Torn by Eleanor Green

Author:Eleanor Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, beach, hea, love triangle, new adult

Twenty-Four

It took half an hour for Pete to convince Katie to board the small Cessna jet awaiting them. She took one step up, and then climbed back down. She paced the parking lot, ranting off reasons why she wasn’t going to get on that rubber-band toy he called an airplane.

“It doesn’t look safe.” You don’t even know what safe is. “We could crash.” You might be shot before we board, kid! “How do you expect me to trust that you’re really taking me to my grandmother?”

This one got him. “You have no reason to trust me, I understand.” He pulled out his phone and found Elizabeth’s contact information. “Here is where I’m taking you. York, Maine. See the contact information? I don’t know much about human trafficking, but you have to agree the name Elizabeth Harrington doesn’t sound like someone who would hurt you, does it?”

Katie studied the name and address. She considered the fact that Pete could have easily conjured up a phony name and address. He could have made up the entire story, gaining her trust, when in reality he was going to sell her to someone in another country. She would be used as a sex slave, or worse. But what did she have to lose? She was already in hell, and unless they had different levels of severity, it couldn’t get much worse.

She took each step hesitantly, convincing herself as she ascended the staircase that she was strong. She could handle anything that came her way.

Four leather seats were available to choose from, and Katie chose the one facing the cockpit door. She couldn’t imagine the feeling of flying backwards—she wasn’t crazy about the idea of being in the air at all. Pete took the seat adjacent to hers.

A lady dressed in a navy blue suit walked up, flashing a cheerful smile. “Can I get you something to drink before we take off?”

“I’ll have a Scotch on the rocks, please,” Pete answered.

“And I’ll have a vodka and orange juice,” Katie replied.

Pete sat up in his seat and held his hand up for the airline attendant to wait. “Whoa, how old are you?”

“How old do I look?”

“Not old enough to drink. You’re about sixteen-seventeen, right?”

Katie nodded her head and frowned.

“She’ll have a Coke, thank you.”

“Jeez, this is going to be a fun ride. Eight hours in a tube with you and a soda.” Katie folded her arms across her chest and slumped down in her seat.

Pete dug in his bag and pulled out an iPod. “Here, it might not be the kind of music you like, but it’s better than an eight hour conversation with me.”

Katie smiled.

The iPod didn’t get any use on the flight. Instead Katie and Pete talked. He led her down the path of telling him everything about her and Ally’s plan to run away and become actresses or models. She had spared him the harsh details, although he still had to swallow back the bile that threatened his throat with the smallest of details.

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