Dennis Murphy

Club space, the bouncers throwing him out at dawn, Paula electing to stay. Had you and Paula had nights that had ended like that before? Yes. And she always came home. So it was no big deal to you at that point?

Club space, the bouncers throwing him out at dawn, Paula electing to stay. Had you and Paula had nights that had ended like that before? Yes. And she always came home. So it was no big deal to you at that point?

Kevin was starting to worry, but he also knew Paula could be a tough Detroit cookie when she needed to be. She's a big girl. She knows how to handle herself. She knows what she's doing. Yeah, she's not naive. Those growing-up pictures of pretty Paula masked a difficult Michigan home life with an absent father and lots of stepdads. When she was 14, she was dating a 29-year-old man.

Kevin was starting to worry, but he also knew Paula could be a tough Detroit cookie when she needed to be. She's a big girl. She knows how to handle herself. She knows what she's doing. Yeah, she's not naive. Those growing-up pictures of pretty Paula masked a difficult Michigan home life with an absent father and lots of stepdads. When she was 14, she was dating a 29-year-old man.

It was her older sister, Kelly, not her mother, who called the authorities on him.

It was her older sister, Kelly, not her mother, who called the authorities on him.

The man was arrested and convicted of having sex with a minor and sentenced to two years in prison. He's now on a list of sex offenders. Paula, meanwhile, waited till he was released from prison and started dating him again. By then, she was of the age of consent. Old before her time, but still a dreamy little girl in some ways.

The man was arrested and convicted of having sex with a minor and sentenced to two years in prison. He's now on a list of sex offenders. Paula, meanwhile, waited till he was released from prison and started dating him again. By then, she was of the age of consent. Old before her time, but still a dreamy little girl in some ways.

That whole little girl fantasy of being the pin-up girl or the shampoo model or something. She had a lot of Barbies.

That whole little girl fantasy of being the pin-up girl or the shampoo model or something. She had a lot of Barbies.

Paula liked Barbie so much, she tried to become her. Tall, thin, with long golden hair. The world of modeling she hoped to enter wasn't taken with her real-life Barbie looks. But several strip clubs, gentlemen's clubs in the greater Detroit area, were. She danced at the penthouse club there and saved her tips to pay for college tuition until she dropped out.

Paula liked Barbie so much, she tried to become her. Tall, thin, with long golden hair. The world of modeling she hoped to enter wasn't taken with her real-life Barbie looks. But several strip clubs, gentlemen's clubs in the greater Detroit area, were. She danced at the penthouse club there and saved her tips to pay for college tuition until she dropped out.

She seemed to like being the girl on the pole, the man lusting after her.

She seemed to like being the girl on the pole, the man lusting after her.

So along comes Kevin, new boyfriend, and he has to deal with her being an exotic dancer, a successful one.

So along comes Kevin, new boyfriend, and he has to deal with her being an exotic dancer, a successful one.

The money from stripping was good enough to allow Paula and Kevin to move to Los Angeles, just in time for the housing bubble to knock his budding mortgage and real estate business into the ditch. Paula kept on dancing and paid the bills. For a few months, they moved back and forth between places in Michigan and California.

The money from stripping was good enough to allow Paula and Kevin to move to Los Angeles, just in time for the housing bubble to knock his budding mortgage and real estate business into the ditch. Paula kept on dancing and paid the bills. For a few months, they moved back and forth between places in Michigan and California.

Now she was gone, and he was a guy alone in a Miami Beach hotel with a desk clerk on the phone asking if he was going to roll over the room for another night. Kevin got himself together and went down to ask the manager for help.

Now she was gone, and he was a guy alone in a Miami Beach hotel with a desk clerk on the phone asking if he was going to roll over the room for another night. Kevin got himself together and went down to ask the manager for help.