CHAPTER 23
JANE TOOK A second to gather her thoughts then answered, her voice soft. “I think it’s fifteen years, although I lost track of time. I counted the days to start off with, but when I lost hope, time didn’t matter anymore.”
“How did you end up at the compound?”
“They took me when I was walking home from school in Tokyo.”
“Who did? The Ramos family?”
Jane gave a small shake of her head. “No, others. I barely remember their faces now. A car pulled up next to me, and a man asked for directions. I was trying to help when someone put a cloth over my face from behind. When I woke up, I was on a boat. Not a big ship. It had a few rooms underneath the deck where they kept the girls.” She paused for a second to compose herself.
“You don’t have to talk about this if you don’t want to.
