Free I've Been Waiting for You by Mary Moriarty

head to the young woman. She had removed her head covering after the men had left them. “What do you think they will do with Olivia and me?”
    The young woman looked over at them. Her face looked tired and haggard. “Slave . That’s what I have been for the last three years, when they caught my little girl and me in the market. She was only three at the time.”
    Sally leaned into the woman. “ What’s your name? Where are you from?”
    “ Houda,” her voice was flat, “from Tunisia.”
    “Well , don’t worry we will get out of this.”
    The woman turned tired eyes to Sally. “How do you think we will get out of this ? Maybe someone will pay a ransom for you, after all, who was that giant, that the men kept calling a demon?”
    “That was Thor. He was once my bodyguard along with his brother. Now he dates my best friend over there.”
    Olivia looked up, half asleep, her face all smeared with her mascara. “If I ever see him again I will never complain about him being over protective again.”
    Sally had been fiddling with her wrist and the rope that tied them. “I need to go pee .”
    Houda pushed a button. “Wait , they will come, I will take you.”
    Sure enough a man came out of the cockpit. “What do you want?”
    “She has to go relive herself.”
    “Then take her .”
    Houda looked at the man , trying to feel brave. “But she can’t with her hands tied.”
    The man came up to the two. He saw the other girl, the chubby one , was still sleeping. “OK, you go. I will remove the ties until you come back and then I will wake your friend here and have her go after. We will be landing in four hours.”
    Olivia looked up at Sally as the man untied Sally’s wrist. She made motions for Sally to leave her wrist not so tight after finishing in the bathroom , so when the guy tied her up again she may be able to get out of it. She saw Sally smile. She closed her eyes again as the man stood up.
    Let him think I’m was still asleep.
    Sally went to the bathroom, closed and locked the door , while Houda stayed out by the door. She thought about what the man had said. Not too smart mentioning how much longer their flight was.
    She dug in her bag and found her purse and while she sat on the toilet , she texted Odin.
    Odin, it’s me Sally. I am OK so far, on a plane for who knows where. Olivia is fine. I hope she behaves. The woman with us is also a captive. She says there are a lot like her, us. Also there are children. They want to sell us for slaves. Do you think we will be OK? Are you all coming for us?
    She pressed send and then went pee. She heard voices. Houda was trying to block the door but the head guy came up.
    “Why are you still standing here?” He started to bang on the door. “Hey you , get out now.”
    Sally saw a message come from Odin.
    Baby we are coming for you, hang in there. You mean the world and then some. I didn’t wait all these years to lose you now. Keep a cool head and know you all will be rescued.”
    Sally shut her phone and put it at the bottom of her purse. She pulled out a tampon and walked out of the bathroom. Waving the tampon. “Do you have any of these? I really need a box of them.” She knew that would make him scurry.
    The man bounced back against the opposite wall. “Keep that thing away from me . No, we have none of those things on this plane, you will have to wait till we land, which will be four more hours.”
    Sally looked at him in disgust and turned and went back into the bathroom and locked the door in behind her. She could hear the captor protesting. She rustled paper while she dug her phone out.
    She sent a text to Odin. Definitely four more hours till we land. I just found out.
    She rustled some more paper, grumbled and waited.
    Good Girl! Stay safe, take no unnecessary risks. Keep your eyes and ears open.
     

Chapter 8
    All the men sat side by side and across from each other in the C-17. Their ETA for landing was 0100 hours. Odin sat with his head back. He