New chapter, Im so sorry for how long its been, ive just been swamped with college work that could be avoided, hope you enjoy x
After an hour of walking across the dessert Caroline came across a town much like her own, it seemed as if the town was having a fair off sorts because of all the stalls lined with colorful banners and everyone in a frenzy like it was a market day. She was in a daze, taken back by everything going on. She was so distracted she did not see the tall dark figure who she walked straight into, "watch yourself there my dear you could get injured in a place like this" "im sorry sir, i should have looked where I was going." "never mind that, whats a pretty face like you doing here by yourself? is there no one here with you?" "No, im all alone" she said on the brink of tears. "Is that so? well in that case let me treat you to a drink and some popcorn, how does that sound?" "that would be lovely thank you." she followed him to a booth where he then brought her a drink and popcorn and sat down on a seat. "So do you have a name?" "yeah, its Caroline" "Well your a very attractive young girl Caroline" "Thank you" she replied a light blush appearing on her cheeks "I own an establishment just down the road and I think you would fit perfectly there" "Why? what kind of establishment is it?" "well all you need to know is that you can earn money just by entertaining certain gentlemen." "what like playing cards or something?" "kind of but a bit more physical.." "I'm not sure" "Come on, where else can you go? not only would you get your own room but you get paid money too, I know many men who would want some entertainment by a girl in your condition" "what condition?" "Innocence my dear, and no need to fear I currently have four other girls working for me and they would welcome you with open arms." "Well it would be nice to know some people here..." "okay then, follow me." They were walking for another ten minutes before they stopped outside of a saloon type building. As they walked through the door the smell of alcohol invaded Caroline's senses. "Home sweet home" the man said, she looked around and found people sat around circular tables playing cards and others at the bar ordering something to drink, "Rose, come here for a second" Caroline looked up to see a woman moving towards them wearing a very revealing dress and heavily rouged lips. "Rose, I would like you to meet Caroline, Caroline this is Rose, one of the woman who work here." "well hey there sugar arent you a cut one, nice choice dick" "I told you not to call me that, don't test my patience. Caroline here needs a bath with nice oils, clean clothes and Camille's old room." "Shes replacing Camille?" "Yeah, got a problem?" he was staring down at her "No none sir...follow me hunny" Caroline followed her upstairs once she got halfway she turned around and said "I didn't get your name?" "Oh me? well im Richard, Richard Lockwood at your service." "Thank you Richard" "Its me who should be the one thanking you, sweet Caroline once your ready ill introduce you to some of the girls" and with that she carried on following Rose.
After her bath Caroline was directed to a room and on the bed was some clothes similar to Roses, since there was nothing else she put them on and to her surprise they fitted her to a tee. At that moment Rose came back into the room carrying a box filled with tubes and comes. "Gotta put on your make up now Hun" "make up? what for?" she looked at the woman who seemed shocked "you mean he hasn't told yet?" "told me what" "that you are here to pleasure men.." "pleasure them?! he only said to entertain them" "that's basically the same, you poor poor girl, now your here your not gonna be able to get out he wont let you" "well I have no intention of doing anything like that so he can sod right off." "If it was that easy I would've left long ago but there's no escape, im so sorry you have to deal with this at your age, if its any consolation I started younger than you, if you'd like i'll talk you through it, its not that bad its only sex" Caroline looked at her new friend with horror "so what your saying is that I'm now a prostitute! no, this cant be its not fair mama told me i need to save myself for my husband, I cant do this I want to go home now!" "I've already explained that you cant now at first it will hurt but it gets easier with time okay" Caroline was speechless, she felt like she was in a pit that she couldn't get out of. Before she knew it her and Rose were joined by four other girls around her age. "Hi we were just walking when we heard there's a new girl so we thought we should introduce ourselves" the caramel skinned one said "I'm Bonnie, this here is Lexi and them too twins are Katherine and Elena, whats your name?" Caroline looked at the for girls and saw that they were in the same type of clothes as her so they must be prostitutes too. "I'm Caroline, Caroline Forbes" "Nice to meet you Caroline, I hope we are gonna be the best of friends" Caroline smiled a little, if this was too be her life she was glad that there were others in her position and who she could bond with, at this point the girl she had come to know as Rose had left the room, leaving only the five of them. The twin known as Elena spoke up, "Now your dressed and you've met us, lets take you down stairs to meet Matt, hes the bartender here you'll like him." The five girls walked down the stairs were they saw Rose arguing with Richard Lockwood in the corner. They continued walking until they came to a bar and behind it was a boy not much older than them with blonde hair and blue eyes, "Matty boo boo, we would like to introduce you too Caroline" "I've told you millions of times Katherine don't call me that! Nice to meet you Caroline im Matt." "Likewise" Caroline said all six of them sat around a table "Here Caroline drink this" Matt said passing her a glass of whiskey "I don't drink alcohol" "Trust me, it helps in this line of work" Lexi said, she looked at the amber liquid and took it down in one feeling the burn. "Atta girl!" Katherine said. After a few more hours and five bottles of whiskey Caroline was feeling more confident "So how did all of you end up here?" Bonnie was the first to speak, "well I got here first and that's because I was abandoned from my tribe for consorting with a white man." "So your an Indian?" "Ex Indian, I had nowhere to go, everyone thought I was a savage so I couldn't get a decent job and here I am." "Me and Katherine were orphans when we came here, I say came here but we were tricked here by that vile man and we were just lucky that we managed to stay together..." Elena said holding her twins hand. "I was sold" "what do you mean you were sold, like a slave?" "kinda, I come from a very poor family so my father sold me to Richard Lockwood so he could afford medicine for my ailing mother." realizing a dark cloud had set over the table Matt turned to Caroline. "How did you end up here then?" "Well, I was kidnapped by a bunch of Cowboys from my town, the leader was going to kill me but one of his henchman took pity on me and let me get away, I got to your town yesterday when the fair was on and that's where I bumped into Richard, he offered me a place to stay and it wasn't until Rose told me that I knew what he wanted me to do" "so you didn't come here, he lured you here!" "yes and now I fear I will be stuck here forever" This seemed to get Lexi amped up "No bloody way are we going to stay like this! we need to escape! get out of here run away!" "Lexi we've all tried escaping at one point or another and we've been unsuccessful" "Yeah but have we all tried together? No, if we work together i'll bet we can get away!" "where would we go? Elena and Katherine have no home, Caroline doesn't know where she is, Matt has no one, I cant go to my tribe and if you leave your father will just bring you back" Caroline go an idea "well save, we can save up or money all together and once we feel we have enough for horses and food we can waltz out the front door and never look back" "that's actually a good idea, can we pull it off?" Katherine said "of course, but we must keep it secret if Lockwood was to find out we would never escape" "everyone in agreement, raise your hand and say 'aye'" Everyone lifted there hand and said 'aye!'
So...whats the verdict? love it? Hate it?
Let me know, I wanted to make bonnie an American indian heritage because slavery was very popular in these days and I wanted to add a bit more culture to the story the plan of escapes in the next chapter! dun dun duhhhh
Love ellie x
