[Warning: Violent images of physical and sexual abuse.]
"Because he had her gagged and she was choking!" she scread as if it was the most natural thing to say. In the world of cri, the questions asked were normal, procedure even, but for a victim or bystander, even if they were part of the world of cri, these questions would seem blasphemous to them. Here, neither Anthony nor I was the victim.
From sowhere behind us, we heard a breathy voice whispering. "She was badly bruised and half-dead when I found her, and she was still tied to the bed. I don't think she'd eaten in days, probably was dehydrated." And that was what had made him snap. The look on his face said it all. The condition that the girl was in was very similar to what he had been through and being a victim himself, it would be natural for him to tell us that what Cienna had assud was true.
"Thank you," Cienna mumbled, appreciating the voice of reason in the room. She waited for a few minutes, trying to regain her bearings and then proceeded to tell us the story. By so miracle, no one stopped her and she didn't stop herself. "I tried to fight him off of her, but he had at least fifty pounds on . He got off her and overpowered . My plan failed and I ended up tied by my feet and hands on the floor. He continued to assault her in front of . I don't rember much, but sowhere down the line I snapped and begged him to let go. He wouldn't until I had told him everything about my employer. I didn't open my mouth, Anthony. I swear. He used Samantha to blackmail . She's just a kid. Her mom was a colleague of mine and got pregnant while she was working. Eventually, her mom took her away from the area when she turned ten... She's barely grown into her adulthood and he's destroyed her. She wasn't even in the business. He must have kidnapped her. He knows I had a soft spot for that girl. FUCK!" and she breathed deeply.
"Things got out of hand and I convinced him to let go. He was reluctant at first, but then I promised to give him information and he let go. He stopped tornting the poor girl. He didn't keep his hands off, though. He offered so Ecstasy: both the kinds and I couldn't refuse one of them. I was repulsed by the idea of having him anywhere near , so I took rounds and got high over and over until I didn't rember feeling any repulsion. I just wanted to protect the girl. I don't know if I did a good job. I don't know..." she whispered.
"I'm not sure if I gave in, but I don't think I slept with him. I hope I didn't." She gave out a humorless laugh. "There was a ti when I would've jumped his bones at any given mont. He was a sexy bastard, but he couldn't see go away. He was toxic for . He didn't want leaving him with his business. He's wanted to sell all the proof he has about my past life to the dia. It would be bad business. With the number of connections he'd accumulated in the past few years, I didn't think even Tanya could have stopped him from ruining . I did what I could. I tried to shut him up with money. Every month I send him a fat cheque to keep his mouth shut. Recently, he's been acting up and demanding more. He's been threatening to give out to the dia even if I did pay him. I was so desperate that I didn't have enough money to pay him this month that I... he asked to et him to settle the deal. I didn't think much of it, but... you know how it turned out.
"I think I was there for two or three days, I'm not sure. But he had good drugs. I hadn't had a taste in a while. I lapsed. You know how that works. Eventually, he started threatening and pressurizing into spilling things. We got into a fight. I hit him with a vase, I think. He was too high to get out of the way, I think. I took the opportunity to run. I regret it, now, but I couldn't think of anything better at that mont. I went straight to where I knew Samantha's mom lived. I couldn't find her there. She lived in a shitty apartnt and from what the landlord said she'd been behind on rent. I asked the neighbors and they told that they hadn't seen her. So, I called up a few old tirs who kept contact with her. There was no trace of her. I spent days trying to find her out. Nothing. One day while I was trying to find her, Jas surprised . He took up to his own apartnt and got high; offered so alcohol and I was so scared that I couldn't do anything. I just went with the flow. I don't know where I ended up, but he got on the cab and threatened that there were so dangerous people trying to get their claws on . I didn't believe him, at first. But... I'm scared."
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