Cara woke to the yelling. It was happening more and more. She heard the man say he had talked with someone, and he could sell Cara for $5,000 and only have to pay $4,000 more for a younger girl. The woman yelled back, “I am not ready to pay four thousand dollars just because you are bored. Buck up and deal with it.”
His reply was the new girl would be much younger, so they wouldn’t need to get a new one for a long time.
“If she is younger, she won’t be able to help around the house, and it will be just another child to take care of.”
Cara’s heart felt like it had stopped. She covered her ears. “Please, God, if you are there, please don’t let another girl have to come here. Please don’t let him hurt someone else. And please, God, watch over me and help me.”
Cara lay there for a long tim
