"What's wrong? Calm down, tell me what happened."
Since many people were reading books in the bookstore, Linda stepped out of the door and found a secluded place to make her phone call.
"My dad...... He said he would sell me to a night club as a prostitute. I don't want to go there. Linda, help me! They're outside our door. My Dad is negotiating price with them."
Linda burst into anger. Derek really meant to sell Lily to the night club in order to pay off his debt?
"What kind of father is he?" thought she.
There's no way he would change.
She rushed to Lily's home.
She would never allow Derek to sacrifice an innocent child.
In an instant Linda hailed a taxi, got in the car and gave the driver the address.
She knew that place well, for Derek's home was once Linda's.
When she reached the entrance to their house, Linda found the door was locked. The air was creepy and depressed. It was strange. Weren't they supposed to be negotiating price?
Why was this place so quiet? It seemed there was no sign of forced entry.
Were they in the house? Or had they settled a price and left?
Linda decided to knocked on the door first.
The air seemed frozen at that moment. It was strange, but Linda could not tell why. Judging by Lily's voice, she assumed the poor girl was in danger, for Lily was not a liar.
Though she seldom got excellent grade at school, Lily was quite a decent child. At the time when Donna and Cindy were kicked out of Derek's home, it was Lily who sneaked out and told Linda.
Had it not been her, Linda would not have known Donna had lost her home for a long period of time.
For Donna would never tell her the truth herself, and Cindy always turned a blind eye to this kind of things.
Linda rang the bell.
It didn't take long for the door to open.
Behind the door appeared the familiar face of Vincent Zhou.
Before she could utter a word, Linda was dragged into the house. The door behind her was shut simultaneously. She saw many people in the house, including Derek, but Lily was no where to be found.
Suddenly Lind was struck from behind. It hurt a lot. She immediately collapsed onto the floor.
Her phone was taken by a nearby man in black.
Then it was smashed on the ground and fell into pieces.
Vincent Zhou looked furious. He approached it and kept stomping on the phone until it was smashed into pieces.
"Derek, where's Lily?"
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