Henry clutch the phone tighter in hands. Long hours at the phone again. It reminded him of the moment with Luther and Lukas and when he was still starting out in the mafia. He had spoken earlier to Oscar, his informant. He understood somewhat what was going on. He was going to get the rest of the information from Ruby. The president had called when he was out of his room. It must be something urgent. He though as he called back. The president did not answer at the first or second ring. Henry wanted to stop bit he knew this was a serious case and also he never called past 2times. Even the second call was more of a generous effort. He was now on the third dial, he remembered that he had someone in the room.“One minute” he mouthed to ruby as soon as he turned away from the window and she nodded with a small smile. He had earlier given her some biscuits and juice to keep her company. He wondered how long she would stay before she got tired of waiting. She had a job so time was of the e

Elena’s POV After I had that dream, I couldn’t sleep from that day on wards. No matter how hard I tried. At night I would sit up and watch. everywhere was dead quiet I looked around me to see, my fellow girls all sprawled on the floor like snakes. I had to do something to be free. They have been carrying us from one room to another. Nothing much had changed. Until I met lake. She was a beautiful girl who always cried. I’d wake up at night to console her. Matter of fact, she was the one who had her hair pulled by one of those men. I never got to see their faces because they wore masks.I was getting a bit of relief, waking up in the middle of the night to console Lake, when one night, the door opened.“Bitch stand up and leave!” before I knew it, I was dragged out of the room, Lake yelled at the top of her voice.I was pushed and spat on that night.“don’t you dare sleep a week you bitch!” he ordered.The last thing I expected was to be a slave to an Adult, in this time and age. My l

Henry held his breath as the man took time to answer. He stared at Henry’s hand and the paper, which indicated Elena was his.“Nah” he grinned widely. At that time, Henry’s heart sank. He didn’t know what he was going to do next if he wasn’t able to take Elena home. Before they took her away, her eyes widened as they stared at each other. It was then he was really sure, that was Elena. He was about to beg when the man began to speak. “ I will take the cash. No woman can give me such in one night. He placed the paper in a Henry’s hands, and Henry placed the 50,000 dollars in his. The man Smiled and Henry noticed his golden tooth for the first time. He walked away after shaking hands with Henry.“it was nice doing business with you” he said.“Henry what have you done? What will you tell the president?” Ruby asked, worry etched all over her face.Henry folded the paper and put it in his pocket. “ please just trust me. I will explain later” He grabbed her hand and walked back into the

Henry stirred up in the morning. He stretched lazily like a cat. He tried to roll to the other side of the bed but then he felt something or rather someone. He opened his eyes to see a brown haired girl in bed with him. His heart raced Did I carry some girl home after the club? Or worse is this Ruby?!Then he remembered that ruby had dyed her hair purple recently to conceal her identity. Then slowly moved closer and caught the scent. Immediately he smiled and everything began to fall in place in his head.He mentally slapped himself for not recalling that it’s Elena. He moved closer to her and whispered into her ears.“Wake up sleepy head?” he muttered. Elena’s face transformed into a big smile.“I am awake dummy” her eyes opened. Henry leaned and gave her a kiss. She snuggled closer and they shared an Eskimo kiss. Suddenly Elena stopped smiling. Henry wondered what the problem could be.“We need to talk” Elena sat up in bed. *********Livid was a kind word compared to how Henry fe

Ruby tried to make the bank, send in the Russian currency into her account but they were adamant with their strict policies. She got back to the hotel and slumped into the chair.“What did they say?” Henry asked.“They said you have to wait for the next 30 days” Ruby sighed.“We don’t have that much time.” Elena added. Ruby nodded.“Yeah even though, they postponed the Auction, we still don’t have that much time” Ruby added. Henry flopped down on the chair close by. He ran his hand through his hair. He had never been this frustrated and out of options. He didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t collect more money from the president. That would scream theft and the president was not dumb. He would put X before Y and find out the truth. The president was their only ally and the most important. Ruby had suggested Jackson but he turned it down, before she spoke some more. By now she might be guessing, that all was not well. Henry let her keep guessing. Henry began to go through his contac