Back in high school, I betrayed myself, and I am not going to do it again. My dignity is too important to me. I don't want to be an actress forever. I want to publish my poetry. In my writing I can escape, I can show passion.
Passion is very important.
For the first time in a long time, I'm very happy. As she leaves her teens, Bethlehem Autumn has a boyfriend, her first, a young man who treats her as a person deserving of respect. For a recent performance, he gave her flowers. No one had ever given her flowers before. No more shoplifting at emotional drugstores.