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Author's POV

Florina zoomed in on this bunch of people who were dealing with a cartel full of innocent girls. They were shifting girls from one place to another like animals. One girl tried to scream and fight but got backhanded by the man, and Florina almost slipped from her place, witnessing the brutality. 

Florina was in a tree, trying to record everything going on at the port. She tried her best to stay calm and not fall from the tree. It was scary enough with the night and bone-chilling cold. If she fell now, then she would be doomed because, first, she would break her camera, and secondly, the cherry on top, she would directly land between the Wolves.

Florina is a news reporter, and when she got a tip from her trusted source that some illegal thing was going to happen in the town, she was sure that she would get some spicy news, but what she saw shook her to the core. She was expecting them to smuggle some weapons or drugs, but they were actually doing human trafficking.

Only a few of them looked like grown up women's but the rest of them were teenage girls. 

Florina zoomed in with her camera and focused on the russian mafia, which she recognised because one of her friends during school was Russian and captured all their actions. He was a middle-aged man with a clean-shaven face; she couldn't see his eyes clearly, but overall he looked like a built man. She recognised a few natives from her town too who were helping them, ofcourse how would he do all these activities without the help of any natives? Her town was a tourist spot, and she could see that they were trafficking some tourist girls too. 

'This will do...'

She thought and was about to call it a night when she saw more cars approaching the scene. She resumed recording, and the next thing she saw made her world spin. 

The mayor of the town, who assured people's safety and all that shit, was shaking his hands with the russian mafia. 

'Holy shit... This is gonna be a blast, baby...'

Florina also saw a few government officials and cops too. 

'Fucking hell, everyone is involved... Enjoy all you want, people; this is gonna be the last night of your freedom...'

She zoomed in on everyone's faces, capturing everything in detail on how they treat girls and how brutally they were beating them. Everything was so humiliating. 

Florina switched off the camera and started climbing down the tree. She was on the last branch on her way down when it broke with a loud cracking voice and she landed on the ground with a thud. The first thing she did was check her camera and sigh in relief, seeing it didn't break. 

"Who is there?..."

She heard someone yell and gasped in fear. 

'Oh no... Shit, shit... Fuck...'

Florina quickly stood up and started running from there as her life depended on it, which it actually did. She was sure that if they caught her, then they would either kill her and discard her body like some crap, or they would add her to that trafficking group, which is more beneficial to them 

"Boss... Someone was recording us..."

She heard one man yelling and informing others. 

"Find her, damn it... If this news got leaked, then I am finished... Find her and kill her..."

The mayor shouted.

"I want the girl; otherwise, I'll be the one to kill you first..."

Said a scary masculine voice that was the boss.

Florina was aware of every part of her town; escaping and hiding was a part of her job. The guards were following her, but she was smart enough to confuse them. After continuing with her tricks, she was finally able to escape from them.

"Fucking bitch... where did she go? Boss will kill us now..."

One of the guards yelled.

Hundreds of lives were at stake; if they caught her, then no one would know what happened this night. The Mayor will, as usual, fool people like he was doing till now, and those girls will live a life in hell. 

She was in big trouble, and the first person she remembered to go to calm herself down was her loving and caring boyfriend. She managed to reach his house quickly. Florina had the keys, so she didn't bother to wake him up this late at night, but when she reached his room, her steps halted. 

"Yes, baby... There, oh my god, you are so good, Jimmy..."

She heard a girl moaning, and her boyfriend grunted in response. 

Florina clutched her backpack with a shocked face. Her boyfriend was cheating on her, which was very hard to believe because he was so sweet and caring. 

Florina couldn't hear the nasty moans any longer and slammed the door open. Jimmy's face turned shocked, and he quickly stood up, trying to hide his naked body. He spotted his shorts and quickly put them on while the girl on the bed hid herself with the sheets. 

"Excuse me... Don't you have any manners..."

She yelled at Florina. 

"Shut up..."

Florina growled at her, making her flinch. 

"Florina... I thought you were at work..."

Jimmy tried to reach her, but she stepped back.

"Yeah, I was... But you know what, I am glad I came HERE."

She said with a disgusted look. 

"Listen, I can explain, please..."

He Pleaded. 

"You know what, Jimmy... Actually, it's fine."

She smiled and frowned.

"I wanted to break up with you for a long time now, but you were so sweet, and I didn't want to break your heart... But I think you made it easy for me. So thank you and bye..."

"You wanted to break up... but why?..."

He asked, shocked. His manly ego wasn't ready to digest it.

"You want to know... Actually, Jimmy, you can't satisfy me in bed, haven't you noticed that I hardly ever came. I was never satisfied, and you never cared... It was just you, FOR YOU. You never tried to___"

She sighed.

"You know what, just forget it..."

Jimmy scoffed. 

"I couldn't satisfy you?..."

She internally rolled her eyes. 

'Here we go... So-called ego...'

"Yeah... I am in a rush, by the way. So bye..."

Florina dashed down the stairs and laughed when she heard cursing from upstairs. 

Her legs were hurting from running for so long. It was almost sunrise time, and she could see some people jogging and coming out for exercise and a walk. She sighed in relief as she was sure that no one would attack her in front of all these people. 

She took a deep breath and headed towards her office. She wanted to give the evidence to her boss so that action could be taken against those people. She finally reached the office building, but her heart was pounding in her chest. 

Florina looked for her I'd card but found nothing. Her heart almost came in her mouth.

'Shit did I dropped it ____ No No... Think positive, Florina... Positive... It must be at my house.'

She entered the office, and security let her in as she was already famous among the people for her friendly and bubbly behaviour. 

The first thing she did was run towards her boss's office, but she froze in her place when she heard the mayor's voice. 

"I want you to inform me as soon as she comes here..."

"Don't worry, sir... I'll make sure of that; no one will learn about it, let alone telecast it on TV..."

Her so-called boss said. They sounded like they were good friends. 

'Ohh fuck me... Even he is involved; how can I be so stupid? Of course all the important people in this town are in the mayor's pocket...'

She licked her dry lips and supported herself against the wall. 

"Listen, Wilson... You are my friend, and I am warning you because I don't want you to get killed. Russian mafia is now behind that girl since she has recorded everything. We found her ID there, and now he is dying to kill that girl. Don't come in his radar by supporting her, hand her over along with the evidence and save all of us..."

The Mayor warned.

"Of course.. I love my life. As soon as she is here,  I'll call you, and then you can do whatever you want with Florina..."

Her body trembled at their discussion.

Florina had no idea what to do now. Suddenly she was yanked by someone. 

She was dragged towards the storeroom, and the person slammed the door shut.