here with me, you can do anything you want." Sara testified that they were unaware at that time that Prather was an alcoholic. According to Sara, Marcy had told her that James Prather "does not know how to be a father." Sara stated that despite this disappointment, soon after meeting James Prather, Marcy went on a cruise with him and his new girlfriend.
On-cross examination, Sara also acknowledged that Dori had been Marcy's roommate before she entered Crossroads. She also testified that she later became aware that Dori and Marcy did drugs together and that she was concerned that Marcy continued to be friends with Dori after she came out of the intervention program. Sara acknowledge, however, that she did nothing to prevent Marcy from spending time with Dori.
Saraadmitted that Marcy dropped out of Lane Tech high school to waitress in a cocktail lounge but indicated that Marcy always had a job since age 16, first at Treasure Island, then at Marina City and then in the coat check of the East Bank Club.
On cross-examination, Sara admitted that after dropping out of high school, Marcy, together with Dori, went by bus to Sara's sister's house in Texas. Sara stated that although at that time she was unaware that Dori and Marcy were doing drugs on that trip, she now knows that they were.
On cross-examination, Sara also testified that at the time she was working in the East Bank Club, Marcy told her that she was in a car accident where she blacked out. According to Sara,