Billionaire Hero by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent [Crescent, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Three weeks later

Mandy stared out over the ocean, feeling with every passing day a need to leave. She loved the island, adored it, and being alone with Lewis was amazing. But the world was still waiting. There hadn’t been an update from the club, and time was moving along steadily. Elijah wouldn’t make his move until he saw her.

Nothing had come of the cop, Robert Jones, invading Lewis’s company. Everything was at a standstill, waiting for one or the other to make the next move. The only person she’d seen in some time now was Cynthia, the housekeeper, who brought them supplies by boat. Mandy liked the older woman and had grown fond of her visits, even if she didn’t stay long.

Staring down at her notebook, Mandy read over the last few words she’d written.

They don’t see us as humans, or even women. We’re nothing to them. I watched as they were rounded up like cattle. The dogs treated them better than the men. I’ve seen it happen so many times now, and with each experience I always expected to see something new, something different. Maybe even a shred of emotion on one of the men’s faces. Are they fathers, brothers, husbands? I don’t know every single detail about them, but I’m pleased with every single fiber of my being that I’m not related to them. They only know cruelty, or at least all I’ve ever seen is cruelty. If one of the women dares to speak out, dares to scream for help, she is silenced.

If her fight doesn’t cease, they cut out her tongue and sell her as a defective product. Like she was a can at the grocery store that only has a few months left and gets placed in the reduced section. Another girl broken of spirit, waiting for death.

That’s really all that is happening. They’re all waiting for death, myself included. No woman gets away from this without it killing part of her soul. Some of the women were rescued, and I wonder at times if they watch everyone, everything around them. To make sure they’re not fooled like they were last time that walking the streets was safe.

Or for a young girl, to play with her skipping rope while admiring the guy next door, wondering if one day he’d look at her with love in his eyes, and maybe ask her to marry him.

Lifting her head up out of the notebook, she pulled her knees up against her chest and stared out at the ocean. It was so vast. Anyone could get lost, and often had. She imagined the sea bed was filled with stories of terror and fear.

“I thought I’d find you down here,” Lewis said, taking a seat beside her on the beach.

“I love being here. It’s relaxing, and I can almost forget why we’re here.”

He took her hand, pressing a kiss to her knuckles. “I’ve not spent much time here, to be honest. I’ve had more conversations in the past few weeks with Cynthia than I’ve ever had.

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