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Chp 65 - Staring Death In the Face
Author: Kabirat Aleem
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Millicent almost screamed in frustration as the bus carrying them away entered a pothole and she knocked her head against the girl next to her. The youngest, weakest girl among them huddled in Millicent’s arms at the disturbance.

“Sorry, Ashley”

The girl did not respond though and she only burrowed deeper in Millicent’s arms. She had been like that since she was carried away by the men about a week ago.

All she murmured with a glassy look on her face when she got back was; “He told me it was a different type of candy”

Nothing else and Millicent told the girls to leave her be. Most of the girls knew what happened to her though, so asking was pointless. Ashley stopped talking altogether two days later when they came for her again.

Millicent was frustrated that she couldn’t do anything. She was more frustrated at the moment by what was happening. Just the night before, she thought hope was here already and she would finally be rescued, but now?

The men woke them up during the night with
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