Chapters 7, 8 and 9 Summary

Maria chooses to not be a victim and views the experience as one she would have never had if she had not come to Europe with Roger. Maria decides to learn the local language and determines that she must differentiate herself somehow, although she is not sure how to do that just yet.

Maria enrolls in a morning French class and spends her afternoons exploring Geneva. Maria soon falls in love with an Arab man from her French class and is fired when Roger discovers that Maria has gone on an overnight trip with the Arab. The Arab man advises Maria of her legal rights and Maria receives five thousand dollars from her employment contract with Roger. The Arab man soon returns to his home country. Maria finds a small apartment and signs up at a modeling agency, but weeks pass...