As these pages were read it was relized that Gaines grows up; however, she does fall back into her usual paterns that of course involve men. Gaines ws moving from place to place looking for jobs and better oppertunities. During this time she married two more times and before that made some very bad choices in the boyfriends that she chose.
Gaines married her secound husband whose mother hated Gaines because she felt that Gaines stole her son away. He did not get along with Andrea Gaines's daughter but surprisingly her hateful mother'n' law took very good care of Andrea when needed. This was a bad marriage from the start for it was called off the day of and then they got married two weeks later. Once Gaines relized that he was crazy she had no choice but to leave for Andrea's sake. Then her boyfriend after her secound husband was a(n) ex pimp and tried to get restarted with Gaines. He tried to force her into this by whipping her. It was a good thing that a friend noticed the swellings, scars, and brusies and had her report the abuse. After this Gaines tried to get her life back on track. In doing this Gaines got a job which was owned by two all black owners. One was a father and the other his daughter. Mr. Cummings liked Gaines however Gaines did not feel that way about him. So he offered her money to have her go to dinner with him. In Gaines remembering her past she agreed. She was rapped twice and there was no justice. She felt that men had used her and always have and this was a way to use them before they used her. So Gaines started having sex with him for money and gifts. This shortly ended. After this Gaines wanted to be finacially supported with out a man.
This all led to Gaines meeting Judy who Gaines felt to be a sister to her. They both brought out the best qualities in each other. Soon Judy and her child moved in with Gaines and her child. Then soon Judy met her future husban and Gaines met Ziggy her soon to be third husband. This is where Gaines who had came out of a slum was slowly moving back into one. Soon Judy moved out and Ziggy moved in. He only worked if it involved music for he was a musician. This ment that Gaines was left to pay all of the bills. Soon Gaines's job offered a better oppertunity in California. So in Ziggy not ready to move Gaines was left to support two house holds. During this time Gaines is raising Andrea and is now a reporter who feels as if she has betrayed her people. In an explanation Gaines said, "...I was forced to relize I was now different from the people out on the street.'Can you ever go home?'I kept asking myself. Could I br 'street' again" (Gaines 213). In the middle of another marrige crisis, financial worries, and fears of what will become of Andrea because of fear that Gaines is not around enough Gaines now feels Guilt. She is no longer the person people are covering in stories but the person covering the stories. This all could truly send Gaines back into a deeper slum insted of the better life that she has dreampt of
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