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Sophia sat up and stared at Skye with disgust. ‘Are you trying to threaten me?’

‘Of course not,’ smiled Skye also sitting up. ‘I’m just pointing out a fact.’

Sophias look of disgust morphed into an angry glare. ‘If you utter one word,’

‘You’ll what?’ asked Skye. ‘Be dragged away and killed? I wonder what the punishment is forming relationships with clients.’

Sophia rolled over and faced the wall in silence.

‘I’ll give you today to think about it,’ said Skye. ‘Tonight you answer my questions.’

20:33

Sophia sat at the bar sipping on her drink. Bryce was due to meet her soon and she was anxiously awaiting him.

‘You seem almost excited about tonight,’ noted Anhil the bartender. ‘Starting to enjoy your work.’

Sophia smiled. ‘I’m eager for it to finish,’ she replied. ‘But first it needs to start.’

‘Hello sugar,’ greeted somebody behind Sophia.

She spun around tp greet Bryce but was shocked and somewhat horrified to see Alik standing there with another man at his side.

‘This is Sophia,’ said Alik gesturing to her. ‘She will provide you with plenty of entertainment.’

‘Good,’ smiled the man reaching out to touch Sophias cheek.

Sophia jerked her head away from him. ‘What are you doing Alik?’

‘I have bought you a customer,’ replied Alik. ‘You haven’t had one the whole night, I am doing you a favour. Unless of course there is a reason why you feel like you don’t have to go with Mr Doe who has paid handsomely for you?’

Sophia was stuck. If she went with Mr Doe then she would miss Bryce, but if she didn’t go with him then Alik would know that something was up and he would start investigating her meetings and it wouldn’t be long before he learnt about her arrangements with Bryce.

‘No of course not,’ sighed Sophia. ‘Let me just get my purse.’

Five minutes later Sophia was sitting in the back of Mr Does car next to him. The car was moving very slowly down the poorly lit street. The doors were not locked, even if she tried to escape she knew she would barely get to the bottom of the road before Alik was after her, and the penalty for such an act would far outweigh any sense of freedom or gratification it would bring.