Chapter 146 Where Do You Want To Go From Here?
Chapter 146 Where Do You Want To Go From Here?
Alex
Right now, I am sitting at the huge dining room table in Valenciaga’s villa. This is a table big enough for all of the women who were rescued from the 2nd sublevel of the compound. There were 15 of them, along with Satine and me. We had thought it was time to sit down with them and discuss some things.
“Okay, I know there’s been a lot of stuff you have all had to deal with. Hopefully you are at least starting to physically feel better. Both Satine and I are very aware of the fact that the rest will take longer, as both of us have survived being trafficked and rescued by our men. So, with that, I know that you are probably running about a million questions through your heads.”
They nodded and I saw a whole bunch of worried looks, “The first thing we need to find out is if you have someone, somewhere you would like us to let us know where you are? Is there some family that you want to get back to? So, if we can find that out, any of you who would like for that to happen, we’ll arrange for all of that to take place and get you back to your families.”
I saw shining eyes on several faces, “Now, I know also that perhaps there are some of you who wouldn’t like your family or other people knowing where you are. There may be some of those people from your past who were in fact responsible for you being in that compound in the first place. So, know that here you are safe. We will not let anyone know you are here unless you specifically tell us that is what you wish us to do.”
I saw several people relax and I glanced at Satine, and she nodded. “That then leads to the next section. I am not sure how much you guys have gleaned about what we are doing. Valenciaga is currently helping and I know he’ll continue to help in some fashion, but my mates and I do this full-time. We find women who need to be rescued.”
There were wide eyes and surprised faces all around, but no one spoke, so I continued, “So, I’m not completely sure yet exactly what it will look like, but our goal is to work through the names of men or women who were associated with that compound, and we have other locations that are similar to that, or even individuals who we have bought women. I will explain more about where we are getting this information in just a moment. I guess what I’m saying is that if you guys would like to help us, we’ll make that work. We’ll figure out how to help you, if you want to connect to family, we’ll do that. If you don’t, that is perfectly fine as well. If you think you would like to assist us in helping women like you, great I will definitely be talking to you more about that. If you don’t wish to do that, but are thinking of other things you might wish to do, or places you would like to go, then we’ll talk to you about those as well, and we’ll figure it all out.”
Several of the women were softly weeping, and Satine and I wiped a few tears at their pain, as we knew it well. So, now they were faced with decisions about their future, but if they knew they weren’t alone and we weren’t just going to kick them to the curb, we hoped it would help alleviate some of their distress.
“My Domingo has many contacts, and he is well known. So, he would be able to help you get to wherever you needed. He is also able to help you to set yourselves up however you would wish, in either work, or a home, you can let us know these things, and we will help you. You will not be abandoned just know this.” I nodded and I saw several offer slight smiles to both of us.
I heard a throat cleared, “What about finding someone else that was taken like I was? Would you be able to help find them, do you think?”
MY eyes got huge, “Fuck yes we can. Part of what I am actually doing right now is digging through all of the files and information, not only for this compound, but also for the basis of the entire operation. So, if we need to look for someone specific, I will most definitely do that.”
She nodded, “My sisters were sold just like I was. We were separated, and I would like to find them and get them out if I can.”
“Holy shit, absolutely, oh my god, just give me names and my IT guys and I will start working on it immediately.” I just blinked thinking about being separated from a sister that I loved, knowing she or they were going through what I was but unable to help them. That was a new form of torture right there. It made me think for a moment of Rachelle. Xander had brought her in and tortured her because he knew it would torture me. So, that mental anguish was grueling, and if I could help, I absolutely would.
I saw her drop her head into her hands, and her shoulders shook. I’m sure that was weighing heavily on her. I saw one of the other girls next to her reach out and place her hand on top of hers, not take it but just place her hand on top of the girl crying, and I nodded at her.
“So, now that we have dumped out all of this. How about as you feel able, whether right now, or later, come to Satine or me, let us know what you decide, and we’ll go from there.” I watched the faces around the table. There was the sparkle of hope now, where there hadn’t been much a few minutes ago. So, that made me feel really good about all of this.