Kay, from the Frey Stroll, RIP
I just had a senior member send me a notification that a long time SW named Kay has recently passed away. It's tough to verify these things but she is the only SW that I knew her real name and facebook page so I logged on and sure enough, her friends were on her page expressing condolences so I have to believe her death has been recent and to that extent, verified.
She wasn't a bad looker in her less drugged out days but I started to see less and less of her as she hit the drugs even harder. Out of all the SW's that I knew, she was the one I was closest to, she was the only one that knew my real name, was a Facebook friend and had my non burner phone number. At one point I was pleading with her to get clean and even lined up a spot in a rehab facility but when it came time to give her a ride to the place, she went missing for weeks. Most of the people I ever met in this "business", I wouldn't trust them any further than I could throw them but with Kay, I just knew she wasn't that way.
Here is the worst feeling, I told her that rehab was the only thing standing between her and the grave. We talked about certain people in her circle that died of bad drugs or overdoses and I told her she was playing Russian roulette, it was just a matter of time. Not that I'm the smartest person in the room but her lifestyle was so obvious to me, she was bound to roll snake eyes one day and that day arrived. Makes me think of retiring from this hobby, most if not all providers (especially from the street) are only sucking our dicks because of drugs. It's a deal with the devil and the devil must get paid each and every time. Mongers are using that leverage for our own physical gratification and one can rationalize it as a supply and demand but every once in a while a Kay comes into our lives and reminds us there is a real person behind the tragedy. God bless her tortured soul.
