”I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
**TRIGGER WARNING** THIS CHAPTER HAS INSTANCES OF PHYSICAL ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED s****l ASSAULT.
“Boss said we weren’t to touch her!” A gruff voice exclaimed.
Rose’s head was pounding and the voices weren’t helping. She had awoken with a foggy mind and grating voices piercing into her skull.
“Oh come on Ray. What he don’t know won’t hurt ‘em.” Came a second cajoling voice, like a spoiled child begging for sweets.
“Bobin, ya know we won’t get paid if 'e finds out!” snapped the gruff voice who Rose assumed belonged to Ray.
The pounding in her head just kept increasing. Maybe she had a concussion. The sm
