749km Away From Home

Glimmer Of Hope

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A glimmer of hope sparked in the darkness I had been drowning in....

My heartbeat was rhythmically pounding in my chest and I was at loss for words.... Inside I was screaming out to this person but physically nothing came out my mouth.

"Uh..... I need- I need to get someone from upstairs" he stammered and started walking away.

"No pleaseeeeeeee don't" I quickly cried out.

"No one there is gonna help me. They let those men do this to me... Please, I need real help... I need a doctor", I pleaded, trying to catch my breath as I talked.

He stared at me with concern plastered all over his face.

This man was the first sign of hope I had in what felt like a thousand years.

I could tell he was conflicted but the worry in his eyes reassured me that he'd do the right thing....
He wanted to help... I just had to thread lightly, I didn't want to overwhelm him but I  needed to seize the opportunity because I had absolutely no idea when one as such  if ever again , would present it self.

"I'm only 17, I don't belong here .... I've been through hell and back... Please help me" I begged

" I just need to get out of here, dump me on the side of the road after, I don't care. Just please....."  I said holding my hands together and crying my eyes out.

He stared at me .... I guess contemplating what he should do.

He started to approach me but was interrupted by the door swinging open and that monsterous man walking down the stairs.

"Is there a problem?" He asked the other man kindly.

Not in his usual arrogant tone.... Definitely not like a man that beat the shit out of me only hours earlier.

"This girl needs a doctor" he said firmly pointing at me...

I was so scared....I had no idea what their conversation would lead to.....

"Ofcourse.... We'll take care of her, let just go back upstairs and we can find you another girl" he said .

"No pleaseeeeeeee.... That's not true......" I cried out.

"Now now.... Let's not bother the gentleman" he countered immediately.

The man looked at me and I took that opportunity to plead with him with my eyes.

"How much do you want for her?"

"Well you paid already bu-"

"No", he cut him off. "I want to buy her.... Name your price." He said.

I couldn't start to process it, I felt like running to that man and kissing the ground he walked on. Freedom... My family... It was all so close again...

I waited for his response.

He was clearly taken by surprise.

I prayed he'd agree.... I didn't doubt that the idea of money wouldn't catch his attention but I also remembered the way boasted about how much money he intended to make off of me.

"I'll get a check book then....." Her said cheerily and left.

I sighed in relief.

I closed my eyes and thanked God.

The man walked toward me. He dodged the vomit and kneeled by the bed.
He asked if I was okay and reached out to touch me but instictively I flinched and he held his hands in the air....

"Okayyyyy it's fine.... My name is Antonio.... I'll get you the help you need, I promise, let's just get you out of here."  He said sweetly...

And then it occurred to me. What was he even doing in a place like this...

"Only horrible men come here, for awful reasons.... Why - why are you here" I asked suspiciously.

I didn't want to get out of one horrible situation only to end up in another.

"Look, in all honesty.... I'm just a sex addict, I found the closest whore house I could, I had no idea the girls here were underaged and being this ill treated" he responded.

I didn't know if he was telling the truth but he was offering a way out of the endless pain and abuse and I had to take it. A leap of faith...

Tears of relief and joy trickled down my cheeks.

I'd see my family again. I'd get help for Maya and the other girls....

"Thank you" , I cried.

He smiled and reassured me.

Only seconds later the other man returned bringing back the tension in the room with him.
They talked a bit and I saw Antonio wrote something in the check book.

I sighed in relief. It's done.... I didn't belong to that sexist asshole anymore and my pains were no longer gonna be there source of his income.

I was happy and beyound grateful to that man....

"Nice doing business with ya" was all I heard and after that....  it felt like things played out in slow motion.

In only a matter of seconds, the monsterous man pulled out a gun... i tried to warn him but it was too late. He pulled the trigger and Antonio fell to the floor as that god awful should echoed through the room.... I convered my ears and cried...

The smug look on his face as he watched the blood spread on that ugly concrete floor made me sick.

I couldn't believe I just witnessed murder right in front my eyes.

I was in a state of utter shock.

"Are you gonna shoot me to??" I screamed at him.

Part of me wanted him to say yes, to just turn around , point the gun at me and end it all.

"You wish bitch" he laughed and he left.

The scene kept repeating it self in my head over and over and over again...

He was alive and well one moment then I was staring his dead body.

All I keep asking myself was how.... I felt like I was going insane....

My emotions were everywhere.

I was shaking with fright, shocked about the murder that was committed only inches and way from me and I was crushed because that glimmer of hope had been put out as fast as it had sparked and I was back to drowning in darkness.