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    “Boys can work a girl out, fold her up and put them in their pockets. You don’t love him but you’re made to believe you do.

    “You’re made to believe that it’s a way of life and that’s as good as your life will get. It’s all very fiction, but it’s not real love … you don’t realise how deep you’re in until it’s too late.”

    From Gang life: First he builds trust. Then you help out. Next you’re cutting crack. One ex-gang member describes how her life was taken over by a boyfriend, and how the cycle begins at school

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