Chapter Forty-Three: The Hooker

The Hooker

November 16, 2014

Geylang Area, Singapore

Geylang Area was Singapore’s only red-light district where commercial sex was legal. Unlike in other Southeast Asian countries, the Singaporean government requires prostitutes to undergo regular tests for sexually transmitted diseases.

From a distance, Minah could see women of different shapes and kinds lining up on the sidewalk, most were lucky enough to be approached and chosen by customers—either locals or tourists who were in tinted cars or sometimes taxi cabs.

On the flip side, some had been trying so hard to get their potential customers, trading their flesh in exchange for money to the passers-by. Unfortunately, Minah was heading to a famous spot for the same job.

She started to hit rock bottom after Celestine’s death three weeks ago. She had been trying to make ends meet—while trying so much to get by and graduate. She wanted to become a ramp model so she tried to apply to a modeling agency, but all her efforts and pre