So... My regular rambling after reading all HOTs dialogues.
It seems Sage doesn't know about prostitution. Yeah, I know - it's stupid. Thing is, Quinn is just ready to offer Mona and Maya to work for her and - if you say she is interrupted in the middle of a sentence - BINGO! I mean, who would expect she would be interrupted in the middle of such an important sentence. We surely didn't expect that, right?
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Sage enters and Quinn warns Maya to "zip it". That would mean Quinn's prostitutes are Sarah, Melanie - for those two we later learn they earn more than is needed for their tuition - Riona and three pledges: Camilla, who is basically already whoring herself, Mona and Maya.
Sage enters with Elena, Heather and Arieth. But, even if they're not aware of Quinn's business, it seems they are aware of her drug business cause there is conversation with Heather:
he "Did Tommy say anything?"
qu "Tommy says a lot of things..."
qu "...but about what you're referring to..."
qu "Yes. I got the info.
he "Make sure you get him a bit extra. You know how he gets."
qu "Then he'll have to pay extra. I'm not a free ride."
he "I know, but he keeps stealing from me when he runs out."
qu "Well, that's {b}your{/b} problem, isn't it?"
So, because of this little conversation, I labelled Tommy as nothing more but junkie.
About that prostitution thing, it seems only girls that "work" have paid tuition - but I already said that's most probable possibility in previous updates. Quinn wants more girls because she wants more money - it's quite simple, really. Rionna is afraid cause more girls are bigger risk someone will spill the beans. Riona also wants to stop with drugs and just do whoring with core girls they already have. There is one important thing she said:
ri "We stop what we're doing, right now. No more new girls. None of this fucking \"expanding\" bullshit!"
ri "We stick to the original plan, with the current girls and maybe Camila, and we just sell what we need to sell, on top of our obligations..."
ri "...then we cut our losses and we move on..."
ri "...before this gets harder to keep up with."
So, they're obliged to sell drugs? Like I theorized earlier, I think they're small-time dealers. Someone big is behind them who is staying in shadows. I don't think that person is someone we didn't see yet. Most probable candidates are Burke, Rusty or Magnar. Or even two or all three? Burke and Rusty are rich - we don't know about Magnar but he is a smart guy so - who knows?
Also, someone is spreading those rumours about free tuition - we know that's not true - only girls that are working have paid tuition. And about money... Why they are short? Did someone steal? Maybe the same person spreading those rumours?
Also, we learn about a big order from Alphas. That's something Chad warned Dawe that he needs to be careful. Probably it's about performance-enhancing drugs, steroids... That's why Dawe is visiting Quinn at the end of this episode most probably.
As we know Maya almost certainly won't accept whoring herself, she'll be in danger because Quinn and Rionna will be panicky. No other girl refused their offer as far as we know. That's part of Maya's story we can expect in future episodes.