Carla knocked again.
"Who's there?" after a while a frightened voice answered.
"We are the Filipinas from the other room! We just arrived from the Philippines!" Carla answered.
S I L E N C E
Then they heard many steps coming to the door that was slowly opened.
"New arrival from the Philippines, we did not knew!" one girl said.
"We arrived last night. Why were you so frightened and screamed when you saw me?" Luisa asked.
"My drunkenness was suddenly gone!" answered one and then laughed.
"Me too, I let fall the glass I am holding! Moment, I will clean it before someone got hurt of the broken glasses on the floor!" said the other girl and went to the kitchen to clean the scattered glasses on the floor.
"You did not answered us, why did you screamed? What happened?" Carla repeated her question.
"Because..."
"They are just like that! They're always have a tripping when they smoke grass!" the other cut-in to stopped the others words. "I am Nena."
When Nena introduced herself to the group, Carla also introduced themselves.
"I am Carla, this is Luisa, Grace, Luz, Lorna and Thelma!" Carla said as she pointed each after saying their names.
"This is Carol, Myrna, Jennifer, Lydia and the one cleaning up the glasses is Mona!" Nena also introduced her group.
"Also Cultural Dancers?" Grace asked the group but no one answered her. Each of the girls were just looking to each other.
"Because we are Cultural dancers and we will perform in Majestic! Do you knew Majestic?" Grace continued.
"We are also working in Majestic. Maybe we have the same agent!" Nena answered.
"Stars Entertainment! It's also your agent?" Lorna asked.
"Yes, our agency is also Stars Entertainment! Maybe we could talk later. We must sleep first, we were tired." Nena wanted to end their conversation.
Back to their room, the girls returned to their bed.
"I am wondering!" Carla said. The five girls asked her almost simultaneously.
"Why?"
"Those Filipinas, they acted strange! First upon seeing Luisa they screamed and then they avoided our questions." Carla answered.
"Yes, indeed, the...who was it, ah, Myrna, yes, seems she wanted to say something but Nena cut-in and she stopped talking." Lorna said.
"Did all of you noticed the way they looked at each other? Like their hiding something!" Thelma said.
"Yes, strange!"
3 o'clock in the afternoon. The other group wake-up and when they came out, they saw nobody in the living room and also in the kitchen. Nena decided to knock on the door of the new group and it was Luisa who opened the door.
"Nena, you wake-up already!" Luisa said. "Come inside!"
But Nena stayed only by the door.
"I saw nobody, Why you only stayed inside your room? Did you already eaten?" Nena asked. The six girls only shook their heads.
"Since this morning until now you all did not ate yet? Why?" Nena asked.
"We have no foods. The man who brought us here did not came back yet and we don't know what will we do!" Carla answered Nena.
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One Road, Six Ways
General FictionSix Filipinas not knowing they would became victims of human trafficking were glad that they went abroad as cultural dancers as what promised to them, little they knew the dangers that awaited for them in another countries, first in Cyprus, and lat...
