Naturally, with Beth’s popularity came plenty of connections. After weighing all her possible options, Beth knew Greg, an older man her dad knew, had cash to spare and would likely be happy to loan her some dough. The problem was Greg creeped Beth out with how he would stare lustfully at her for the past couple years as her young body came into its prime. She hardly knew him and didn’t trust the way he looked at her. He certainly wasn’t the kind of guy to whom she wanted to be in debt.
Without better options though, Beth confided in Greg, a man twice her age, about her money troubles. She didn’t tell him about the drugs and drinking but she knew Greg could read between the lines. Greg agreed to loan her what she needed to stay in school and also to say nothing to her dad. He only asked that she repay the money by the end of this semester, which gave Beth four months to save up from her part-time job. It wasn’t a very reasonable deadline, but if Beth were the responsible girl she knew she could be, she would be able to do it.
Yet there she was four months later with hardly a dime with which to pay Greg back. It turned out that Beth found partying and her popularity too important to restrain herself. She would tell herself that Greg would give her more time if she were just a little short, that he would realize his time frame hadn’t given her much of a chance. Eventually, as the semester went on and Beth scarcely began to exhibit self-control, she figured she would keep going down the same path since she obviously wasn’t going to pay him back this semester. While she did manage to step down the drug use, it was the drinking, entertainment and shopping that still took most of the money she made from her job, and it wouldn’t be for another few weeks before her parents gave her next influx of cash – which would be necessary for next semester anyway. Beth was truly in a bind and at the mercy of Greg, whom she figured would tell her parents, and it would be all over.
Unfortunately for the young blonde, while Greg was willing to forgive the monetary debt, he would not do so without something in exchange. He did, at least, promise not to tell Beth’s dad, which assured Beth of retaining at least her education as well as her standing with her parents and friends. It would cost her only her dignity, which Beth, like a lot of 20-year-olds, didn’t value as highly as maybe she should have. Instead, Beth found herself walking out in the cold late in December to an unfamiliar but fairly nearby neighborhood. She was walking instead of driving because she was behind on her car payments, and it’s not like she could have afforded gas anyway. She didn’t explain her transportation issue to her parents, though. All she said was that she liked the exercise.
The reason she was going anywhere is because she agreed that if Greg would not require the money back and not tell her dad, Beth would have sex with Greg without telling anyone. Beth hated herself for making the agreement and dreaded every step closer to the small ranch house more than two miles away from her own home, but she didn’t see another option that allowed her to continue not facing the full consequences of her chosen lifestyle.