I think the most shocking thing about the Escapes raid was that I was almost certain we would just get a bunch of independent providers out of that bad situation. If I am not mistaken, I think maybe only a half a dozen or so immediately went independent, and most of them promptly left the independent scene. Funny thing is, my whole life I have always been about variety, but I had more appointments with Diamond (a lovely Latina) than any provider I have ever seen in my life. Never heard of her again after the Escape days.
Someone else brought up Monica Fox. I remember seeing Monica and her sidekick Jess Kelly when they first got started, prior to both of them working briefly at Escapes. I started seeing both of them when they first appeared on the scene. Jess always had a pretty good reputation, Monica was always a YMMV kind of gal. I started seeing Monica when she was still hitting the gym on a regular basis, and we had great chemistry. She always treated me like a favorite old boyfriend she hadn’t seen in weeks. Those were some of my best hobbying dollars ever spent.