… he reaches, grasps the top of my panties and is about to pull when…
There is a wailing noise, eerie and strange as it echoes around the room, but to me as welcome as sunshine after rain. The cavalry has arrived…… at last.
The sound of police sirens reverberates around us.
Konner dashes to the window, peering down through clouded glass and cobwebs, then says. “There’s police cars out there. Lots of them. The building’s surrounded.”
Fury washes across Mack’s face, followed by confusion. Adele’s expression is apoplectic.
“How?” she demands. “How did they find us?”
They both look at me.
Relief washing over me, still sick to my stomach but nonetheless, relieved, I say “You figure it out. You’re neither of you all that bright, are you?”
Bafflement on both features. “Did it occur to you that mobile phones these days do a lot more than make phone calls? Of course, my friends know where I am. They only had to trace my phone signal.”
They still both look blank. “It’s a modern phone.” I continue. “A smartphone. They all have GPS built in. And they can all be set to be traceable. Usually it’s just a protection against phones being stolen, but in this case, it meant that I could be tracked if needed.”
Adele’s face twists. Mack still looks bewildered. How did he succeed in defrauding my Master for so long if he is really this stupid?
From below comes the sound of many feet running up the echoing stairs.
“Put your gun down,” I say to Konner.
“Don’t,” says Mack to him. “We’ll fight it out. We’ll….”
to the ground. Another follows, dropped by Elroy. Mack looks furious. “You’re being well paid for
being paid for a job,” says Konner. “No-one said anything about fighting it out with
and Francis. Francis’ eyes are swollen, as though she has been crying. Ross looks
the tableau. He looks down at me, his expression bland. “What have they done to you, Elizabeth?” His gaze lingers over my swelling eye, my
don’t want to tell my Master about what has/was going to happen. I am his. I do
Of course I
They didn’t have time. It probably looks worse than it is.” I wipe my eye, streaming fluid: tears? Or blood? “Mack was about
Master raises an eyebrow, but his expression stays blank, his gaze
My throat seizes up and the words won’t come out. No longer able to hold
glances at her. Astonishingly, she
but sell me anyway to someone in the third world even when you paid. I’m not
Master’s voice is calm, measured. “Is
tones. This is my Master at his most dangerous. He holds out his hand, helping me to stand, his
of Elizabeth. See if she
takes me by an arm, trying to lead me out of the room, but I resist. I want to see what happens next. Now that my Master is here, in charge, in command, I know that everything will be alright.
say?” he asks, his stare like the passage of the Angel of
around her. He pushes her away with an
starts to cry, dabbing her eyes. “I didn’t mean her any harm. She’s just a kid. But I wanted
act, but it is all so
back and watch her be gang-raped? Sold to the highest bidder? While you
She falls silent.
have happened anyway, but after what you have done here, and tried to do….” His voice trails
attention to Mack. I cannot help but contrast the two men. My Master, tall, holding himself proud. Mack, slinking, cowering, caught. If Adele is a snake,
Now you abduct her, assault her. You were about to rape her and then sell her into sexual slavery? What is the appropriate way of dealing
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