Adara
My mother drags me from the room she locked me in. She claimed that there was a surprise for me in the hall that she didn't want me to see. I know better than to believe her but I played along with her little game.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVj0N8gOas
"I've had enough of this, where are you taking me."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRYcqmHoQO
"We need you to change. Right now."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5tytS8HIj
"Why I thought you wanted me to wear this dress."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIDY247I57
"I've changed my mind."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfjRZTJDl0
She continues to drag me to another room where Melanie was.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r3UzFkfxA
"Here, make sure she changes. And change her hair too, put it up in a bun. And wipe the makeup off. And make it quick the people will be here soon." she states before she rushes out.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jTn9WXFxH
I face Melanie. "What the hell is going on today."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyxWWgh6iR
"Mi dispiace tanto tesoro." she begins to say as she starts to cry.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPIsjCTC4B
"Mel, why are you crying? What's going on?" I say gently as I place her head in between my hands.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzz1Gp6UZO
"They're planning on selling you. This isn't for your birthday Adara. This is an auction house." she weeps.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpepMsREfBg
"How do you know this place?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcO0zHpO0n
"This is the same place where I was brought and sold to your family. You need to run, go anywhere but here."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJxe8Aq1O5
"You're coming with me."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlC4GHmNu4
"No, you need to go by yourself. If I leave they're going to eventually find me and kill me. If you leave now, you might make it out safely. They won't question you if you go because you're untouchable. I'm just a mere servant."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv91WNaKgY0
"To me, you're a mother, my mother."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oRXLT8VXA
The door opens and two men barge in. A third comes in and he points at me.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUGtce0Gsd
"Take her and put her with the others."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTtzb3clrE
"No. No!" Melanie screams as I'm being grabbed and pulled away from her.
Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. The men drag me out of the room and bring me to another where there were many other women that seem to be around my age or younger.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuxvLPZr4D
"Let me go!" I scream causing everyone's eyes to turn to me. The men let me go and they leave the room. I try to pull the door open but it doesn't budge.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFkcLFmNyo
"It's no use. We've all been in the same situation you're in right now."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtdCdpcPal
I turn around to face the person who was speaking. It was a tall, redheaded woman who wore a deep green ballgown dress. What concerned me was that her dress was the same as mine. Everyone's dress was as I look around and notice.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtA5naAMUcc
"What is happening?"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZHxyrO6tQ
"You're being put up for auction sweetie. We all are."
Melanie was right. How could they. My own blood, my parents. I could never imagine anyone doing this to their own child. I wasn't a captive, an enemy, or a bad person to them. My mother gave birth to me, raised me, and tried to spoil me with things I didn't want. And even though we got into arguments from time to time, this is what the fuck she does? Stab me behind my back and sells me off? I rather have her physically stab me.
"This is bullshit. I shouldn't be here."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj7by4omjh
"Well you are and ya ain't leavin' so get over it."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZxAKfA6p5
"Listen here you fire-crotch bitch-"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrUSYXwiev
"What'd you just call me?" she questions as she comes closer.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5o1dAldtu
I look at her right in the eye. "You heard exactly what I said. I'm just trying to get some answers around here and you're no fucking help with that damn attitude of yours."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2j2gaGCSY
"You little shit!" she yells out before she lunges for my hair.
Thankfully, since I already know that's how many people fight I quickly duck down and slam my head right into her stomach causing her to move back and fall to the ground. I'm on top of her within seconds, ready to knock her lights out but before I can I'm being held back by a pair of arms.
"Shut up! What is all this noise for? Look at the both of you. Luther separate them until they're sold. And have someone come to fix this one's hair," the man who entered states as he nods towards the redhead.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzAc5on9hk
"Yes sir," Luther replies as he lifts me off of the girl and takes me to the other side of the room. He makes me sit on a chair and stands directly in front of me to block my view of everyone. I sigh and lay my head on the small vanity next to me and close my eyes.
If I don't get bid on today, I swear on my own life I will make the lives of my family pure hell when I get out of this damn place.
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"Ms. Zarcone, step right here on this x please."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WFtpOWs8M
I do as I am told and make my way towards the marking on the stage floor. They placed me in the last group of women to come up. I was hoping to be in the first group, that way many would forget about me. But no suck luck. That's what I get for having a last name that starts with z. All the girls around me are busy smoothing out their dresses, running their hands through their hair, as if this was Miss Universe and they had a chance at winning the title. I quietly laugh to myself but my smile falters just as I hear the auctioneer introduce our group just as the curtains rise for us to be gawked at by the crowd.
When it finally got to me, I closed my eyes as they announced my name. I could hear a few snickers and loud whispers from the audience. Ha, I was simply a joke to my family at this point. To humiliate me like this. I fight the tears back as the auctioneer begins the prices starting at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Come on, at least I'm worth more than that.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrs1yjvYkQ
A few people kept going at it back and forth, I was getting tired of this and I just wanted to scream and let all my anger out.
"Two hundred thousand dollars anyone? There you go how about two hundred and ten-"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnPqjJf96o
"I'll take her for two million."
I open my eyes to see who this God-awful dumbass of a person was and why they would buy me for two million dollars. Our eyes meet and he gives me a slight smirk from down below. The entire room grows quiet and the auctioneer asks for a higher price but no one moves an inch. It felt as if everyone had stopped breathing and were frozen in time.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HzaTcoTjv
"Going once, going twice."342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTsLG172II
Again, the sound of silence.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgz2FqgOrsd
"Sold to none other than Mr. Rey Cacciatore!"342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUm1d6sCxl
