The Don's Donna

Chapter 1

Location; Riviera city,09:30 pm.

Valentina’s POV

I ran as fast as my legs could, not daring to look back. They were behind me, chasing endlessly and tiredlessly. I could feel how close they were covering up the trails I left behind, my chest tighten in an instance and the thought of that consumed me with fear.

I had no choice but to double up my efforts “ I don't wanna get caught, I don't want to return to that hell hole…I … I can't afford to stay another day there” I thought as the tears came flowing. I have to survive, I need to. I kept taking sharp turns and jumping every obstacle laying ahead of me, trying to shake them off my tail.

Fortunately, they lost track of me as the darkness of the lonely night shielded me. “ They are gone” I thought inwardly, praying that I was right. I felt my knees go weak and my feet go norm due to the long run.

After confirming they were truly gone, I fell to my knees feeling so broken, the fear still existed in me, my whole body trembled and ached from the endless torture at the brothel. Tears welled up in my eyes as all the memories came rushing in,

“it hurts, it really hurts” I thought inwardly. How could he, how could he do this to me, I was his daughter for crying out loud, he was supposed to protect me.

He gambled and wasted his life, only to ruin mine. He sold me off to the leader of a notorious gang in the City to pay off his debt, I was only 17, I lost my virginity to a total stranger. I had to pay for his debt with my body, the boss owned a brothel along with a club where he used girls like me to entertain his clients.

We became subjects to his command, tools for some of his operations, where we drugged some high target clients and steal from them or gather informations. I had worked long enough to cover up the amount my bastard father sold me for, but he won't let me leave claiming that he owned my body.

I became a Slave to the boss and it dawned on me that I was trapped, there was no way out. The boss hits me anytime I tried escaping or brought up the topic about my freedom, I was locked up by him because I got a lot of clients for him, I was his biggest money making machine. I was tortured and abused by some of his clients, leaving fresh scars on my body everyday.

I wished I could just end it all and find eternal rest but each time I tried taking away my life I was caught, tortured and locked up without food or water, that place was hell, a prison. Even when unconscious and weak I was still assaulted, I had no say over my body.

I'm 23 now and I feel relieved to know that the bastard of a father who caused me so much pain was finally rotting in hell. He lost the respect and love I had for him the day he sold me off.

He owed another gang some money at the casino and since he had nothing to clear the debt, he was killed by the gang after the due date. As for my mum, dad never talked much about her, I only knew she died while giving birth to me.

I'm so tired of being treated like a w***e, I want my freedom and happiness, I want to be loved and cared for. I longed for a normal life, like every normal girl, I don't want to be abused anymore.

I wonder if my life could ever get better, I want happiness and peace, I just wanna escape this nightmare. Now i'm all alone in this cruel world with no place to call home.

I'm really grateful I met someone like Elena, she was the only family I had in that hell hole, the only one that stopped me from taking my life countless times, she gave me a reason to live. The rest of the girls saw me as a threat to their activities, they claimed I took all the rich clients who gave them tips, but Elena saw me as family. She helped me escape while she seduced and distracted the guards.

I sat at the corner of the lonely street, my stomach rumbling due to being starved for days. I felt completely lost and lonely in this world and my thought was my only confidant. I hope they don't find me.

“ I can't stay in this neighbourhood for a long time” I thought subcontiously, I need to come up with a plan and fast. I took my weak body up staggering with every step I took and clueless of where to go.

If I go home they would find me there. After giving it a long thought, I decided to stay hidden at grandma’s place, of blessed memories. I know the boss won't rest until he finds me, he is gonna dig up the whole town, that greedy bastard won't wanna loose his golden fish.

This town is’nt safe for me, they must be searching by now, if they find me i'm dead, the boss will make sure I get tortured. No one knows about that place, it’s in the next town, a small rural setting, cut off from the modern world. Grandma's place is in a farm, I just want to leave my past behind and begin a new life.

I dragged my feet tiredly, trying to be strong as I walked slowly, the darkness of the night looming over me, and the moon giving light to my path. I know this is going to be a long journey but I have to try. I reached Grandma's place after a long journey I thought wasn't gonna end, my feet where so tired, my body weak and my stomach giving me constant reminder that I needed food.

I could barely recognize the place because it looked old, shabby and unkempt, I guess because no one has stayed there for ages, but what I saw left me terrified,”what.. what.. who is that”...