Word On the Street (Teaser/Beta)

*This is a beta for my novel to gauge interest. Suggestions welcome. Feedback will determine if I complete this as I wish to*
Rima Re Regina lives in a cruel and dangerous city where no police dare venture. She scrapes by as all who live within the city must do. Until her family's house mysteriously catches fire. She is offered an easy job by a strange woman named Nicole - a very controversial and degrading job. At first Rima rejects. But when she's suddenly forced into an adult's life with no way to support herself, she must reconsider. Nicole can be generous, but Rima only feels so comfortable learning her trade from another woman. Eventually she's out on the streets, testing out the small bit that Nicole was able to convey in words alone. That's when she meets Tarsh Bayne.