I went up to a hospital room, where the police took my statement for an hour. I told them nothing of the cell below the warehouse, sticking to the story we'd put out. I told them about our capture, our time in the building, and our sale to a man. I knew what the other girls had said from our link, and I kept to the same details. "I'm so happy you found us," I said as I finished with the rescue. "They were going to sell me into slavery."

"The men responsible are dead now," the detective told me. "We have your contact information, and I'm sure you're eager...