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Be it fear of going to the police and being discredited, Stockholm Syndrome, wondering where they’ll get their next fix, or a belief that they deserve this life, something keeps them there. This is the life of people that are caught in human trafficking. Nor do they envision having a pimp that treats them like a piece of property that can be smacked around for no reason. Little girls don’t grow up saying they want to be a working girl that is addicted to meth, heroin, or whatever they found themselves hooked on.

A lot of people have trouble grasping the concept of how convoluted the worlds of working girls are. She doesn’t mince words and makes it clear getting out is an all or nothing gambit.Įmmy fears the unknown and reprisals for leaving. She’s facing a horrible set of circumstances that leaves her feeling trapped…. By the end of this issue she feels like someone we could, or depending on their situation, do know. I appreciated how much character development we got for Emmy. I was lucky enough to get a second chance at it when this issue was submitted for our review. That didn’t work out the way I’d envisioned.

Instead of writing down the title so I could go back to it I thought, “I’ll remember it”. When I saw it I made a mental note about it. The first issue of “Home Free” made it onto my radar during its Kickstarter campaign in the fall of 2021.

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