A girl recounts numerous trips to jewelry and accessory stores, during which she is compelled to steal items from the store despite her family's wealth. She describes herself, her family, and her neighborhood at length and explains that her father is a doctor, and that they live fairly well-off. She also details that she has a history of theft, which has caught the attention and concern of her teachers. The only outliers in the girl's life are two people named Clarita and Simon, both of whom appear to live shabbily. Simon, the girl's boyfriend, also takes numerous unidentified pills. The girl gives a very bleak description of Detroit, depicting it as full of poverty and never-ending coldness. She ponders many memories, from an English lesson to regular visits to a doctor's office. Then, she reveals that she was kidnapped by associates of Simon and forced into working for him as a prostitute as well as helping him satisfy his addictions, which range far beyond pills. For some reason, Simon is her only source of stability in the world which she is otherwise terrified by, and even after she is rescued by the police she wonders about him, despite his abuse of her. Simon allows the police to take the girl the day after she is beaten by fellow prostitutes for reasons unknown to her. She is sent to a hospital and then back home to her relieved and loving family. She is overcome by emotion upon arriving home due to the trauma she has experienced, and resolves to never leave again.