After Rita has earned a certificate for a new career as a hair stylist, trouble arises when a former weekly client - Al - who happens to be the vicious pimp of Lily - a young girl who Rita had been attempting to talk into getting herself off the streets - beats Rita to a pulp for refusing to honor her weekly gig with him. This causes Lily to take Rita's advice and leaves town. After Al learns of this, he then learns that Rita had made Rockford's trailer a two-week hideout where she recovered from her injuries - where she had become completely smitten with Jim in the process. Al forces her to take Lily's place, threatening to kill Rockford to retain her as his cash cow.