Jade was thrown in a dark room and a few seconds later another man appeared, she was laying down on the floor looking at him scared and he stared back at her. "Leave us alone, I'll teach her the first lesson" The man commented.
"Isn't the boss supposed to do that?" The other man commented. "He likes to try the girls first"
"Not this time, I want to do it so get the fuck out of here and don't bother me…When I get out of this room, she will be ready to play with anyone" The man said smiling creepily and Jade started panicking, she didn't want to be alone with that man.
"No, please, please don't leave me alone with him" Jade begged scared but the other men ignored her and closed the door as they left. "Please don't hurt me" She said as she dragged herself back and the man shook his head.
"Jade, right? I'm agent Bryan, your partner" He whispered and she exhaled relieved.
"Thank G-"Jade started but he shook his head quickly and put his finger on his nose to stop her from talking too much. He looked through the key hole and saw someone outside so he turned to her.
"Scream" Bryan whispered and Jade started screaming.
"NO, PLEASE…PLEASEEEE! NO!" She screamed and cried desperately as Bryan looked through the hole until the men left so he took a breath.
"It's okay, they're gone" Bryan said. "You are so young, oh my god, why did they send you? Are you even a cop? How old are you?"
"I'm eighteen…and no, I'm not but they trained me for a few months" Jade responded and he nodded.
"Okay, Jade, welcome to hell" Bryan said and helped her to stand up. "This place is nothing like anywhere you've ever been to before"
"I can see that, are all the missing girls here? Is my cousin here?" Jade asked.
"Some, not all…This isn't the only center John and all his mafia friends have, I don't know who your cousin is but you will find out if she is here soon" Bryan explained. "Listen Jade, you must know that I'm going to do everything I can to keep you safe and away from the clients but it might not always work, I learnt you were coming this morning and I told them it was a bad idea but here you are so we have to work"
"What do you mean you'll try? They told me you'd keep me safe while I do the job" Jade responded.
"I clearly told them having a girl undercover was very risky, especially if she is not a cop…no offense but it just makes you more vulnerable" Bryan affirmed and she sighed. "But I promise I'll do everything I can to make sure you are fine, I'll assign you to the good kind of clients"
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked.
"Listen, I'll explain how things work around here" Bryan said. "You will be with all the girls in the dormitory, we have twenty girls here…twenty one with you and you'll be comfortable enough, you'll have a bed and food and you can even spend some time in the garden or the pool, it's like a club during the day"
"Okay, I expected worse to be honest" Jade admitted.
"Oh but that's not it, at night things change…there's a hall in the house where some men come, drink and enjoy the girls' company, they can pay to have sex with them in one of the rooms and sometimes the boss, John, does that too...he picks a girl and rapes her in his room" Bryan explained and Jade exhaled nervously. "He is a firm believer of doing it on the first day, he's done it to almost every girl but I'll say I did it to you and you need to be believable"
"I will" Jade responded. "What did you mean by good client? I don't want to have sex with anyone"
"Oh, we provide other services…such as escorts, listen, the men who come here or rent girls for events are wealthy and powerful people, they like to show off and they take the girls to dinners or meetings just for the pleasure of doing it and most of those times, they don't actually pay for sex…it's just company, that's the good kind of clients" Bryan explained and she nodded. "I'll assign you to those, you are very pretty so I'm sure they won't complain"
"Thanks, I hope so but are you sure they won't hurt me?" Jade questioned.
"I can't promise you anything but I know that 90% of times, when clients rent a girl for company, they just show her off and return her without sleeping with her so let's hope you get all good ones until you leave, which needs to be soon because I can't protect you forever" He said sincerely and she looked down mortified.
"My dad was right, this is a bad idea…What am I trying to do? I'm not even a real cop" Jade commented.
"It's too late for regrets, Jade, you're here and you need to do what you came for" He responded.
"If you've found the girls, then why am I here? What are we doing?" Jade asked confused.
"Our job is to take down this whole net of criminals, we need all the names and numbers of John's business partners, we need all the information about the other centers, even the client list…it's not that long because as I said, this place is expensive but those men are criminals too, they know the girls are kidnapped" Bryan explained. "And we need to do all that very fast because you need to leave, Jade, I'm not kidding…if the moment were to come and someone wanted to rape you, we'd be in trouble"
"You could just say you're a cop, call backup and arrest everyone" Jade commented.
"No, it's not that simple" Bryan responded. "If they learnt we are undercover, I'd be a dead man, you'd be a dead woman and the whole mission would go to hell, all these girls would continue to be slaves for the rest of their lives"
"Do they never get to leave?" Jade asked.
