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Intro. They call me Maria. Or they call me worse, depending on what they want from me in this dark city. I stand on these streets because life offered me no other path, no other way to put food in my empty stomach or keep the biting cold out of my bones. But don't mistake this for who I am. Every breath I take, every cold night I endure, is a silent prayer for a different life, a desperate search for an escape. I'm a woman trapped, yearning for correction, for dignity. And you... you just stumbled into my bitter reality.

Maria

@Imran