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“Come here.”
She scrambled into my arms. As I felt the weight of the van shift, I quickly climbed to my feet with her in my arms. Slowly, I inched toward the doors, waiting for them to open.
“God, please don’t fail me,” I prayed as I saw his shadow appear.
The locks disengaged, and the doors swung open. Another strange man stood with a surprised look on his face. I could tell he wasn’t expecting me to be standing there. Raising my foot, I kicked him in the face with all my might. He stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. I took the opportunity to jump from the truck and break into a run.
“What the fuck!” I heard my captor yell.
I looked back to see him looking at the man on the ground. Behind them in the distance was a small jet.
“She broke my nose!” the man yelled.
“Nigga, I don’t give a fuck! Getcho ass up and help me catch this broad.”
I ran harder, not even knowing where the fuck I was going. We were in the middle of nowhere. All I could see for what seemed like miles and miles was darkness and desert. I wasn’t sure which direction to run. I was dressed in nothing but boy shorts and a sports bra, so I was freezing. My bare feet were screaming as they pounded the ground beneath me.
“Mommy, I’m scared!” Makari yelled.
I cupped the back of her head. “I know, baby. Mommy’s scared, too.”
I could feel my body beginning to tire as the pounding of footsteps behind me got closer. I could barely see where I was going. The darkness wasn’t my friend, and it was evident when I tripped over something hard, twisting my ankle in the process. As I went down to the ground, I turned my body so that I took the brunt force of the fall. When I hit the ground, I felt the moment my shoulder dislocated.
I cried out in pain. “Shit!”
Clutching my baby to my chest, I cried profusely. I couldn’t outrun this man with a busted ankle and a hurt shoulder. The footsteps slowed, then came to a stop. I looked up to see my captor standing over us with a scowl on his face.
“You satisfied now?” he asked. “Did you get it out of your system?”
“Fuck you!” I screamed at him through my tears.
“Look, Bunny. You really making this shit harder on yourself and your kid.”
“I can’t go back there! You aren’t listening to me!”
“That’s not my problem. You’re becoming more trouble than you worth. I have half a mind to put your ass to sleep.”
I clutched a crying Makari closer to my chest with my good arm.
“How can you be so heartless? I’m a mother. Don’t you have one? What would you do if someone did to her what you’re doing to me?”
He stared at me but didn’t answer. Instead, he turned to the bloody-nosed man.
“Get the kid. I’ve got her.”
“Don’t you touch her!” I screamed as the man tried to pry Makari from my arms.
I kicked at him with my good foot, trying to free her of his grip. She screamed a blood curdling scream.
“Let go of me! I want my mommy!”
It broke my heart to hear her cry and know that there was nothing I could do to stop it. My captor finally stepped in and grabbed my arms to restrain me as his partner took Makari from me. She kicked and screamed as he walked back in the direction we’d run from.
“Kari!”
I struggled to my feet. My shoulder and ankle were in excruciating pain as I hobbled after them.
“Mommy!”
