Chapter Three
Kathy was permitted to shower. Jane brought the same clothes Kathy had worn on her arrival: a short black skirt and jacket, a white nylon blouse, and the black leather stilettos. On the bed were her purse and make-up case. She looked in the mirror imagining what her life would be like with Simon Ruben. With sickening dread she once more felt certain he intended to abuse her terribly until near the end of her contract, then he would find a way to have her killed. She applied the lipstick and gloss over her bruised and swollen lips. How had it come to this? she wondered. And why had Satomi sold her contract to Simon Ruben?
She slipped her bare feet into the spike heels then looked up at Jane. “I’m ready,” she said. Without speaking, Jane led her to the front door where a cab
