Fear overtook me. I huddled under the car seat, trembling, my face buried in my arms, hugging myself tightly.

“Please let me go, please... I can give you money!”

“I don’t want your money. I want to see how good Norton’s girlfriend is.”

“Please, no!”

“Help, help!”

“Stop yelling! Each of us will take a turn, then you can go. I’m just the first.”

“Haha, I’m next then!”

“Why should you be second?”

...

I felt a chill spread through me as I hugged myself tighter.

I knew my emotions were unstable, teetering on the edge of breakdown every day. I didn’t know how much longer I could hold on....