Ask No Questions Tell No Lies, depicts a lifestyle many find alluring in the beginning. The idea of working a straight job for minimum wage, struggling to make ends meet seems impossible. On the other hand, living in the 'Game" is filled with untold riches; if you are willing to pay the price at any cost.
Natalia learned quickly the benefits supplied by the lifestyle, money, image, and most of all control. The idea seemed innocent at first, but as time passed, she looked in the mirror at a complete stranger. She became heartless, with no compassion for men or another person, the only thing that mattered was obeying rules of the 'Game'.
In the beginning, the concept of a secret life to a young woman is exhilarating, being able to experience such passion from a man she barely knew developed the drive to proceed into the dark underworld of prostitution.
After Natalia is unable to separate herself between two lifestyles it starts the beginning of her story. "In my younger, ignorant stages of youth, I will never forget Frenchie's face in my rearview mirror. She was standing in the rain with two garbage bags in her hands; they held everything she owned."
Natalia is consumed with the drive for money and fame; working to impress Malik. In the end, the connection between them is what ultimately saves her life. When she learns that her pimp has fallen in love with her, she is enamored in the beginning, but after the love turns sour, she turns to the only people she can trust, her tricks.
As time passed, the secrets of these men from all walks of the world; pro-ball players, actors, medical professionals, pastors, politicians, law enforcement down to an average guy next door mowing his lawn starts to destroy her sanity. Natalia decides to seek a way out of the 'Game'.
The memories began to haunt her nights, she couldn't find an escape, so the bitterness grew until it ruled her life. However, living a straight life seemed impossible. So, facing the change kept her hostage to a lifestyle she hated. Before long, she trusted no one; the betrayal to her blood family ate at her soul every day. In the end, she became just like the cheating, lying people she despised. "I am no better than these men I have grown to hate," Natalia.
