All Chapters of Trafficked: A Dark Organized Crime Psychological Thriller: Chapter 21 - Chapter 26

I couldn't even find Valerie anywhere.What would I do now?I needed my Papa to come back.I wouldn't survive on my own.Suddenly, I heard the approaching of footsteps coming from behind me.I turned around, hoping that it was Valerie.But to my surprise, I saw Lazarus there.“Hey Lily,” he said coyly. “Why are you crying, beautiful?”I heaved my chest, before shaking my head.“My mama passed away...” I whispered.I trailed off my sentence, as I recounted the number of hours I'd spent laying limply, sobbing and screaming next to her dead body, just wishing that I wasn't trapped in a nightmare.Except it wasn't a nightmare.It had been real.Very, very real...“I can't find my friend Valerie anywhere. I just feel so alone.”Lazarus crouched down next to me, squeezing my palms in his.“Don't feel alone,” he whispered. “You have me!”25lilyMy eyes burned into Lazarus's, not sure what this feeling was when he showed me such kindness.I shakily shivered about my spot.“C - can you help m

“You see, your dad has been... shall I say... misbehaving... while he has been working for me. He warned me to stay away from you, but I didn't listen. I couldn't resist. You looked so young and beautiful, it would be a shame for that to go to waste.”An exasperated growl escaped from my mouth.“He constantly tried to run away. Constantly tried to defy orders. Constantly swore and got into fights. Trying to come up against the likes of me. He had no idea who he was messing with. What I was capable of.”I balled my hands into fists, rattling them angrily.“So what would be a better punishment... If I took his beautiful daughter? There would be no better punishment.”34lazarusI gritted my teeth.“From here on out, you'll be listening to my commands. You'll be doing whatever I tell you to do. If you want to stand a chance of fucking surviving.”I folded my arms.“But I'll never kill you. No, I'll never do that.“I'll just put you through endless torture. Just as you think it's about t

40lilyYears after being sold to Vladimir Potter“I've gotta do some paperwork with the client I was telling you about,” said Vladimir matter-of-factly, folding his arms. “He's going to come and see you tonight. I've left some clothes inside your cage, change into them while I'm gone. I won't be long.”I was sat inside my cage, with my hands wrapped around my legs, trembling...With tears streaming down my face.The cage was the place I was forced to stay whenever I wasn't on a job.Vladimir departed from the room, and I could feel my blood boiling to the point it almost dried up, as my eyes burned into his back as he left.Hating him.Despising him for doing this to me.For treating me this way.And the pent-up anger and frustration that I'd kept inside of me, began getting the better of me.I stood up on my feet and began rattling the cage angrily, screaming and sobbing hysterically, even though I knew nobody could hear me.“I'm sick of this!” I bellowed. “I'm sick of being locked