A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Don't even think about it. By the time your father gets here, you will have already been sold to rich, old perverts." Yilia's eyes burned with contempt, and she snuffed out the last glimmer of hope like a candle.

Her discouraging words forced the girl to helplessly cry out for help, "Dad..."

"No! This cannot be happening," Beryl firmly clenched her tiny fists, "My father will be here soon to save me, and he will also save you. Don't be afraid, Mona!"

"Who is your father? Do you really think he is capable of getting us out of here? Is he a powerful man?" Yillia made no effort to conceal her sarcasm.

Beryl looked at her with intent and replied, "My father is more powerful than any man you will have ever known. His name is Jacob Gu. He'll come for me. You'll see!"

"Jacob Gu?" Yilia shook her head, as if she didn't catch what Beryl had said. "Your father is Jacob Gu? Are you kidding me? I don't believe it!"

"I don't need you to believe me." Beryl held the other girl's hand and sat down on the other side.

Yilia carefully observed the pretty little girl again, and she realized that Beryl did bear a striking resemble to Jacob. All of a sudden, her mind was sent reeling, unable to accept the possibility of the little girl telling the truth.

"Is your father really Jacob, little girl?"

Beryl said nothing in response. She didn't have the patience to sit around trying to win Yilia's acceptance.

"Even though you are Jacob's daughter, you are sitting here with us all just like any other girl. By tomorrow, we will all be sold. Are you sure he will be here on time to get you out of here?"

'If this girl truly is Jacob's daughter, the kidnappers are going to pay for what they've done to her with their lives when Jacob comes to rescue his daughter, ' Yilia mused.

Beryl, however, was lost in deep thought, mulling over what Yilia had said.

Her father did not hear her screaming his name before she got taken away. How would he know that she was in Z country looking for him, let alone the fact that she got kidnapped there?

The more she analyzed it logically, the more unlikely it seemed that her father was coming to save her!

to do? She would have

girl like her do against those

She wondered whether they

Beryl's suspicious behavior, she taunted, "Little girl, what

she considered the fact that adding one more person to their numbers would strengthen them,

calling auntie? Do I look like an auntie

this was neither the time nor the place to be arguing about such trivial

out Beryl's idea, she taunted her, "I thought you said you wanted to

determined. "Of course I have confidence in my father, but it's always better to have a plan B. What if you're right and my father doesn't make it here on time. Do you want to get sold to some rich, depraved man? I don't think you'd want to be

her eyes focused on nothing in particular. Having considered everything, she decided to accept Beryl's suggestion. She

another woman being dragged out and abused, everyone buried their doubts. The shrill

that if they didn't fight back, one of them

and some of them could not stop crying. Everything they had witnessed in the past few days was far beyond their comprehension. Sometimes the world could be

the time to act had

on them, all the girls swallowed nervously and looked

"Ahh! My stomach hurts..."

it's going to split

my insides are burning like

the children's acting skills weren't very convincing. The female guard watched them squirming on the floor with a straight face and burst out laughing. She picked up the first little girl in front of her and sneered, "Why are you putting on such a bad performance? I'm amazed you still have the guts to act in front of me! Little girl, are you so naive to believe that I would

the girl she picked up was

arm and clung to her like

contorted the woman's face and she wanted to tear Beryl

to keep her from screaming and then pinned her hands and feet to the floor. Some of them reached forward and

and grievances they had suffered

all was Yilia. She sunk her nails into their woman's face and almost

would have killed the woman if they weren't interrupted by someone trying to

in a serpentine fashion, unable to bear the pain. With each footstep closing in from the outside, one step at a time, the fear