I have been sitting on the bed like forever waiting for the person to come get me, but no one has come. l guess that's a good thing for me, maybe they forgot about me and this is how I am going to be... The door slides open suddenly and I hear footsteps approaching. I spring up from the bed and see a dark skinned girl walking towards me. She is wearing a short black leather skirt, a vintage crop top with a black leather jacket and black ankle boots. She looks like a badass model. She must be Anna, like George said. "Come with me." She says looking at me with a blank expression before turning her back to me. I nod and quickly follow her from behind as we walk out of the room. I heave a sigh of relief as we stand in front of the door, finally out of there. She turns to me, "Let's go" "Where are we going?" l ask her as I walk beside her. She glares at me before turning away. "Sorry." I murmured as I quietly follow her to the elevator. I get that these people are rich, but can't they simply use the staircase? It's not like we are in a 12 storey building. As soon as the elevator reaches the 2nd floor, we both step out of it. She leads me to a door by the left and knocks on it. The door opens and an advanced woman comes out. "Hello Madam Maya." Anna greets the woman. The woman smiles, "Hello Anna." She looks at me from head to toe. "Another one?" She asks. Anna smiles, "Yes. Please teach her what to do just in case she's going to be auctioned." Did she just say auction? Relax... Relax Kemi, she said just incase. I could see the woman looking at me like I am a commodity she's about to sell. The woman smiles, "She has a great body." "Of course, he always goes for the best." Anna adds smiling at me. Can this two just stop? This is getting uncomfortable. "I will take good care of her. Do not worry Anna." Anna nods before walking away. I look away from the woman and starts fidgeting with my fingers. "Come inside." Madam Maya says to me and I look up to see her opening the door. I enter into the room and my eyes meet a medium size office setting. It's simply furnished with a desk, a couple of chairs, a small table, and a large bookshelf. I wonder what the books are for. There is a window that offers the outside view. At the left side, is a glass door which is not transparent so I can't see whatever is through it. She sits on the chair and gestures for me to sit at the other one across the table, opposite her. I take my seat and held my hands together nervously. She grins, "Relax, I don't bite." She says obviously reading my expression. "Without wasting time, let's begin. You are Kemi right?" Of course, and I'm sure you already know... That's what I want to say but then... "Yes." I simply answer. "You might be auctioned soon, so you have to get ready and know how to impress the men." Oh God no. He promised he wouldn't auction me off but then again, I can't trust that man's words. "How to impress men?" I ask her with a confused expression. "How old are you, Kemi?" She ignores my question. "I'm 21." "You are old enough to know how to seduce a man, right?" She asks grinning at me. My eyes widen, "Se...Seduce a man?" She frowns, "Why are you sounding like an amateur? Are you a baby? Have you never been f**ked?" I look away from her and start fidgeting with my fingers. Does she not have any shame? She's so forward. "Wait, you're still a virgin?" I raise my head caught off guard by what she just said. Should I deny and say l'm not or should I just agree that am? After all, I am or is a crime? "I..Of course I am not an amateur. I know these things." That's a big lie. I am even worse than an amateur when it comes to things like this. She gives me a disbelieving look, "So you're not a virgin then?" Oh God, please can she just stop asking? "Well.Do I have to answer that?" She frowns before suddenly smiling broadly, "I'm dazzled. You're 21 and still a virgin." When did I tell her that and why is she sounding like it's a crime? It's my choice since it's my body, is it not? "I didn't say I am." I deny. "But you didn't say you're not." She shrugs. I look away and purse my lips. "Strip." She says curtly and I raise my head up in confusion and shock. I should what? "I should strip?" I ask again as if I didn't hear her at first. She only nods already waiting for me to do it. "W...Why?" I stutter as fear starts overtaking me. She frowns deeply, "You ask a lot of questions girl. I said strip!" She yells causing me to flinch. My hands tremble as I reach for the hem of my shirt. Tears are already forming in my eyes even when I am trying to hold it. I lift my shirt over my head exposing my bra before wrapping my hands around my bare body. "Go on, I said strip. Is this what you call stripping? Stand up and do it properly." I swallow hard and stand up from the chair and start unbuttoning my trouser. After unbuttoning it, I pull it down slowly to my legs, exposing my black underwear. Now I am almost naked, with only my pant and bra remaining. Suddenly I hear her groan in annoyance before she stands up walking to me. I take a step backwards and she stops. She sighs, "You're going to make this hard for yourself, Kemi. Do you want me to bring men over to help you do it properly?" Men? Oh Jesus. I shake my head before taking off my bra and my underwear leaving me completely naked.  