Breaking Britain (Completed)

Chapter 50

50
Sunday 6th January 2030
01:40

             'You think they'll really let us go', Gulab asked Saburi, picking out her third and last chicken leg in the box.

              'They may let you go, but soon as they find out a dear old white English couple live at my address, they're gonna think I lied to them and....', she stopped not wanting to say what was on her mind, for fear it might make it more real.

               'Well they're definitely not going to let me go now'

               'Lucy. You're awake', Gulab dropped her chicken leg back in the box and swung herself over to hug Lucy. After a brief second of feeling awkward, with their naked bodies badly positioned, Gulab released her.

               Lucy put her hand to her head. It ached. She looked at her hand expecting to see blood, there was none.

              'It's swollen up quite a bit', Saburi said.

              'It's killing me'

              'I'm not surprised, when James did it, I thought he'd killed you. The sound echoed all around the room. Even the woman stopped screaming'

              'What happened to her?', Lucy asked, trying to raise her head and feeling a sudden sharp pain in her temple. She laid her head back down. 'The woman with the child'

               Saburi looked down, 'she gave them the information they wanted'

               'And the child?'

               'She's okay', Saburi looked back up and in the general direction of the girl.

               Lucy twisted her body to look over there. She was surprised to see around twenty new people there. Most were men, some with their hands cable tied in front of them. Lucy closed her eyes, the pain was too much.

              'Look who's coming over', Saburi said, changing the direction she was looking.

              Lucy wasn't ready to open her eyes yet, but she made the effort and saw the blurred figure of Finley walking over with James.

              'Here. Give her this', Finley said handing a box of paracetamol and a plastic cup of water.

              Saburi grabbed it from his hand and turned her attention back to Lucy.

              'I'm gonna move you Lucy', she said scooping her hand under Lucy's head and raising it onto her leg.

              'What's going on?', Lucy asked, fighting to open back up her reluctant eyes.

              'Finley's brought you some tablets for your head'

              'You sure he's not poisoning me?'

               She heard Finley give a little laugh.

               She took the cup, Saburi popped two tablets into Lucy's mouth and she guzzled down the water. The liquid felt good running down her sore throat.

              'We also came to get Gulab, she's free to go', James threw some clothes on the floor for her. A man's trousers and a jumper.

              'No, no, you're not taking me. We stay together'

              'Your information panned out. You can leave, go home if you want. You have five minutes to get dressed and them James will drop you off', Finlay turned and walked away. James followed him.

              'What about Saburi and Lucy?', Gulab shouted after them. They ignored her and walked on.

              Gulab looked at her two friends. 'What do I do?'

              Lucy leant up ignoring the receding pain. She pulled Gulab to her. 'You have to go, if there's a chance this nightmare will be over for you, you need to take it'

              'Yeah babes, you need to go', Saburi added.

              'Now, put those clothes on before they change their minds'

              'What about you two?'

              'We'll be fine'. Lucy opened her arms to welcome Saburi into the embrace. The three lay down enjoying the hug. They had been through so much, that day. It had brought them even closer together. Yet in a few minutes, one of them would be gone and they hoped and prayed she would be safe. That they all would be safe.