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John had never said he found her before, but now that he said he had, he must be serious, right? My heart thumped against my chest and I could feel my legs wobbly even though I was sitting.
Adrenaline rushed through my body at the thought of seeing her again. What did she look like? What kind of person was she now? Would she let me hold her? Let me hug her? Would she be happy to see me or would she still be sad and angry at me?
I raked my hand through my hair and down my face as if I wanted to wake up to see that it was a dream, to see that I had fallen asleep while admiring pictures of us.
Was it happening? Was I ready to see her yet?
“I said Jordan Vincenzo is here with us in Canada.”
5
ALEXIS
TWELVE YEARS OLD
The door opened again. Were we getting saved this time? I looked over to mommy to see her tied to the chair with a tape on her mouth. Her eyes were barely opened as she blinked tiredly, but I could see it and I could read it right there in her eyes. She was apologizing to me for everything happening.
‘You didn’t do anything mommy.’ I wanted to say, but there was a tape on my mouth as well. Just like mommy, I was tied too. But unlike her who was on the chair, I was on the cold floor. I had heard him tell someone to ‘punish her especially.’
I couldn’t even feel the cold anymore. I was so numb to the pain already. It had been three days since we’d been here, but it felt like a year. A year of torture and pain.
Uncle Cedric came in with his evil smirk on his face. I didn’t know who he was anymore. He used to be so nice because he was my daddy’s best friend, but now daddy was gone and he was mean.
His sons came in after him, but unlike the others, Raphael and Jayden had their heads bowed. I knew they were not happy with what was going on as well.
I just hoped they were not here to do it again. I was too tired to do it again. There was blood on my clothes and they looked like they had no plans to clean me up.
Between my thighs hurt so bad and I was so hungry.
I stank and I didn’t like it. I didn’t like smell. They didn’t let me bathe or brush my teeth, and my stomach kept growling all the time.
I glanced up at Uncle Cedric, but quickly broke eye contact. He scared me these days. My eyes diverted and locked with Jayden’s. His face was puffy and he had a little bandage on the side of his lower lip. Uncle Cedric must have hit him again.
Even though I was hurt, the only thing I wanted to do was hug him so he could comfort me and I could comfort him. Like we always did.
Uncle Cedric removed the tape from mommy’s mouth and she cried. “Cedric, stop this please, stop this. She’s just a little child, but look what you’ve done to her. You broke her already, now let her go please.”
“My dear Laura, I also wish to leave her, you see, but what can I do? I haven’t seen Chris yet. I sent yesterday’s video to him and he didn’t even reply to me. What kind of a husband do you have?”
“How can you even do this, you evil man? You’ve let your sons rape her everyday for three days. Six sons Cedric. You’re even forcing Jayden and Raphael to rape her against their will. You’re ruining their childhood, you sick perverted…” My mommy cried out as Uncle Cedric slapped her hard in the face. Jayden flinched and I whimpered, trying to get to where she was, to save her.
“My my. I don’t want to hurt you, but you need to stop running your mouth. I have every right to do this. Chris ran away with my money. I trusted him.”
“She is just a child. A twelve-year-old child, please stop this. You and Chris, don’t put my daughter in the middle of your sick business. She doesn’t know anything. You let six boys assault her every night for the past three days, while you send the videos to him so he can bring you back your money. Not only that, you also rape me while she watches. Why are you doing this? What happened to human feelings, Cedric?” He chuckled darkly at mommy and I cringed.
I hated him. I hated him so much.
“Oh I do have feelings, Laura. And right now, I want you. God, I can’t ever seem to get enough of you,” he said smugly, running his fingers down mommy’s face. She spat at him and he licked it, smiling sickly at her. Eww.
He motioned toward Uncle Troy and Uncle Daniel. They walked up to mommy, untied and held her down.
“Cedric, please let her go. I’ll stay and let the boys do whatever they want with me. I’ll stay, please let her go.” Mommy begged as Uncle Cedric unbuckled his belt. He winked at me and smirked.
“Jordan baby, witness ‘mommy’ getting fucked…again.” He laughed and mommy gasped as he plunged into her. She laid still as he thrusted into her. She was so stiff that I thought she was dead. I started crying and whimpering despite the tape on my mouth.
I glanced at Jayden, begging him with my eyes to stop his daddy, but he covered his eyes and cried loudly into his palms, unable to do anything. I cried too.
My Jayden, I just wanted to hold him.