… 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
was being paid for a job,” says Konner. “No-one said anything about fighting it out with the police.
To the rear, I see Ross and Francis. Francis’ eyes are swollen, as though she has been crying. Ross looks at me, still
He looks down at me, his expression bland. “What have they done to you, Elizabeth?” His gaze lingers over my swelling eye, my
strange reluctance takes me. I don’t want to tell my Master about what has/was going to happen. I am his. I do not want to admit
I
They didn’t have time. It probably looks worse than it is.” I wipe my eye, streaming
eyebrow, but his expression stays blank, his gaze sweeping over Konner and Elroy. “With
up and the words won’t come out. No longer able
asks “And Adele?” He glances at her. Astonishingly, she is
was planning to ransom me back to you, but sell me anyway to someone in the third world even when you paid. I’m not sure who. A
calm,
fooled by his calm tones. This is my Master at his most dangerous. He holds out his hand, helping me to stand, his stare hovering over my ripped clothes, my
care of Elizabeth. See
then with Francis, takes me by an arm, trying to lead me out of the room, but I resist. I want to
he asks, his stare like the
to him. Tries to fling her arms around her. He pushes her away with an expression as
says. She starts to cry, dabbing her eyes. “I didn’t mean her any harm. She’s just a kid. But I wanted her to go away so that you and I could be together
have to admit she puts up a good act, but it is
and watch her be
She falls silent.
would never have happened anyway, but after what you have done here, and tried to do….” His
cannot help but contrast the two men. My Master, tall, holding himself proud. Mack, slinking, cowering, caught. If Adele is a snake, Mack is
You were about to rape her and then sell her into sexual slavery? What
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