Megan awoke early in the morning from the shivers that attacked her body. Her apartment was cold and damp; dark and lonely. She rose out of bed to get ready for her new job. She was nervous and really didn’t want to work, but she needed the job badly. The bills were building up and getting too expensive. She hardly had enough food to eat. She recently lost her job as a cashier at a local fast food restaurant, which put her on the brink homelessness.

She walked into the kitchen to make herself a strong cup of coffee, which …