Desired by the Don

The doctor offered her a glass of water to drink, which she accepted after letting go of him slowly. Jessica felt bad and was about to apologize to the doctor. It seemed like he sensed it and quickly said, "You would be discharged tomorrow."

Without talking any further, he walked out of the room.

She was all alone and was scared; thankfully the lights were turned on. However, she left her eyes open, taking notice of every noise she heard, until she unknowingly fell asleep again. 

Jessica jerk awake on hearing some far distance noise, she looked around, observing that it was daybreak. For a second she felt relief; there would be nothing to be scared of for now. 

Just as she had expected the door sprang open, revealing one of the nurses who attended to her yesterday.

Beside her was a  stern looking face Jessica had never seen. He was average heightened and had curly brown hairs, which appeared to also be on his chin.

"You can't just barge in, who are you?"  The  nurse, who now stood behind him questioned.

Suddenly, some security men came also trooped in, they stood behind, waiting for instructions. They had received a call about a young man barging into the hospital, heading to one of the rooms, without checking in or anything.

 Jessica looked confusedly at them, her mouth unconsciously left opened as she stared.

"Am I in trouble?"  She demanded from the man who had been staring at her.

She feigned to be fearless and looked into his eyes. But when the man lifted his right hand, putting it into his coat, she screamed and begged for her life. Her mind  had flashed back to the time she saw Mr. Harrison bringing out his gun to shoot her saviour. She thought the stranger was about to do same.

 

Instead of a gun, he brought out a white envelope and threw it on the bed. She took a glance at the envelope and looked up to inquire about the content in the envelope, when he huskily said " From my boss, he said you should use it wisely." 

He left the room immediately, accompanied by the security men. The nurse apologized to her, before leaving the room quietly. Jessica stared at the envelope without touching it, she pondered on what the content might be.

What if it was something that could actually kill her or do more harm than good to her. 

After minutes of thinking and staring, she took the envelope, opening it gently just in case there was something dangerous inside. To her greatest dismay, the envelope was loaded with a large bundle of money. She nearly threw it on the floor as her eyes had never seen such huge amount of money. 

" Who are this people?"

Yesterday, she was saved from going to prison, now they have also given her some money. She was quite excited about the money, but was worried.

 With the money, she could get an accommodation and also fend for herself while she searched for jobs. In as much as she needed the money badly, what if the people helping her were only doing it for something in return or because there was something they needed from her.

Jessica was discharged from the hospital later that afternoon, but she left in the evening, when was feeling much better. Although, her shoulder still hurts a little and she could barely use her left hand for anything. 

Since her clothes was in a mess, an elderly nurse offered her a black jean trousers, along with a white baggy shirt and black coat. 

It was already getting dark when she darted out of the hospital. She stood along the walk way for some seconds, inhaling deeply with her eyes closed. It felt so nice to finally take in fresh air and enjoy the natural scent of the environment. 

"Move away!" 

She came back to her senses, after being shouted out for the obstruction she was causing. 

Jessica walked as fast as her leg could carry her, before someone recognizes her. She stood at the bus station about to board a bus to no where in particular; all she needed was to leave this area. She needed to start a new life in a new location. 

After standing for hours and still didn't get a bus, the next option was to board a train. As, she walked toward the train station, she observed that a few people still recognized her and made it obvious. She had to put her face down, while heading to the subway.

Something was off while she walked through the underground subway, there were a few passerby, but it seemed like she was being watched. She gazed around but everyone seemed to be minding their business. 

"Maybe, I am imagining things" 

She slides her hands into the coat immediately, holding the money firmly. She was already close by and could see the train station from where she stood, when  a hand grabbed her coat and pulled her back wards, until she found herself on the floor.

 On looking up, about four faces gazed at her with smug expressions. 

She had to urge to beg for her life, but she found herself not talking. She was stiff and could only stare at them, like they had inject something into her body that rendered her this useless.

 They lifted her up and carried her to a white car waiting at the entrance of the subway. 

"We found this on her" 

Jessica saw one of them bring out the bundle of money she was given. Her life depended on that money; she  wanted to shout and struggle to get the money back,  but the more she tried, she only kept on causing herself pain and found it hard to breath. 

"You can keep that, just put her into the car. I need five more girls before weekend" 

"All  right sir, that wouldn't be difficult"

Just when Jessica thought it was a new beginning for her, she ended up in the hands of human traffickers.