Chapter Thirteen
~Anonymous~
~Time Unknown~
"Why the hell would we want her? She looks to skinny and…overused, if you know what I mean!" the room full of men erupted into laughter, besides the man standing in the middle. The one that held authority in his voice. The one with the scar on his upper lip. The one with the only two females in the room.
The old dusty room with plastic covers over the furniture.
"You should realize before you speak so foolishly, Rafael, that this woman is my wife," he sneers and the men exchange glances at each other.
"And the other girl?" a man who has been relatively quiet throughout the meeting chose to speak up.
The man scowls in exchange of his inquiry and seethes with anger, "My wife's daughter."
Silence is met.
Until the soft-spoken man speaks again, "You are selling your own wife and daughter? May I ask why?...Boss?"
He sneers at the infidelity that is his wife, who is barely breathing on the floor, kicking her side once to hear her wheeze. Just to make sure she isn't dying.
"The daughter is not mine." There are gasps throughout the room as he continues; "She is tainted already, so I suppose I will give her to any one of you…"
"How much is she going for-"
"For an exchange! A challenge, if you will," the man gazes at his men individually before continuing, "The first one that brings me my prize, alive and only alive, will obtain my wife to do whatever it is you please."
"And for the little female?" asks a man with a growing stubble and a Stetson perched upon his shaved head.
"Use her to lure my prize to you…Than quickly dispose of that…MISTAKE!"
Quiet sobs are heard from the little girl with a whispered, "Mommy…"
"What about the prize, boss. What is it we are supposed to acquire…alive?" asks the quiet man in the corner.
The scar above his upper lip broadens as he grins, slapping down a small sheet of paper onto a coffee table in the middle of the living room.
But it is not a piece of paper.
It is a picture.
"His name is Zachary Colton Goode."
A.N.
I swear! This is the last really small chapter. Actually I always meant for this chapter to be really small, just to get this side of the story out there before all of the action starts!
So now you know what's comin' up for the upcoming chapters!
I'm gonna be mean and ask for 30 reviews before I update the next chapter.
The next chapter is already written, just so you know!
THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!
~Akira
P.S. there's about 5 or 6 chapters left!