Nightmares
Freedom
Grace's POV
I am confused as fuck.
I haven't talked to, and have barely seen my mother for the past 4 years. And now, she finds me, here in a brothel? Something just doesn't seem right about all of this. I'm just sticking close to Alex, I don't know what else to do.
I watch her give Jack the money, and he grins and locks us all in this room with her.
"Finally." She pulls out a badge with her picture....FBI? What the fuck?
"Hello to you all, sorry to meet in these circumstances. I am Agent Brown, and I am here to shut this place down. I'm going to need all of your testimony."
I make eye contact with Zack across the room. He just shakes his head.
"Why should we believe you?" I barely hear the words come out of my mouth, as everyone around us stares at me in surprise. I look up at her, more confident and definitely pissed off. "Why should any of us believe a single word that comes out of your mouth?"
She looks completely taken aback. Good.
Alex's POV
I am really relieved at first, to hear who this woman is and what she's here to do. But when Grace talks to her, and with such pain in her voice, I can't help but be apprehensive. I wrap my arm around Grace protectively, instinctively holding her to my side.
"Hey, get your hands off my daughter!" The woman, Agent Brown, glares at me.
"Excuse me? Daughter?" I look at Grace, who has tears running down her face. "This is your mom?" She nods. "The one who abandoned you, left you alone, was the reason you had to be saved?" My voice grows angrier with each word I speak.
"I....I never wanted to hurt you, Gracie."
"Don't call me that."
"Huh?"
"I said, don't call me Gracie, Agent Brown. As far as I'm concerned, my mother disappeared when my father left. Now, you said something about helping us escape?"
I try to rub Grace's shoulders, but she pushes my hands away and just curls into my side, crossing her arms and looking expectant toward her mother.
"Yes, I did. Jack should be in the process of being arrested at this very moment."
I am confused as fuck.
I haven't talked to, and have barely seen my mother for the past 4 years. And now, she finds me, here in a brothel? Something just doesn't seem right about all of this. I'm just sticking close to Alex, I don't know what else to do.
I watch her give Jack the money, and he grins and locks us all in this room with her.
"Finally." She pulls out a badge with her picture....FBI? What the fuck?
"Hello to you all, sorry to meet in these circumstances. I am Agent Brown, and I am here to shut this place down. I'm going to need all of your testimony."
I make eye contact with Zack across the room. He just shakes his head.
"Why should we believe you?" I barely hear the words come out of my mouth, as everyone around us stares at me in surprise. I look up at her, more confident and definitely pissed off. "Why should any of us believe a single word that comes out of your mouth?"
She looks completely taken aback. Good.
Alex's POV
I am really relieved at first, to hear who this woman is and what she's here to do. But when Grace talks to her, and with such pain in her voice, I can't help but be apprehensive. I wrap my arm around Grace protectively, instinctively holding her to my side.
"Hey, get your hands off my daughter!" The woman, Agent Brown, glares at me.
"Excuse me? Daughter?" I look at Grace, who has tears running down her face. "This is your mom?" She nods. "The one who abandoned you, left you alone, was the reason you had to be saved?" My voice grows angrier with each word I speak.
"I....I never wanted to hurt you, Gracie."
"Don't call me that."
"Huh?"
"I said, don't call me Gracie, Agent Brown. As far as I'm concerned, my mother disappeared when my father left. Now, you said something about helping us escape?"
I try to rub Grace's shoulders, but she pushes my hands away and just curls into my side, crossing her arms and looking expectant toward her mother.
"Yes, I did. Jack should be in the process of being arrested at this very moment."
5/30/13