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

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29lilyI sat in the backseat of Lazarus's car, my heart thumping against my chest with the excitement of seeing my father at last.I was so excited...I was getting out of the camp at last!My cheeks flushed pink, as I felt myself warm at how much Lazarus had helped me.I couldn't wait to see my Papa...And show him the prince that I met, who was taking me to him.30lilyLazarus pulled up to the curb, and stopped driving.He pulled up to an abandoned house, that looked like nobody had stepped inside of it for years.The windows were broken, the surroundings were dirty...It almost looked haunted.Did Lazarus live here?I could feel myself hesitating, but continued to follow Lazarus inside.The inside looked just as worn-out and battered as the outside did.How could Lazarus live in such bad conditions?I thought he was a rich man.What was this creepy place?“Your father was inside here.”He signalled one of the corridors inside the mansion.“Oh, okay,” I replied, unsure what to thi

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“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

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36lazarusI stood at the back of an alleyway on the other side of town, in a deserted area, where nobody would be able to see me.I was in the middle of a business transaction, with a very rich, wealthy, and filthy motherfucker, who was going to make me a lot of money.His name was Vladimir Potter.Vladimir Potter was a sick, twisted bastard. He had veiny blue eyes, scruffy black hair, scars all over his body, and a burn mark covering half of his entire face.He was about to make Lily's life a big, big fucking misery.I had the little bitch Lily with me, with her short, black hair tied up in pigtails, and I’d got her to wear a pretty little dress, ready to meet the fucking customer.Dolling up her face, making her look the fucking part.Needing to satisfy Vladimir's desires.“She’s fresh meat, old man,” I shrugged. “Twelve years old, straight from Russia.”The man narrowed his eyes, eyeing up the little girl up and down with a predatory regard, a smile forming on the corners of his m

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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

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“Vladimir must be back already!” I screamed to myself. “I better make my way back to my cage, or I'm a dead woman!”I bolted back to the cage as quickly as I possibly could, before Vladimir could notice that I had tried breaking out.If I went back now, it would be as if nothing had happened.I crouched down on my knees and slammed the cage shut, doing my best to make sure that nothing looked amiss.And then I blew out a deep sigh of exhaustion, knowing how close I was to blowing it.And then I allowed the tears to fall.Because when I'd seen the cage unlocked, I truly believed I would have the chance to escape...And perhaps make a life for myself other than the terrible, miserable one I had right now.I guessed I had thought wrong.I guessed I was gullible and naive for ever believing that happily ever afters and better days existed for people like me.44lilyI bravely wiped away my tears, as I heard Vladimir's footsteps approaching the cage.I watched him walk inside the room, and

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