She smiles staring at my body, her hands across her chest. "Wow, you are clean. Nice hips." She tilts her head to look at my behind. "Nice butt too, a good size for your body. Nice breasts, sexy nipples."She grins as she keeps checking me out like one of those girls about to be sold for prostitution. Wait, isn't this the same? "Have they been touched before?" She asks. Oh God! Please make her stop already. I didn't answer her but simply turns away. She sighs, "Have they been touched? You had better answer me Kemi or you'll regret it." I gulp, "Yes but not bare." I reply. She gives me an amused look, "Wow, what part of the planet have you been living in girl? Did you even have any fun in your teens?" I didn't say anything. What can I say anyway? "I have met all type of girls, both virgins and non virgins but at least, they all had experiences in one way or the other. And you?..." She shake her head at me. " l'm sure you have never even been fingered" She laughs. Oh God, she didn't just say that. So what if I've never been? lt's not like I committed a crime. "Lucy!" He calls out and then, the door opens and a young girl wearing only a G-string and a bra comes in. Her beautiful fair skin could have been perfect if not for the scars. They look like marks from whips or something. Why is she looking like this? "Yes madam Maya." The girl answers not once sparing me a glance. "This is our new intake, her name is Kemi. She's an amateur and has lots of things to learn." The girl called Lucy nods before finally glancing at me. "Get her something to wear first." Madam Maya says to her and she nods before entering the inner room through the glass door. "What does it mean to be auctioned off?" I ask wrapping my hands around my body because l am already becoming cold. She smiles before going back to her seat to sit down. "You are not a baby so you should at least have a clue what it is..." She shrugs. "Well...It simply means you are being sold off to whoever bids the highest money." She says. I shiver in fear. To whomever that pays the highest money? That's like bidding for a commodity. "And the person gets to take me away?" I ask further. She nods, "Exactly. Whatever the person does with you is no longer our business." "What can the person do?" "Make you a sex slave? Make you do dirty works for them? Nothing new." She shrugs. Nothing new? I almost lose my balance as she says that. Does these people even have conscience? "Do I have to be auctioned?" I ask her. She looks at me for a while before bursting into laughter, "You're already pale girl, relax. That was how the other girls were when they newly came. You'll get used to it, don't worry." Just as I am about saying something, the door at the left opens and Lucy comes in holding what seem to be pants and bras. Or are they? They seem like it. "Here it is, madam Maya." She says showing them to her. "Make your choice, Kemi." Madam Maya says gesturing to the pants and bras. Wait, this is what I am going to put on? "Am I wearing just this?" I ask in disbelief. She sighs, "Stop asking questions, will you?" I sigh and move closer to Lucy and collects whichever my hands touches first. I put them on and wrap my arms around my body because I still feel naked. "You should get used to wearing that." Madam Maya says before pulling out a paper from an envelope on the table. She takes out a pen and stretches it to me. "Sign here." She places the paper on the table with the pen on top of it. I slowly walk to the chair and sit down taking up the pen in my right hand. What's the use of reading the content? I do not have a choice anyways. I quickly sign on the paper and place the pen back on top of it. Madam Maya reaches for it and smiles, "You didn't ask any questions for the first time. I was expecting you to ask me what the signature is about." "I still have to sign it anyway." I shrug. "You didn't have to though..." My eyes widen as she says that. Wait, what? "You could have declined to sign it but in exchange of something else." "And what would that be?" I ask. "To remain here." She says flatly. I stare at her in confusion. What's she talking about? "What do you mean?" "The content of the paper is that you accept to be auctioned and if you had refused to sign it, you wouldn't have to be auctioned but simply do any work you're told to do here. That includes sex slave, work as a maid..." "Work as a maid??" I ask in shock. Why didn't she tell me earlier? She laughs, "Yes. But you see every job here have its risk. Sometimes there's no difference between the job of a maid here and a sex slave." Wait, if I hadn't signed the paper, I had a choice? Tears rolls down my cheeks, "Why didn't you tell me?" "Where's the fun if I do that?" She says with a grin. "Most times, the girls don't read it because they feel they have no choice either way. Even some, who read it, still signed it while others who asked if they have a choice, are working as sex slaves and maids now." "Does this mean much?" I ask her. "Of course." She nods. "But can't the consigliere decide if I go or not?" "Yes he can but that is only before you signed this paper darling." "What?" She continues, "Well you see girl, this paper you just signed will be sent to the boss or the underboss for approval. The consigliere doesn't have a say in it." "But..." She cuts me off, "lt's not the end of the world girl, you might get lucky to be bought by a nice man.." She smirks. "It's just that, nice people aren't always in the auction." She chuckles. "Take her away, Lucy." Lucy turns to me, "Let us go." I stand there still confused by what just happened. Lucy walks to where the shelf is and pulls out a book half way and suddenly the shelf slides open revealing a door. Huh? She stands I'm front of the door and then I hear a robotic voice say Face recognized and the door opens. Now where does this door lead to? She turns to me, "Let's go." I walk to meet her before she enters into the dark place and I quickly follow her. As soon as we