… 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….”
throws his gun to the ground. Another follows, dropped by Elroy. Mack looks furious. “You’re
for a job,” says Konner. “No-one said anything about fighting it out
open and my Master bursts in, closely followed by several police officers. To the rear, I see Ross and Francis. Francis’ eyes are swollen, as though she has been crying.
his expression bland. “What have they
about what has/was going to happen. I am his.
I must tell
didn’t have time. It probably looks worse than it is.” I wipe my eye, streaming fluid: tears? Or blood? “Mack
but his expression stays blank, his gaze
seizes up and the words won’t come out. No longer able to hold my self-control, my tears
He glances at her.
to you, but sell me anyway to someone in the third world even when you paid. I’m not sure who.
calm, measured. “Is
dangerous. He holds out his hand, helping me to stand, his stare
care of Elizabeth. See if she needs medical
my shoulders, and then with Francis, 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
to say?” he asks, his stare
pushes her away with an
her any harm. She’s
puts up a good act, but
back and watch her be gang-raped? Sold to the highest
She falls silent.
happened anyway, but after what you have
men. My Master, tall, holding himself proud. Mack, slinking, cowering,
about you, Mack? You stole from me. Attacked Elizabeth in her own apartment. 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 with a man like you?” His voice is calm, but I see the whiteness of his knuckles. My Master’s self-control is
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