Mafia's Property

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her arm.The girl responded, her voice shaky. "P-please I just want to go home."Her confession amused the man holding her, he let out a loud laugh, it sounded empty and menacing. His eyes settled on her when his laughter had died down. Nothing could have prepared us for what happened next, one minute we were watching the exchange, and the next minute there was a loud smack and we watched the girl crumble to the ground holding her cheek, blood dripping from her split lip. I couldn't help the gasp that left my lips, or the tears that welled up in my eyes, seeking comfort, I huddled closer to the girl on my left."You are delusional if you think you are gonna leave this place, this is your new home now sweetheart, get used to it." He taunted, waving his gun in the air. "In fact, why don't I give you a tour of your new home, a welcome home gift even."With that, he roughly snatched her off the floor again and hurled her towards the door, ignoring her pleas. "Stop, please let me go! Please, I beg you."I listened to her scream and shout until they were out of earshot. I was terrified, this was the second girl they had taken out of this room, the first had still not returned, I assumed she was dead already. The other girls tried to silence their whimpers and stifle the sobs. We had just witnessed that crying too loudly drew the attention of the men, and seemed to fuel their anger.I felt a nudge on my side, I turned my head to see Anna, the somewhat friend I had made while here, "Do you think she's going to come back?" I didn't have the answer to her question but for both our sakes I offered a wry smile hoping it would do some good in calming her nerves."I don't know Anna, I don't know." It was silent after that.I had just started drifting off to sleep when a nudge came again, tiredly I glanced at Anna, she had this determined look in her eyes that scared me as much as it made me curious."We are going to escape," she said with a sure nod. I continued to stare at her in confusion."Stop joking around Anna and try to be qu