"The only way they can leave is if one of the clients buys them, in that case they belong to him and they regain some freedom but that's not so common, it's only happened a few times in the last two years" He responded and she sighed. "So Jade, I need you to focus and try to get as much information as you can! We need to do this"
Two weeks went by and Jade hadn't shown up to school so the gang were a little disconcerted; one day they were having lunch and Tori broke the silence they'd been in for a few minutes. "Guys, has any of you seen Jade? She is my partner on the final project and she won't reply to my texts" she commented.
"No, I haven't seen her since the day we saw her with the teacher outside the school" Andre responded.
"It's kind of odd, don't you think?" Robbie asked. "She has never done this before"
"Maybe she went on vacation" Cat said.
"Or maybe she is with her new boyfriend" Beck added coldly.
"No, I've seen him around the school all this time but she hasn't been here, it doesn't make sense" Tori said. "Cat, do you have her house's phone number?"
"Yes, wait…" Cat started looking for it and called it so she put it on speaker. A few seconds went by and a woman finally picked up.
"Hello" She said.
"Um hi, is this the West residence?" Tori asked nicely.
"Yes, Miss, what do you need?" The lady asked back.
"Umm…I was wondering if I could talk to Jade, it's Tori, a classmate" Tori said and the woman remained quiet for a couple of seconds.
"I'm sorry but I'm afraid Miss Jade isn't here right now, in fact she hasn't come home in a while" The lady informed.
"What do you mean? Since when?" Tori asked.
"Exactly two weeks ago Miss West left to school and she hasn't returned" The lady commented and they looked at each other confused.
"Two weeks? Are you sure? What about her father?" Tori questioned.
"Yes, I'm sure…I saw her leaving in her car and she has not returned, I figured she'd go with her friends and her father hasn't said anything, he is usually not home so maybe he hasn't noticed" The lady commented. "Anything else I can help you with?"
"Ummm…no, no thanks, bye" Tori hung up. "Two weeks? That's when she apologized to Beck on stage and we saw her with that man afterwards"
"She doesn't have many friends, do you guys think she is with him?" Andre asked. "But why is he here then?"
"Maybe she is going to be a stay home wife" Beck said sarcastically.
"Whatever, I need to see her so I'll ask that man" Tori said and walked away. She arrived to his office and saw him about to leave to she approached him. "Hello, I need to ask you a question…a private question"
"What do you need, Miss Vega?" Frederic asked nicely and she stared at him uncomfortably.
"I need to see Jade, could you tell me where she is? She hasn't come in two weeks and I need her for a project" Tori said and he stared at her confused.
"How could I know that? I haven't seen her either" Frederic said.
"What do you mean? We saw you with her two weeks ago" Tori commented.
"No, you're probably mistaking…I haven't seen Jade in a very long time, she's only my student" Frederic said and Tori chuckled sarcastically.
"Just your student? So do you make out with all your students?" Tori asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Tori, goodbye" Frederic said and walked away so Tori stood there disconcertedly and went back to the cafeteria.
"That was fast, so where is she?" Andre asked.
"I don't know, he refused to tell me" Tori commented. "It was weird, he denied seeing her two weeks ago and even denied their relationship to my face!"
"Maybe he was afraid someone would listen and maybe she didn't leave with him, she had her car that day…I remember" Andre said.
"Could we go make sure her car is not there? I don't know, I didn't like his attitude" Tori commented and Beck sighed annoyed but nodded. They all drove to the street they'd seen Jade in two weeks back and indeed saw her car parked in the same place. "That's her car, isn't it?"
"Yes…okay, this is weird" Andre said.
"She didn't just walk into the sunset and disappear, she must've left with him" Tori affirmed. "He lied to me"
"What do we do then?" Robbie asked.
"Let's go ask him" Beck drove everyone back to the school and they found Frederic in the parking lot about to get in his car so they approached him and he rolled his eyes.
"What do you want, Tori?" He asked annoyed.
"The truth, where is Jade? She didn't just magically evaporate and you were the last person who saw her" Tori responded.
"I've told you I don't know what you're talking about, I haven't seen Jade in over two weeks…the last time I saw her we were in class and we didn't even chat, she always leaves early" Frederic commented.
"Who are you trying to fool? We all know you two have a relationship" Andre affirmed.
"Careful, that's a serious accusation and it's completely false" Frederic responded and they looked at each other smiling surprised.
"Are you serious? We saw you making out with her twice!" Beck exclaimed angrily.
"I really don't know what you're talking about" The man answered.
"Yes, you do! She was on your lap and your fucking hands were on her body as you made out, we all saw it" Beck responded and Frederic stared at him confused.
"Do you have any proof of what you're saying?" He asked with a cynical smirk and Beck stared at him angrily.
"Jade could confirm you two are dating" Tori said.
"True, she could if it were true and if she were here, right? But she isn't" Frederic responded and they shook their heads. "Jade is only my student and I don't know where she is but if I were you I would work on the project by myself, Tori, because she may never come back"
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