Tonesa Welch

this right you know I don't belong over here I want to be a part of this everybody looked amazing from the jewels to the hair to the clothes and I always call myself like a fashionable person when I was like going up through school and stuff like that so but seeing that fashion there you know in Detroit we feel like we're very fashionable but seeing that fashion I wanted to be a part of that

this right you know I don't belong over here I want to be a part of this everybody looked amazing from the jewels to the hair to the clothes and I always call myself like a fashionable person when I was like going up through school and stuff like that so but seeing that fashion there you know in Detroit we feel like we're very fashionable but seeing that fashion I wanted to be a part of that

you know just turned me right out right right out this is where i need to be mama got little mama got turned out yeah um so after going to that club how long after that did you meet harold i met him and he was at the club in the club that night yeah he was from the east side and um hero is um they call him h in detroit they call him h and he was known to be like Very fashionable, you know.

you know just turned me right out right right out this is where i need to be mama got little mama got turned out yeah um so after going to that club how long after that did you meet harold i met him and he was at the club in the club that night yeah he was from the east side and um hero is um they call him h in detroit they call him h and he was known to be like Very fashionable, you know.

So just looking at him also, he was young, and most of the people there were a little older than him. But he was older than me, but they were older than him, and that was his crowd, his group of people that he hung out with. And so he kind of stood out to me because of what he had on. But, you know, then he caught my eye. We caught each other's eyes.

So just looking at him also, he was young, and most of the people there were a little older than him. But he was older than me, but they were older than him, and that was his crowd, his group of people that he hung out with. And so he kind of stood out to me because of what he had on. But, you know, then he caught my eye. We caught each other's eyes.

But I was still young and very impressionable, and I was like, wow, okay.

But I was still young and very impressionable, and I was like, wow, okay.

Just seeing him, you know, like everything he had on from the jewels, from the clothes, you know, just something different than I was used to.

Just seeing him, you know, like everything he had on from the jewels, from the clothes, you know, just something different than I was used to.

He was like, something that I never had before.

He was like, something that I never had before.

I didn't. They don't know anything. Like, you don't know anything. You don't know, you know. So, yeah, right away it was kind of like, uh-uh. can you take me on this relationship with h and this journey um at first it was very you know very exciting he uh took me out a lot he treated me very nice um he bought me things right away you know um You didn't have to wait.

I didn't. They don't know anything. Like, you don't know anything. You don't know, you know. So, yeah, right away it was kind of like, uh-uh. can you take me on this relationship with h and this journey um at first it was very you know very exciting he uh took me out a lot he treated me very nice um he bought me things right away you know um You didn't have to wait.

You know, I had to wait on my little check or my mom to buy me things. You know how when you're in high school, your mom shops for you. We were very close and we would go shopping every weekend. But with him, it was like he wanted me immediately to play the part, you know, look the part. So immediately he started buying me things, you know.

You know, I had to wait on my little check or my mom to buy me things. You know how when you're in high school, your mom shops for you. We were very close and we would go shopping every weekend. But with him, it was like he wanted me immediately to play the part, you know, look the part. So immediately he started buying me things, you know.

I don't know. You know, when you think of grooming, you're thinking like a pimp grooming his... Right, no, I mean like grooming you for the lifestyle. Yeah, basically, I think so. Yeah, he could have been. You know, I don't think he maybe thought in his head, but I think I really know that when he first, he was very attracted to me and he just wanted...

I don't know. You know, when you think of grooming, you're thinking like a pimp grooming his... Right, no, I mean like grooming you for the lifestyle. Yeah, basically, I think so. Yeah, he could have been. You know, I don't think he maybe thought in his head, but I think I really know that when he first, he was very attracted to me and he just wanted...

You know, it was always a guy from the east side probably wanted a girl from the west side. And I was different from probably the girls that he usually had been dating. I still had an innocence about me, even though I had a child, you know, I still felt like I had that and getting with him. He knew that. And he, like you said, maybe so what probably was a grooming, you know?

You know, it was always a guy from the east side probably wanted a girl from the west side. And I was different from probably the girls that he usually had been dating. I still had an innocence about me, even though I had a child, you know, I still felt like I had that and getting with him. He knew that. And he, like you said, maybe so what probably was a grooming, you know?