but thing is Katie does not think she will be put through all this she thought that it would just be a required 6 month job and then she can go back to living as well as continue school. it is not till she really asks for the money that he really begins his corruption of Katie... so it is more plausible than Hannah but then again i've known a few people that have said they's sleep with someone for a million dollars etc.I have to agree to your point. The setting - Katie needs a lot of money so to help her mother - is kind of credible and this is way better than the setting in the Hannah comic. While in Hannah it was Marc who started the whole thing (would a woman really agree to be a surrogate mother in order to pay his gambling debt and so protect the one she loves?) Katie acts on her own free will, she is starting her 'adventure' because she feels obliged to help her mother. Possibly she may feel guilty in case she won't be able to gather enough money, however, it is up to her to decide how far she wants to go for that.