Chapter 21

Angel awoke sometime in the late afternoon, her stomach groaned and her head pounded.

"Oh, I'm so hungry," she said to herself.

Just then, she heard someone at the cell door and the clanging of keys. The door opened and Andro came into view. "C'mon get up, Rhonda has something to say," he ordered, pulling Angel to her feet.

She was led to the girls' wing, where everyone, including Beta and Andro were gathered.

Angel found Helga and came to her side. "What's going on?" she asked, but Helga shrugged.

"May I have your attention, please?!" Rhonda shouted over the chattering. "I've got exciting news; Mok Swagger is coming to spend the night here!"

The girls gasped, except for Angel. At first, she thought it was a cruel joke, but her heart was pumping hard and fast.

"I want every one of you to wash up and dress in your best!" Rhonda ordered and the girls went to the showers.

"Angel, are you okay?" Helga asked and snapped her fingers in front of her.

"Did Rhonda say Mok is coming?" Angel asked.

"She sure did. C'mon, we better get to the showers," Helga said and they joined the others.

Angel went into a shower stall and stood under the rushing water, it was lukewarm. She could hear the other girls chatter among themselves.

"Do you think Mok will call on me?" "No, it will be me!" "No, me!"

'He's come to save me, I hope,' Angel thought and entered out of the stall.

She dried off and went back to the apartment to get her outfit. However, Kenna stood in front of the sliding door, her face was covered with black and blue bruises.

"Do you think Mok will call on you?" she taunted Angel. "If he calls on me, he'll flip when he sees this!"

Angel pushed her aside, Kenna was shocked by this. "You can't push me! I'm the top girl!"

"Does it look like I give a shit?!" Angel shouted and everyone around them stopped in their tracks.

"Let me ask you something," Angel said, "Did you cry when you came here? Why are you here in the first place? Did you even think about of being rescued?"

Kenna did not talk and everyone else stared at them. "Aren't you tired of bedding clients? Don't you want to see the outside, again?" Angel asked, again.

Kenna's eyes filled with tears, but she didn't let them fall, and she ran off to the showers.

"Damn, Angel," Helga said, "That's the first time someone spoke up to Kenna."

"She's going to kill you for what you said," one girl warned.

Angel got into her school girl outfit and looked in the mirror. She could see her ribs and she turned to see her back. There were some bruises that were turning yellow, but the wounds she got from being beaten were covered in scabs.

'Please Mok, please save us, please save me,' she prayed and she waited to receive word of who will be seeing Mok.