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Or a recruiter for traffickers?

No

No, absolutely not

That wasn't even remotely possible

"Yes Yes, I ait toward the other women who, one after the other, confirmed Victoria's words

"I' out of the container, finding a break between the stacks, dropping down on

Luca's hand was ataround me to hand me a pocket square

I wiped frantically atup the handkerchief, but feeling completely immobilized by the shock

"Ro my hair behind my ear

"They have to be wrong," I insisted, despair a noose tightening aroundmy voice sound breathless

"Sweetheart, we have to believe them They have no reason to lie"

They didn't

And I was an awful person for even trying to call the it out loud

"I don't I can't" I told hi

"Okay It's going to be alright," he assured h we both knew he couldn't proathered h his shirt