After her shift that day , Alice decided that she would runaway , she did not know where her boss was , but she knew she was going to runaway , as quick and quietly as possible .
After packing a coin purse into the pocket of her woollen dress , she said farewell to her friends at the brothel and to their credit , not one of them said that she was a coward , in fact , her leaving seemed to have given the younger whores a hopeful look , that they too could runaway , if they chose to do so , and the older ones , who had known her mother , gave her proud look , that made Alice feel whole .
Slipping past the brothel , Alice couldn't help but feel the great feeling that washed over her as she walked on the road , looking for a place to begin her new life .
Steering herself around a corner , Alice felt the unwanted hands of drunken men asking for a quick fuck
"Ere , little Goldie , what ya doin in a place like this" one of the men jeered who went to grasp her waist
Rejecting all of the jeers and grasping hands , Alice kept on walking until a familiar voice called her from behind her
Whipping around as quick as a fox , Alice saw him ; her former boss , waddling towards her with balled fists
Alice ran , and as she ran , he ran , until he was only a foot away from her
"Get , ere you whore"
And before she knew it , she was backed against an alley wall , fading in an out of courteousness , screaming her lungs for help .