The Help (MB)

Chapter 32

*Amaya*

The next morning,we set out early. None of us really got any sleep,and my back was hurting from being uncomfortable. We started walking in the same direction as yesterday.

"I hope there's a town ahead..." I said as we all noticed the trees spreading further apart.

"I see a building!" Penny screamed,jumping.

I looked ahead,and she was right. I saw one,two,three,tons of buildings and gas stations and houses up ahead. I smiled,cheering with her.

We wasted no time in running to the buildings. It felt good to finally be in a place where we could find help. People looked at us curiously as we walked. Four teenage girls walking down a street in run-down gowns is enough to catch anyone's attention.

Kenya ran up to a lady who was walking out to her car. She was dressed in plain jeans and a graphic t-shirt. "Excuse me! Sorry! Uh,can I please use your phone? Its an emergency!" Kenya pleaded,and the lady looked at each of us with a questioning look.

She nodded. "Sure. Do you need to call the police?"

"No ma'am. Just my home." Kenya said,and I looked at her like she was crazy. She didn't want to call the police? She was just going to let the crazy man get away with this? Is she serious?

"What are you doi-"

"Shh!" Peyton said,and Kenya started to dial the house phone.

"Jacob? Jacob! Jacob,we need your help...... Yes,we're alright..... It's a long story..... Just come pick us up-hurry!..... Bring all the boys and tell them to pack clothes... Yes.... Just do it... We're at.." She started to read the sign at the corner of the road,and we listened.

"Hurry! Okay,bye.." She hung up. "Thank you so much ma'am." Kenya said,and the woman nodded.

"No problem."

"Why the hell didnt you call the police?" Penny asked,shocked.

"If I would've done that,they could've tracked us. Police would have reports up for sure,and they would know where we are at. No risking that. We can't go back home.. We have to find somewhere else to stay,because they know where we live. Just trust me on this guys.." She said,and we all sat at the corner quietly,waiting on the boys.

A few hours later,we finally saw a limo pull up to where we were. I took my head off of Peyton's shoulder and shook Penny awake from my shoulder.

"They're here!" I said,standing up.

Kenya looked up,and ran to the limo. We all ran after her.

The limo pulled up to the curb,and Craig was the first to get out. Kenya attacked him in a hug,and he looked at her crazy.

I ran up to Jacob and hugged him twice as hard. "Oh my god im so happy y'all are here."

"Why do you guys have on gowns in the middle of a city?" He asked.

"Long story. We'll tell you in the limo,but right now we have to go now!" We all entered the limo and sat on opposite sides.

"Did you bring clothes? I hope you bought clothes!" Kenya said.

"Yea we bought the clothes.." Chres said. "Now what the hell is going on?"

"Okay,first of all,that lady was not our mother,she was some stripper or prostitute for a crazy man and he took us in his home and we had to share a room and we had hardly nothing to eat - hey,can we stop by McDonalds or something- anyway,and we had tese terrible mattresses and the man said we'd better not escape or he'd kill us all and we couldn't even go outside and we had to take five minute showers and these ugly raggedy gowns were the only thing they gave us and we were raped our last night there but we escaped the next morning." Penny said all in one breath.

The boys sat there,mouth wide, eyes wide. "You... You what?!" Diggy said.

"Please don't make me repeat that.." Penny said,still catching her breath.

"Oh my god." Ray said,pulling Peyton into a tight hug. "Did they hurt you?"

"I was raped Ray,of course it hurt..." Pey said,and Ray hugged her tighter.

"I cant breathe" Peyton said,her voice squeaky.

"Sorry.." He pulled away.

"But we got a letter in the mail saying that you chose to live there for the rest of your lives because you were happy there... I was so upset... I'm going to kill whoever did this.." Chres said,balling his fists.

"Yea,that's kind of why I told you guys to bring clothes. Look,I know you want to call the police,kill them,whatever,but we cant do that. These are very powerful people,and he has like a whole freaking army on his side. They'd kill us for sure if we ratted out,or even told. We have to find somewhere to stay,we have to get a secret hideout,whether it's staying at different hotels each night or renting a home in the middle of nowhere,we have to get away from here..." Kenya said.

We all sat in silence. "So we can't call the police? What kinda shit?" Prince started,but Kenya looked at him.

"Its for our own safety. If the police arrests crazy man,he's going to have more people he can get to kidnap us. Kill us. Whatever he wants. It's too much of a risk. Oh,and whatever we do,contact your dad. We need him. Another long story,but i'll explain all of that later." She said.

"So where do we go?" Craig said.

"Let's go to a motel for the night. Something simple.." Chres said. "Are you guys sure you're okay?" He asked,looking at all of us,especially Kenya.

"Yea.." We said in unison,nodding.

"Well not really. Im pretty frickin hungry." Penny said,rubbing her belly like she was pregnant. We went around the drive through of McDonalds and ordered lots of food.

We drove another thirty minutes,and pulled into a motel. It seemed pretty empty,and only four cars were in the parking lot.

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