chaps 6-10

Somaly was being watched over by a friend name pierre , she was basically brought out of the brothels and she no longer had to go back there. Life was really looking up for her. when she did recieve money from her friend she would send it her family. One time, she took the money and decided to buy school supplies for her father and mother which would help them out alot, but when she went to go visit instead of being overwhlemed with joy she was stricken by sadness on how her family turned out, but she was always there to help her family and did what she could do for them, even brought food for them. Somaly didnt have lover for her friend Pierre but he loved her alot, so she decided to move in with him. They started to run outta money so the opened up a resturant that was mostly directed to rich people. Somaly served as a waitress, that way she learned more french. Due to political problems going on in cambodia, they felt it was best to shut down the resturant and move to france and Pierre wanted somaly to come with him which meant they had to get married in order for somaly to get a visa. Somaly didn't want to go to france and she didnt want to get married, to her it was a way for men to own a women, she looked at it like prision. Eventually, she decided to go and to marry pierre. They had to live with pierre's mom until they had enough money to get their own place, Somaly ended up getting a job working at a hotel as a cleaning women, and she also worked at a Chinese place. she didnt have to work but she did it cause she believes shes not good at doing nothing. Pierre wanted to go back to Cambodia to work with doctors with out borders so they left to go back to Cambodia and Somaly ended up working with doctors with out borders as well which resulted in her helping local girls in brothels. She helped give them medical treatment, passed out condoms and soap at the brothels and she even paid for some girls to go and learn how to be seamstress, but this didn't mean they were paid outta the brothels, this only gave them a back up plan if the girls did decide to escape. Everything was going well for somaly, she became known as Khmers De France, which got her more respect from locals, and people in her old village. Somaly really loved what she was doing for the girls, that she decided to make an organization that focused on helping them. With the help from her husband and his friends, she figured it will be possible. Somaly also became pregnant, but she wasn't happy about the idea of having a baby. She knew nothing about being a mother and she felt it was a bad idea, but pierre thought other wise, they ended up moving to another town. oddly, there house ended up being next to a brothel, in away kind of a good thing for somaly. Somaly was finally happy, and for all the years she spent with pierre ,he only hit her once. She really felt she was starting a new life.