The moment I saw her face, I was shocked. She obviously was too.
"Wanda?!"
"Nina?!"
When I was abroad, Shannon, Holly, Dazaray, Thaddea, Nina, and I got into trouble together. After the incident, I lost contact with everyone except for Shannon. I did not expect to meet Nina in this small village.
"Have you also..." I asked her.
Nina nodded bitterly. She sniffled, obviously sad because of this. "I’ve been here for more than two months."
Her voice was hoarse, and I knew from her state that she had suffered a lot. I helped her pick up her things on the ground and put them into the basket. We found a place to sit down and chat.
"I settled in Rosella City. Everything was fine, but one night, I got off work late and met a middle-aged woman asking for directions while I was on my way home. I showed her the way out of kindness, and she gave me a bottle of water. I drank the water and I became dizzy. When I woke up, I was already here. I knew then that she was a human trafficker."
The middle-aged woman that Nina mentioned should be the same person who brought me here. She was a habitual criminal who specialized in abducting young girls. How abominable.
"When I didn’t listen, they beat me. They even locked me in a small, dark room. They didn’t give me water to drink or food to eat. Later on, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I could only obey. I... "
When she got to the end, she could not hold it in anymore and burst into tears. I patted her on the back. "Okay, don't cry. Things are already like this now. How could it get any worse?"
It was obvious I was also a victim here, but I was still comforting the other.
Nina's eyes instantly lit up with hope. "Really? Can I really get out?"
"I trust him." My voice was firm.
"I’ll thank you so much if I can get out."
"Alright. Now is not the time to reminisce about the past. You should go back quickly. I have to go back too. Let's settle on a time to meet again."
I made an appointment with Nina to meet here at noon tomorrow, then went back the same way. When I got home, the old witch's face was ashen...
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Woman From Hell novel (Wanda and Theo)