The room was dark and small. no bigger than 4×7. The smell of urine was heavy in the air. We had been kept in the room for weeks, maybe months. We lost days, time was nothing but waiting and darkness.  We ate once a day. Not much but it was something. We heard the man coming down the steps. We all tried to hide in to the darkest corner. The door opened and they threw another girl into the room. She was seven. I was the oldest. I was ten.  She cried and wanted her mommy. There was nothing to do but wait. The man came again and again. Either with food or another girl thrown in with us. Finally we all were let out. They sprayed us with the hose and yelled for us to wash. They then gave us all shift like dresses. There was eight girls with us. The room down the hall, a man left  the boys out. There was ten boys. They showered and put the clothes on. Then we were led to a large room. We all scattered in the room. He laughed his wicked laugh and closed the door. The oldest boy was twelve. The youngest boy was a four year old. Why are we here. Everyone was asking questions we didn’t have the answerer’s to. The man came back in and started taking pictures of all of us. He would yell and have the girls pull there hair back. After the photos were taken we were  put in rooms with bunk beds. The room had a bathroom and lights.  We had two meals a day then. We waited for some time , when a man came to our room. he was different, not the same man. He looked at us all with mean eyes. He chose a little boy and took him to another place. He never game back. After some time he returned and a girl and boy were taken.  Soon he came back and grabbed my hand. Come, your going with me. He pushed me down the hall. We came to a door and the light blinded me. I haven’t seem daylight in some time. They put me in a van and headed down a dirt road. No one spoke. He slapped me when i first asked where he was taking me. I didn’t say another word. I fell asleep and when i woke we were still traveling. Heavy smoke filled the van. I started coughing and they laughed. I hid my face  in the blanket. The van came to a stop. They open the door and grabbed my arm. They put me in another room. I waited until the next day until the men returned. A large black car pulled up. The car had black windows. A man climbed out. He was caring a case and a box . He gave the case to the men that brought me there. The box he gave to me. He said he wanted me to change clothes. in there was underwear and jeans with a pink flower shirt. He said he was my new daddy. You have to do what i say. Be a good girl and get in my car. We went to the airport and he told me to get on the plane and not to make noise. The plane took off and then it landed in another place with lots of lights. It was night but the light lit up like day. We stopped at a building. It was pretty high up. When we reached the top he showed me my room. He said he had to go somewhere so he was leaving another man here in case i needed anything. I stayed in my room. The next morning the man came to my room. He said he wanted me to be his special girl. If you are good you will be awarded. if your bad, you’ll  be locked in. More bad things will happened to you. He made me stand and he undress me. I was scared. He then did bad things to me. He said he paid good money for me and i better be worth it. He left my room and told me to shower. He said he would be back later. I showered and stared down at the light flashing. I could see lots of people and cars below. One building  look weird. It looked like houses in Egypt. There were swimming pools and a ship with smoke. If only i could escape. But how, there is always someone watching me. I fell asleep dreaming of my home and mother. Dad was a farmer. Mom stayed home. We had a happy home. We were always laughing. Dad grew potatoes and sometimes he would let me help. We lived not far from the ocean.  We use to go on weekends in the summer. We would walk on the boardwalk and eat taffy. The man open the door and brought me a huge panda bear. He talked like nothing had happened. He told me he would let me watch tv with him. I said i wanted to sleep instead. He slap me and said i was being bad. He dragged me to his room. crying out, wont somebody help me? My cries went unheard. Years went by and he said i was getting too old. i guess i was fifteen, or sixteen. He said i was getting a sister. I said no. Please don’t.  But my cries fell on death ears. A few days later he brought home a small frightful girl. Her long black hair covered her crying face. She had the same old smock dress i had. He told her to shower and change clothes. He told me to help her. The girl spoke broken English. She was from Philippians. The girl rested for a couple days. She ate and he came back. This is my daughter Beth. Your my new daughter. Beth will explain the rules to you. With that he left.  The little girl listened to his so called rules. She didn’t fully understand that the man wanted to have sex with her. The next day he returned and he went to her room. She was screaming and crying. I couldn’t help her. After he went to his room, i went to her. She had passed out from the things he did to her. The next day I was helping and comforting her. He brought in a large stuff lion. He gave it to her and she back away from him. He slapped her and said she better be good or else he would sell her to a bad man. He went out and i knew I  had to get her away from here. I look and study his new watchman. I watched his every move. Then he messed up. He fell asleep on duty. I took her by her tiny hand and we open the door ever so quietly. Then we headed to the elevator. We pushed the one button and the door closed. We held each other tight. We thought the man would catch us for sure. We ran thu the building and then out to the street. We ran for a long time. We found a park and fell asleep under the trees. A man in blue asked us what were we doing. We ran again but they caught us. They asked us questions but we didn’t talk. They said they were policemen and it was there job not to let us get hurt. They took the girl to another room and ask her more questions. A woman talked to me. She said we were going to a hospital to make sure we were ok. The shame i felt was to much. After years of being raped and brought and sold, i just let go and cried for what seem a lifetime. The police went to the place we were held. Nobody was there. The police said it didn’t matter, they had the men’s name and were watching airports as well as other means of transportation. We were sent to live with a lady until they found our homes. A man and woman knocked on the door. After the woman answerer the door she invited them in. Cathy, this is your mom and dad. We just stared at each other for awhile. I didn’t know what to do and the woman then rose up and hugged me. The man slowly approached me and i backed away. Tears filled his eyes. My little tater tot. I smiled, and i knew this man was my daddy. I hugged them tight and i asked can we go home. Dad and mom said sure. I left knowing myself and a little girl were saved. I prayed all the others were found and were safe. The police did an investigation and lots of men went to prison. Lots of kids went home and lot of them never saw the sun rise again. There is a market out there for children. They are bought and sold to work for private or sex shops. They are working at truck stops and you probably past a few on the street. Other children are sold overseas. They are raped, murdered, beaten. Protect our children,  look, listen to the children. My name is Cathy Lynn. I’m fifteen and was taken from my backyard when i was 10 years old.  If it could be that easy to take me then you have to ask. Are my children safe? Are they?

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