Black and White Is Red

"Sit down and be patient. Let me tell you a story. Red can say that she made it but it was only God's glory. She was young when Joe started whispering in her ear. He said little things she didn't want to hear. At that time, things in her life began to shift. Red went from eight to eighteen, if you catch my drift. It was love that she craved, a four-letter word she couldn't feel. Joe took her hand; she buried her soul and they struck a deal. Red had the finest things that money could buy. Joe paid her well for his natural high. As Red grew older, her mask began to fade. How could she come back from the mistakes that she'd made?"