… 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….”
follows, dropped by Elroy. Mack looks furious. “You’re being well paid for
said anything about fighting it out
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.
Master gazes around the room, taking in the tableau. He looks down at me, his expression bland. “What have they done to you, Elizabeth?” His gaze lingers over my swelling eye,
I don’t want to tell my Master about what has/was going to happen. I
course I must tell
probably looks worse than it is.” I wipe my eye, streaming fluid: tears? Or blood? “Mack
raises an eyebrow, but his expression stays blank, his gaze sweeping over
able to hold my self-control, my tears start flowing, running
“And Adele?” He glances at
watch. And then Mack was planning to ransom me back to you, but sell me anyway to someone in the third world even
calm, measured. “Is that
by his calm tones. This is my Master at his most dangerous. He holds out his
of Elizabeth. See if she needs
jacket, placing it around 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
his stare like the passage of the
to him. Tries to fling her arms around her. He pushes her away with an expression as though he had just bitten into rotten
mean her any harm. She’s just a
a good act, but it is all so false. Adele
sit back and watch her be gang-raped?
She falls silent.
I will never be together. It would never have happened anyway, but after what you have done here, and tried to do….” His voice trails
My Master, tall, holding himself proud.
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
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