Stariz walked to and fro as she glared at Giselle.
"Nineteen!.....too smart ….for your age." Stariz chuckled and sat on the sofa that was positioned opposite to where Giselle had been tied to a bed stand.
"What do you think we do….Princess".
Giselle laughed in mockery, "it's damn obvious, you smuggle young ladies and sell them. You probably do drugs . Ain't it funny. You're all worn out and out of taste for them so you need fresh beauties to earn you money"
Stariz arose furiously from the sofa, "you take that back you brat" pointing towards Giselle as a warning.
"Oh! Did I hurt your poor old heart…"as she rolled her eyes at Stariz head to toe.
Slap sounded in the room, Stariz smacked Giselle's cheek and again," you think you're tough huh, I will show you how to respect me. Get this bug dolled up. Time to make money". Stariz smirked ,"This is going to be fun".
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Vex walked out of his ….. dressed in an black elegant Trench coat and a..... black pull neck and a silver heavy chain round his neck with black loose pants and chunky boots adding to his mafia eloquence, he was smoking a big cigarette as he made his entrance everyone turned heads in awe gasping at his presence. He was led to the VIPs room without a question till he was sitted.
Meanwhile
"You must obey me unless you want me to actually sell you off. More profits for me like you said", Stariz bluffed as she nudged Giselle .
All the girls were dressed up in sleeveless red sequined dresses with read heels . Hair tucked to rest on their left shoulder exposing their big red earrings. Provocative makeup with hot red lipstick.
Giselle looked at Selly trying to pull down the hem of her short dress whereas Coral and the others seemed to be adjusting progressively to the situation. Selly observed Giselle until their eyes met and smiled to encourage each other.
All this time Vex had been observing everything going on in the room from the loud music to the dazzling lights flashing rapidly to the despicable behaviour of the conglomerates in the room as some were actually husbands with daughters around the same age as the ladies . Truth was the ladies were stunning only that the dresses were alittle too revealing and he spotted atleast 3-5 of the ladies that were uncomfortable as they tried to pull the hems every second.
Until Giselle caught his attention. Ofcourse she is familiar but what is she doing in this place? How did she end up here? Vex was puzzled for a moment then he concluded that she was probably hiding from the police. He saw a woman directing two ladies to his seat and they were soon approaching and took a seat by his side.
Coral had come to terms with the whole setup . She is bold and cunning, quick to decide and takes everything as it comes without making a deal out of it as long as she doesnot land into trouble whereas Selly is shy and reserved, a thinker who lacks the bravery to prove her point.
Coral was nervous at one glance but work is work she always reminds herself. She leaned on Vex's arm and blushed to the feel of his strong arm and raised her hand to caress his cheek.
Vex held Coral's hand back and glared at her.she withdrew her hand. Selly on the otherside was so nervous that it was so obvious. Coral arose and left telling herself better to escape before it gets ugly leaving Selly glued to her seat.
Vex looked at Selly then started a small talk. "What's your name?".
Selly felt that with his deep voice , if she left without answering he would surely buy her to take her as a slave.
"Mm..m ..Selly" ,she stuttered loud enough for Vex to hear.
"Selly. Tell me truthfully everything you know ".
Selly pondered on every single word she heard and thought maybe he wanted to help but what if he just wanted to bargain on the money but again he looks rich, Not just that he could be a killer or an offender ,an even bigger possibility that he was one of them trying to check if she would spil the beans. A whirlwind of questions went through her mind until a touch brought her back to reality. She instantly started speaking everything clearly to Vex as if it was her breakthrough to being brave and selfish. She was being optimistic hoping this is what any of them would have done especially Giselle who was super keen .
Giselle had been wearing a sullen face and didn't get involved with any customer. She was serving drinks which wasn't her role or any of the ladies. Only men were serving but extra help wasn't discarded so they kept handing her a glass or two on her salver . Her feet was hurting from the heels. She sat by the bar and took them off and held in her left hand as she massaged her toes with her right hand. While serving, Giselle was able to locate different exits and possible escape routes. Out of all of them there was one that she was so sure of because it was the entrance and secondly was heavily guarded so she just wanted to make a run for it after creating chaos.
But she wanted to create chaos after telling Selly of her plan. It didn't require much for her to analyse that Selly was the most fearful of them all.
Giselle's eyes wondered from corner to corner until she was caught off guard by a tantalising gaze from across the room causing chills through her body and an even bigger surprise was seeing Selly next to him. He looked like way too timid but how did Selly gather courage to even sit next to him. Before she could come to terms with what she was seeing . .
Giselle felt cringed by a touch on her elbow on the counter by the bar. Quickly raising her head only to see an elderly man shamelessly trying to caress her arm. With the heels in her hands ,she jumped off the seat to a distance and turned around then threw her heels at the man ,one after another as he blocked second one.
" Shameless bustard", She shouted at him seeing that the first shot caused him a bruise.
Vex let out a brief chuckle after the scene. He was amused at how daring Giselle reacted. Selly had rushed to Giselle, "Are you okay",as she held her back. The elderly man started throwing a tantrum demanding to buy Giselle as composition for his dignity. The whole room got into a roar because the others had wanted that too. They all had their eyes on her.
Giselle was outstandingly younger than all the ladies, tough ,daring and bold .how? She broke all the rules and that made her a target ,a gem and a must taste. With all the ruckus going on Stariz who had not been around rushed into the situation. She could tell that Giselle was the trouble maker just by the burning anger that was in her eyes.
This is the perfect cue to make a run outta this place Oh so Giselle thought as she reached out to Selly's hand."Let's go",she said to Selly. At turning Giselle was pulled away from Selly and dragged to an office.
Vex arose from his seat not sure if he should get involved or just analyse his discovery for the next move. Getting involved might get him exposed but not doing a thing felt regretful until he decided while taking out his phone to make a call.
Giselle had gotten a few whips allover her body and alittle stripes on her cheeks.
"So you're the one who caused the roars among my clients!" Vira Cuma sneered . It didn't make sense ,how could this child stir up a disagreement among grown wealthy men. What were they seeing in her because it wasn't the first time girls her age worked here. Most times disagreements would arise when the bidding was at a high rate but there wasn't any bidding tonight.
"Who are you?" ,Vira asked Giselle as her men held Giselle arm in arm.
Giselle looked at Vira from head to toe then back to her eyes then spat to the side without replying. Vira felt that this girl was underestimating her. She is old enough to be Giselle's mother, her wealth and years in business was abused by a teenager.
Vira took a deep breathe in then out as she pulled out a short gun from on of his men's pocket and showed it to Giselle .
"This has rested many ungrateful souls. Just apologise and get back to work. Easy, peasy".
Giselle had nothing to loose because she felt lonely as it is. Being on the run is exhausting and being falsely accessed is depressing. She didn't see the worth in striving to survive. Survive to what? Misery, cautiousness, self pity, bad memories she cursed her birthday everytime . So yeah she was ready to end it all.
"I would rather die than apologise, you hear me! Old witch. Go on . Bring it on", Giselle chose to have the last laugh before death.
Vira corked the gun and pointed it to Giselle's Head and fired.