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Ellena was kept in a small damp warehouse at the end of the market. There were no lights in the dark room and she couldn't even see her own hand in the beginning. However, after a while, she could finally adjust her vision.
She looked around her and assessed where she was. From the sounds coming from outside, she could guess that she was locked up near the market where she was kidnapped. She remembered they didn't take long to bring her here from the place she was taken.
"Hello!!" She called out to anyone who would listen to her. "Are you the one who saved me? I need to talk to you before your boss comes back. Please... I would rather split the money with you, than give it all away to her. Don't you want some of it too?"
She kept talking, calmly. Somehow, she found courage after she knew that she was no longer in a prison cell. She was this close to her real freedom.
"Look, if you don't believe me, I can give you a down payment."
