Sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the bed, she wondered how she had gotten to this point. She was alone. But she knew that wouldn't last for long. Another one would walk up the stairs in a little bit and she would be forced to do those things with those men again. Jeremy was downstairs like always holding court while she was up here doing unspeakable things. How could he say he loved her? How could anyone love her? She was tainted. Ruined. With every passing day and with every man that touched her, she felt more and more worthless. She heard the tentative knock and she scrambled to her feet. ‘This is new she thought.' None of the men had knocked before; they always just came bursting through the door sometimes scaring her half to death with the sudden-ness of it.

"Amanda? Are you in there? Can I come in?", she heard. Who WAS that? The voice sounded familiar like someone she had known eons ago; before she was ruined by Jeremy.

"Yeah, I'm in here. Who wants to know?"

"It's me... Kenny. Are you ok? Can I talk to you?"

Kenny?! My brother was HERE?!

"Just give me a minute ok?" Amanda quickly pulled the blankets over the unmade bed covering the evidence of what she had become, and hastily dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. She didn't bother looking in the mirror; there was nothing she could do about her appearance anyway.

Pulling open the door, she stared up at her older brother. The look on his face went from relief to a look of shock before he cupped her face with both hands and then looked enraged. Putting her hands on his wrists, she pulled his hands down from her bruised jaw line and tugged him inside the small cluttered room.

*********

Kenny looked around the room and wanted to hurt that Jeremy guy even more than he already did. The sight of the sagging mattress and the dirty blankets combined with the smell of stale sex made him want to be sick. He shook his head and tried to focus on how to get Mandy out of this situation.

"How did you manage to get up here?" she asked sounding humiliated and grateful at the same time.

"I didn't tell them I was your brother. I asked for Amanda and well, you don't need to know the details." He didn't want to tell her about how the men downstairs snickered to one another at her name or how he heard someone whisper ‘she's a popular one eh?' He also didn't want to tell her about having to pay that bastard Jeremy 400 dollars and hear him say that it wasn't his responsibility if he got hurt since she is known to put up a fight sometimes. That last statement almost broke him and he almost beat the **** out of him right there, but he knew that wouldn't do any good and he wouldn't be able to talk to his sister at all.

She gave him a look that told him she already knew those details he tried to shield her from, but she just nodded and hung her head down lower.

"How is mom?" she asked. "Tell her anything, just so that she won't worry ok?"

"She died Amanda. Last month. It took me this long to find you and to let you know." Kenny looked at her with a pained expression before adding, "That time we got the letter... It said you were a waitress. Why didn't you tell us the truth?"

"You got a letter? They never let me write to you, or even call. Not once." She hung her head down even lower, put her face in her hands and began to cry softly. Kenny wanted to comfort her and hug her, but he knew that wouldn't be wise after what she's been through with the men. Instead, he tried to comfort with words.

"Mandy, don't cry. You couldn't have known what would happen. Nobody is angry; we just want you back home. Your friend Debra still asks about you, so does Derek. He's been hanging around the house a lot since, well since you left. Come home with me Mandy."

"Don't you think I want to?" she said through clenched teeth. "I've wanted to go back home since this," she gestured to herself and the room, "started. He won't let me go Kenny. He says I owe him."

"Owe him? For what?!" Kenny said angrily. "He's the one that owes you Mandy, not the other way around. He lied to you and took you from your family. Look what he's made you do!"

"He won't let me leave" she repeated weakly.

"We'll see about that. I'll be back tomorrow morning. I'll tell them you're sick or something so you won't have to... So they won't make you do this."

"No! Don't tell them I'm sick Kenny. They'll beat me! The last girl that said she was sick was actually pregnant and they beat her until she lost the baby. Just go. I'll be ok."

Kenny clenched his jaw and looked at her for a moment before he nodded and opened the door.

"Tomorrow morning. I'll get you out." he said before closing the door behind him.

To be continued.....

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Posted by r.e.potter 2008-06-24 16:18:37 Good This story has got my interest. Im interested in knowing just why she feels trapped in a world of prostitution, and what in the heck her brother is gonna do. Good start and well written. + Report this comment
Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-06-24 18:11:14 .... yes, grabbed my attention as well. i'm eager to know more about this girl's past and why she is where she is. and exactly as Potter stated, what kind of daring move is her brother going to try to make?? i'll be waiting for the rest. + Report this comment
Posted by D.A. Ross 2008-06-24 20:30:00 who wrote the note ? I've always wondered how people get them selves into situations like this. Good story, although predictable and it reminded me of something I’ve read, or seen on television. Don’t like to read chapter short stories, but I’m intrigued. TY + Report this comment
Posted by Something Indecent 2008-06-24 22:59:39 .... Yeah how did she get in this situation? Have you seen the movie Teeth? It's about a girl whose vagina can well.....bite. With teeth. That would be perfect for this girl! But yes well written and intriguing. I'm going to read the next chapter when it comes out. + Report this comment
Posted by d.dasgupta 2008-07-04 23:55:07 .... Excellent so far. Like the others, I am wondering too what could have got her into this situtation. What did she owe him? It's interesting you know, since one's used to hearing about such forced prostitution in India, where the law enforcement mechanism is totally corrupt. What puzzles me is that this can happen in the US too. Or, in the UK may be. I don't know which country you have in mind. + Report this comment
Posted by Pilgrim 2008-07-07 12:16:40 .... This is really good. It makes you want to hurry and read the rest. I really liked it. + Report this comment

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