And we meet again

I chewed on my bread thinking about that girl. It was clear what was going on. The generous lady of the house is in fact, the bawd and she procured that innocent girl into prostitution.

I need to get her out of that hell-hole. The only problem would be to enter the house. A lot of security is maintained to ensure nobody finds out about their illegal activities. That leaves only one easy way in.

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" Ah! I regret leaving my hometown." I sighed a cry and hid my face in my hands, a torn bag on my shoulder.

" Oh sweet child it's alright, you are safe with us. Come here, I will provide you with some good clothes. " The bawd, currently acting as the most generous lady in existence, lead the way towards a room.

" You will have to sign here and then you can stay here for unlimited time for no cost at all. " She smiled, her sickly sweet smile contrasting with her cunning eyes. She was a short obese woman, with white paint all over her face and a fake wig. She handed me the papers, her hands covered in gloves.

I signed my most favourite name, Lily, still sniffling. The bawd's eyes glittered as she kept the paper safely in her drawer.

" Here give me your bag, I will keep it safe and you go upstairs and choose any room you want. " She smiled, her long nose wrinkling, took my bag and left. Good thing I didn't keep anything important in there. She might be even surprised when she opens that bag.

Going up, I found several rooms, mostly locked. I found an empty room and threw the dress on the bed. I moved to the second floor after seeing no evidence of that girl on this floor. This floor had the same number of rooms, with the only difference that here girls were roaming around in their most modest clothing. Trying to ignore their prominent bushel bubby, I focused on finding that girl.

The rooms were shared by the girls. Peeking inside the third room, I found a stick-thin figure with red hair, lying on her stomach. Astonishingly she was wearing modest clothes, no sarcasm intended. I shook her light body, getting a whine in response. She looked up.

Hallelujah! She was the girl we were looking for. Her eyes were swollen and red, probably due to the tears of happiness upon my presence. Her eyes widen in shock as she got up in a sitting position.

" Y..you.. you shouldn't be here. Runaway while you can. Y..you haven't signed any papers, have you? " She said with panic in her voice.

" Don't Fret, for your saviour is here. I know your situation and I came to help you. Come on let's get you out of here. " I gave her my hand, my chest inflating with pride.

" No. No. I can't," she said shaking her head, her eyes turning glassy. " S...she made me sign some papers and now I am bound in debt of thousands of pounds. "

A few tears leaked out of her almond-shaped eyes. Heaving a sign, I took her hand in mine and pulled her up.

" There is no debt if you run far enough. Now come on. "

I rushed out of the room with her on my toe. A few girls turned to look at us, including the bawd. Her long nose wrinkled an irritated look on her face. I came to a halt and pushed the girl inside the closest room on my right side, quickly changing my expressions.

The bawd's expression softened, her fake smile taking place. She reached towards me.

" What- What is this? I –

" Don't worry about anything, you need some food and rest first. Come. "

She took my hand and started moving forward. I looked at the girl to find her looking at me with panic in her eyes. I tried to reassure her by showing her my full palm, a sign to wait.

The bawd seemed to have something on her mind. She took me on the floor below in the room where I had thrown my dress. There was some food and water on a small table in the corner.

Oh, so that's the plan.

" Eat and have some rest, sweet child. " She said in a voice sweeter than honey. She moved out closing the room behind her, and even though it was very faint I could still hear the faint click of the lock taking place.

I looked around the room, finding only a small window, too small for me to escape. There was no point running away right now anyways. I took the plate filled with the most delicious food, some stale meat and bread, with some cold peas. By no means would it have looked appetizing to those royals, but for someone who could hardly afford bread, this was a whole treat. Someone like me.

I sighed thinking about my situation. I am so low on money that I may even have to start my new occupation from tomorrow onwards, begging.

Shaking my head, I threw the food out of the window as well as the water. It was so tempting to forget about the consequences and eat the food.

I lay down on the bed, quite comfy for obvious reasons. Perhaps working in a brothel won't be that bad. If we terminate the prospect of deadly diseases, ugly men and more than half of the money going to the bawd. Argh! What I am thinking, this is stupid.

Feeling drowsy after two days of no sleep, I decided to take a short nap. I checked for the knife in my ankle knife holster, subconsciously. feeling much safer with it.

You make me believe that women are indeed only good at household work. Though I am sure you don't even have a flair for that.

Was he right?

I was submerged in deep sleep, some disturbing thoughts still in my mind.

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I felt someone beside me, but for some reason, I just couldn't move or even open my eyes. They just felt so heavy.

I tried to open my eyes with a lot of effort, yet it wasn't of much use. Everything looked blurry and hazy. I tried to sit up, looking at the person beside me.

Hmm. Have I seen him before?

" How wonderful! We meet again. And you are here to make my work difficult or ....

Pleasurable. "

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