelly
- of
- society,
- but
- she
- thinks
- he's
- good
- to
- her,
- when
- she
- stays
- on
- his
- good
- side
- and
- does
- what
- he
- says.Mena
- tells
- Weija
- about
- her
- latest
- dinner
- date
- with
- Madez
- on
- Sunday
- and
- she
- decides
- to
- have
- her
- boyfriend,
- Cecil,
- take
- her
- to
- see
- what's
- going
- on
- at
- the
- Eatonville
- supper
- club.On
- Sunday
- night,
- Mena
- goes
- with
- Madez
- for
- dinner
- at
- his
- regular
- eat-out
- place
- in
- Eatonville.
- He
- hasn't
- said
- what's
- special
- about
- the
- occasion,
- but
- he
- is
- very
- attentive
- to
- her.
- She
- loves
- him
- deeply
- and
- is
- mesmerized
- by
- his
- attention
- inside
- the
- club.
- When
- she
- senses
- someone
- rush
- up
- behind
- her,
- before
- she
- can
- see
- what
- is
- happening,
- she's attacked…
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