Chapter Five

*ALIYAH*

I was discharged from the hospital after I was fully discovered and I discovered that this stranger was the man who ran me over with his car.he was my only hope of getting far away from this city so I told him that I didn't have a place to go to and he decided to help me by taking me to somewhere he knows of.

I clutched my dress as I could recognize the path he was driving to,this was the exact path I was running from.As his car approached closer,I could see the colorful lights coming from the building which had the heading"WELCOME TO MARS STRIP CLUB"this was the place I dreaded the most and I didn't want to go back there not in this life or afterlife.I turned towards him immediately.

"Where are you taking me to?"

"To the place where you belong,you can't fool me,you are a stripper who escaped from the club"he replied as I stepped on the brake and the car stopped.he parked the car,he was about to open the door when I held his hands and he looked at me questioningly.

"Please I beg you, don't do this to me,I don't want to go back there, please have mercy on me and take me away from this place, please"I said to him as tears clouded my eyes.

"Why should I do that?It's wrong for you to run away,I can't do what you are asking of me,you need to go back there and settle things with your superiors"he replied as he grabbed the door handle.

At this point,I allowed the tears to roll down my cheeks freely.

"You think it's wrong for me to try to escape from a place that young girls like me are abused and made to do things we don't want to do but you don't think it's wrong for them to destroy our lives by doing this to us"I said to him.he didn't move or say a word.

"I had a life before I was abducted by this people,I was just a happy little girl who went to park with her parents before I was abducted,I don't even know how my parents are faring right now after being separated by their only daughter for so many years,ten years of my life was wasted by this heartless people and you think it's wrong for me to escape,I bet you will be glad if the same thing that happened to me happened to your daughter or sister"

Tears rolled down my cheeks profusely as memories of the past flooded my mind again.

"Hush"I heard him say,I turned to him to see him handing over a white handkerchief to me.

"Will you go to America with me?"he asked.

I'm from America and it was where I lived with my family,it was the place I was abducted from.I didn't know how to express how I felt right now but I was sure of one thing.I was happy and glad.my lips curved into a broad smile as I collected the handkerchief from him.

"Thank you so much,"I said to him.

"By the way,I'm Dante Cruz,"he introduced himself to me.

"Aliyah White"I replied smiling.he was the first person I told my real name after so many years of my identity being changed by the human trafficking syndicate.

"Aliyah,you have a beautiful name"he said and I smiled.it felt so good to hear my real name being called again.

"You are actually the first person who called me my real name after ten years of being abducted,I was given the name Red by the syndicate"I said to him and he inserted the key in the ignition starting the car.

"It must have been hard for you"he added and I didn't respond as I looked out through the window.

Finally I'm going back to my country,I will finally get to see my family again after so many years of being apart but it's not yet over,I will find the owner of this human trafficking syndicate and everyone involved and benefiting from it and make them all pay for their crimes.I will save the other girls there,I will definitely come back for them.this is a promise.

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In the living room in a secret mansion inside mars strip club,All the workers are assembled as they shivered in fright because of the way their second boss was acting.he was very furious and nothing could calm him down.he has literally break all the furnitures in the living room and is currently venting his anger on Lorenzo.

After punching Lorenzo to his satisfaction,he cleaned his fists with a handkerchief.just then,his gaze landed on Madam Ginevra who was standing at the entrance.a smirk appeared on his face as he walked towards her.Madam Ginevra was nervous,she knew how scary the lunatic grandson of their boss was but she maintained a bold expression on her face as she didn't want the workers present there to see her as weak.

"Hi Ginevra,I have been waiting for you for so long"He said to her, holding her hands.

"I'm here now, what is the matter?"Madam Ginevra asked, trying to remain fearless.

"I heard that you were the one that revealed Red on the night of pick your virgin day, despite my orders,you went ahead to do what you felt like doing"he said to her before grabbing her neck.

"This has always been the rules in this syndicate and it's only right for Red to be revealed as she is still a virgin,every girl has been doing it and she shouldn't be an exception because you favor her"Madam Ginevra said to him only to receive a deafening slap from him.

"How dare you?"he said through gritted teeth.he grabbed her on the collar before punching her face.Madam Ginevra felt like her nose was about to fall off from the original position.she touched her nose and realized that she was bleeding.

He grabbed her by the hair and pushed her to the wall,she staggered and fell on the floor.he grabbed her hair again and started walking towards the fire which was burning outside.

"I guess if I burn this ugly old face then you wouldn't look me in the eye next time to tell me how much you know about the rules in the syndicate"he said to her and Madam Ginevra started struggling with him as she was very scared but he was stronger than her.

"Nooo!!"Madam Ginevra screamed as he tried to push her face into the fire.

"Maximo!!"he heard his name and he turned to see his grandfather who had a stoic expression on his face.

"Cut it out"his grandfather added and he let go of madam Ginevra who fell on the floor because of the force.