Chapter 5

Luke took Lucky and dropped him off with the couple who lived next door. They were the only ones in town that he trusted. He made sure all their bags were packed and took off for Harry's house.

Meanwhile Laura paced around inside Harry's bedroom. She knew he would be back soon. She had to think of a way to stall him until Luke got there.

Laura jumped as the door flew open. Harry walked in with a smile on his face.

"You mine now," he said in his broken English.

"Uh, yeah," she said not knowing how to respond. She didn't want to make him mad before Luke arrived.

He reached for the top button on her dress. Laura grabbed his hand to stop him.

"Wait!" she said.

He stopped looking confused. "What wrong?"

"I'm hungry," she said.

"Miss Laura hungry. I fix," he said leaving the room.

Laura sighed with relief.

"Where are you Luke?" she whispered.

Across town Luke was trying desperately to get to Laura. An old farmer was driving his herd of goats through town and the streets were blocked. He couldn't get around them.

Back at Harry's house, Laura was pacing nervously. The door opened and Harry came back in carrying a small piece of fruit. He handed it to her.

"This is it?" she asked. She had been hoping for a large meal that would have taken a long time to eat. She took the fruit from him.

"That all I have. No more. Eat up. Hurry, hurry," he said.

Laura took a bite of the fruit. It did not taste good, but it was her only means of stalling for now. A few bites into it, she saw several bugs crawling around inside it. "Now what?" she thought. "I can't eat this, but if I put it down then..."

"You done now?" he asked noticing that she had stopped eating.

"Uh no," she said. She took a deep breath, wiped the bugs off with her finger and took another bite, hoping that there were no more bugs farther in.

When she had just about finished it, Harry pulled it out of her hand and threw it to the floor.

"That enough," he said. "Laura make me Harry happy now."

He grabbed her by the arms and threw her to the bed. Laura fought against him as he tried to unbutton her dress. She tried to think of another way to stall him.

He leaned close to her face and began kissing her lips. Suddenly he fell limp on top of her. Laura pushed him to one side and saw Luke standing behind him.

"It's about time," she said. "Do you realize what would have happened if you hadn't knocked him out when you did."

"No, tell me," he said with a mischievous grin

Laura gave him a look that said she was in no mood for jokes. "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been here in the first place."

"Ok, I know. Cool down. I think we need to get out of here," Luke said glancing at Harry.

He took her hand and led her to the front door. They had almost reached it when Harry came up behind them and grabbed Luke from behind.

Laura screamed as Luke and Harry began to fight. Laura was frightened, she was afraid Luke would be hurt or worse. "Be careful Luke!" she yelled.

She knew that if he lost the fight then she would have no choice, but the sleep with Harry. In this country, the law would not be on her side. Luke was her only hope.