Cecilia Gentili

We were helping each other all the time.

We were supporting each other.

We were in constant contact.

like, you know, this number is going to call you, don't answer, it's a waste of time, or this guy is going to try to come and see you, don't see him because he's violent.

So we had a network where we, you know, we're all co-workers, I guess, and friends, you know, and we spend time and we cook together.

It was, like, really nice, so...

It was times where I said, like, this is too much, but it was also good times with community.

out on on the streets but rather at home you know at home at home so for me it was you know was like oh this is great you know i just can be at home i can making you know be making my own meals and if i have a client coming i just stop and do my client and then eat the food that i cook myself you know

You know, things are different when you're home.

You know, you're in your place.

Things are yours.

So for me, it was better.

Again, you know, I was always worried that, you know, a police officer could come and arrest me.

You know, it was very common in South Beach that, you know, police would make themselves look like clients, you know, in the phone saying that they were clients.

And, um, um, they, um, they will come and arrest you.

So, you know, sometimes like, you know, uh, I, you know, be looking in the window to see, you know, who my client was.

And like, sometimes I, you just think like, Oh, this guy looks like, it looks like a police officer.

Um, and, um,

Every time I see a client with a shaved head, I associate that with police officers, I guess.

So I would never see them, you know, I never opened the door.