Trigger warning: This episode contains graphic violence.

 

Dear Katerina,

 

Life is going very well for me since everything went down and Dmitry has decided to leave me alone.

 

 

I have left my employment at the "burger joint" as they call it, and am working to becoming a star in this adult film industry that is so big out here. It is slow going, but I enjoy the work. Having sex for fun instead of to be paying off the debt is so liberating. I like to go out dancing.

 

 

And if I meet an attractive man at the club, I just go for it.

 

 

Even if it is possible others are watching! It is so dangerous and sexy!

 

 

And while I am waiting for more opportunities to make films, I make a lot of money simply by logging into my internet here and playing with myself on camera. People actually pay me money to watch this, can you believe it?

 

 

And my fellow actors are a blast. Last week, I hopped on a plane with a girl named Skye who I have become friendly with, and we danced the night away in Windenburg!

 

 

And when I met a sexy man there and followed him to the water closet...

 

 

...It did not take long for Skye to find us, and we both took care of him - it was a very satisfying threesome.

 

 

I hope things are going just as well back home with you and the other girls!

 

Love,

Iliana

 

 

Dear Iliana,

 

Life is very much the same grind here that it has always been. I dance for losers.

 

 

And then do more for them upstairs.

 

 

And of course, even though I kick up to Joao now, it is still Pedro's club, so when he sees me across the room, I have no choice but to make time for him.

 

 

But I am trying at least to be expanding my horizons when I have the free time to do so. I practice cooking and painting and any other hobbies that don't involve getting fucked.

 

 

I think I have a natural talent for painting. One client saw a painting I recently did and said it was sexy, but I don't know why he thought that.

 

 

It was just a painting of a steak. But he hinted that he might be able to help me get my art sold. That was nice.

 

Sometimes I get outcalls for rich clients up in Willow Creek. That is nice. Their houses are fancy and they pay better.

 

 

But I do have some terrible news. Julie decided to start turning tricks again. She just wasn't making enough money giving lap dances at the club.

 

 

Of course, Pedro had forbidden this, on account of her positive test, so she had to do it alone, without him knowing. That meant catering to some of the most debased clients.

 

 

It also meant she had no protection. And something terrible happened.

 

 

Julie is dead. We don't know who did it. We are pretty sure Pedro did not. Because even though she wasn't under his protection, he was furious. He had a meeting with Maya and Joao about it.

 

 

I do not know what they talked about, but I assume it was violence, because Joao showed up horny that night, and he wanted it rough. Only the prospect of violence puts him in that kind of mood. So I had to let him fuck me like a jackhammer.

 

 

He even put his hands around my neck.

 

 

And pushed my head down into the floor.

 

 

And when he came, he pounded me so hard it was painful.

 

 

So I think if they find this man who killed Julie, it will not go nicely for him.

 

We miss you Iliana, I am glad things are going better for you than they are to be going for us.

 

Love,

Katerina