Maria rubbed at her wrists, one of the men had untied her a little while ago, her wrists and ankles had burn marks from the rope and with the sensations coming back to her, were hurting like hell now. She got up and paced around the dark room. There weren't any windows, there was only one way in or out of the room and that was locked, she'd checked it about four times already. She made her way to the door and jiggled the handle, it didn't budge. She could hear mumbling not far from the door, she put her ear to it trying to make out what they were saying. She jumped when she heard a key in the lock, she hurried over to the bed. A bald guy walked in, he was huge, she gaped at him. As he moved closer to her she shrank back from him. "I'm not gonna hurt you, but the boss wants you moved. Get yourself in gear." Maria did as she was told, she was too scared to fight, besides he looked like he could squish her like a bug. When she walked out to the corridor, she had to shield her eyes from the light. She tried to take in her surroundings but the corridor was as sparse as her room had been, there were no clues to say where she was. The bald guy walked behind her, giving instructions as to which way to go, left or right. They went down so many corridors she felt like they were in a maze. Finally 'baldy' told her to stop, she did immediately, he reached around her and pushed the door open. When Maria didn't moved her shoved her from behind, causing her to stumble. 'Baldy' caught her from behind and she could have sworn he mumbled a 'sorry' to her. She looked around the room, it was big with a huge four poster bed in the middle of the room, it was also very white. What caught her attention though was the fact there weren't any windows. There was another door in the room, she looked over to 'baldy' who was watching her every move. "That's the bathroom." She watched him go to the closet and pulled the door open, he motioned for her to come over. She couldn't believe what she saw, there were dresses, jeans, trousers, t-shirts and what's more it was all designer gear, she ran her hand over the clothes. On the floor of the closet were every kind of footwear she could ever want. She picked up a pair of boots, they were her size, she dropped them back down and looked at a dress, that too was her size, everything was her size. She felt her stomach flip, she put her hand to her mouth as bile rose up her throat. She made a run for the bathroom only just making it in time. She slumped down on the floor, she turned her head and saw 'baldy' watching her, she was sure she saw pity in his eyes, he seemed to pull himself together and spoke to her gruffly. "The boss wants you ready in an hour, so you best get cleaned up, choose something nice to wear." "And if I don't?" "Trust me when I say you won't like the alternative."! With that parting shot 'baldy' turned on his heal and left her. Maria ran her hand over her clammy face, it was then that the tears fell. She lay down on the cold floor curling herself into a ball. "Michael where are you? Help me....Please help me....." TBC

Part 6