enter, the door shuts and the place becomes bright as the lights turns on. "Follow me." Lucy says as she starts walking on the passage and I follow her quickly. As we walk through the passage, I start hearing faint voices screaming. "Where is this place?" l ask hoping she would answer me. "It's obviously a hideout Kemi" Lucy replies rolling her eyes. "I know but.." She cuts me off, "Girls are taught how to be prepared for the auctions and how to do other stuffs here. Let me just say, dirty works are done here." "Are there men here?" I ask her with a panicking voice. She looks at me, "Do you fear men that much?" I look down. She nods, "Yes." I hear her say and panic runs through me. I turn to her. "There are?" "Yes Kemi, there are men here. Who would teach you if not men?" "What do you mean? Would they...would they like...you... you know..." "They won't f**k you Kemi..." She says bluntly, cutting me off. "They would simply teach you other stuffs that we female's can't." Isn't that same thing? I didn't say any other thing but quietly follow her. She turns to the left and I could see doors at each side and can hear the yelling and screams more audibly. I guess they're coming from the rooms. Lucy walks to the third door by the right and knocks. After few seconds, someone opens the door and she walks in while I follow her from behind. I see a dark skinned guy wearing a black polo and jeans trouser. He smiles, "Hello Lucy." Lucy shakes her head at him, "What's so good for you to smile about?" The guy's smile vanishes. "This is Kemi" She turns to me. "Kemi, this is Mike, he would be assisting you with your dresses and you can ask him questions." Mike smiles broadly at me, "Hello, Kemi." So there are people who smiles genuinely here? It does look genuine or does he always just smile? "Hi." I say before looking away from him. This is going to be where your practice will take place. Someone else is coming to join you so you will both be practicing together." Lucy says. "Well it's a girl, so don't freak out." She adds before turning to Mike. "I will come back for her later, if she's making things difficult, you know what to do." She glares at me before leaving me alone with Mike who just keeps smiling at me from ear to ear. I wrap my hands around my bare body with hands and sit on the couch close to the bed. I look around the room and could see some weird equipment arranged close to the bed. I have seen such things on the internet before so I know they are used during sex activities. The ones that looks like handcuffs, whips and others are arranged there. Mike sits on the bed crossing his right leg over the other as he faces me. "Kemi, I want you to relax your mind; no one will hurt you, okay?" Lies. I nod, "Thanks, Mike." He nods before bringing out his phone. "How did you get yourself involved with the mafia, Kemi?" Oh right, this criminal people is definitely the mafia. I keep hearing 'consigliere', 'underboss' and seeing the way things are done, iťs not hard to tell but I thought it's some kind of a secret or something. Why did he tell me? Is it because I am going to get auctioned? "It's a long story. Can I ask you a question first?" He nods. "You know mafia is illegal right? Are these people not afraid to get caught?" "Getting caught?" He chuckles. "How will they get caught when everything is being done in disguise? You only see what they want you to." "In disguise? So you mean no one knows about the sex slavery, and criminal activities going on here?" "Yes. No one knows. Everyone here is already a part of the mafia and cannot disclose anything done here or else it won't end well for them." He is indirectly telling me to keep my mouth shut. "Who is the underboss?" I ask him. "The underboss is the one to be boss after the current boss. He is the younger brother of the consigliere." The younger brother? Wait, could he be the one my father owes money? "That is to say, he is of a high rank than the consigliere?" Mike sighs, "You can't really understand how things work here." "Then please explain to me, I need to know so I will understand, right?" He sighs and nods, "The consigliere is the advisor to the boss. He has his own power and duties so you can't really say the underboss is higher than him. After the boss, he's meant to be the advisor of the underboss but I'm not really sure about that." "Why? What do you mean?" "The consigliere and the underboss might be brothers but they do not really get along at all times." "But aren't they brothers?" "They are step brothers. The consigliere's mother isn't the one who birthed the underboss." "Then who gave birth to the underboss?" "I don't know, no one knows." He shrugs. "Can the underboss decide not to send a girl to the auction?" "Well, if the girl has signed the contract, it would be sent to the boss for approval and only the boss can decide not to send the person to the auction. Although, if the underboss gets to approve it instead, then he can decide who to send and who not to." "So the consigliere can't do anything?" "He can but that's only before the girl signs the contract. Let's say he finds interest in any of the girls brought in, he can ask the boss not to send her to the auction." "Can't he also ask the boss after when the contract has been signed?" "Of course he can, but he must have a good reason or it wouldn't be granted." So the consigliere lied. He was going to auction me off from the start. My eyes become clouded as I imagine someone buying me off to use me for his own pleasure. Oh God. Even it will also be hell staying here; I would prefer it to being sent away to whomever. XOXO What do you think about this chapter?