Page 25 of The Mafia's Vendetta

“Why were you here to kidnap her?”

“Mr.Warner wanted her back.”

Drew tilted his head to the side.“Back?What does that mean?”

“Mr.Warner bought her several years ago.”

“From who?”

“It was a halfway house for kids aging out of the foster system.It gave them time to find a place to live and get a job instead of throwing them on the streets.”

Drew nodded.“Do you know who is doing the selling?”

“Parks.He’s the director of the place.”

“Had he done this with other kids?”Drew asked.

Burt nodded.“This was the third one my employer had.The first two couldn’t handle the treatment.”

Drew could feel rage wanting to take over, but he kept his cool.“What kind of treatment?”

“He hardly fed them so they would stay weak.”

That would explain the way Scarlet enjoyed her food.

“What’s her whole name?”

“Nala Jones.I think she grew up in the system,” Burt said.

Drew backhanded Mike when he started yelling at Burt.

“One of you gag him.”

Two men struggled but finally got something shoved in the guy’s mouth.

Nala.Yeah.She looked like a Nala.Sweet and feminine.

“What else?”Drew asked.“What kind of things did he do to her?”

“He made her sleep on the floor on a dog bed.He would push her to do something wrong so he could beat or whip her.”

Oh, holy fuck.That bastard was going to die.

A sick thought popped into his head.“Did he rape her?”

Burt shook his head.“He could never rape the girls.He can’t get an erection unless it’s a young boy.”

Fuck.It gets worse.“How young?”

Burt looked uncomfortable.“The youngest I knew of was eight.”

Jesus fucking Christ.“What happens after he rapes them?”

“They’re let go.”

“Why?”

“There’s no way they can identify Warner, and he mentioned that he wants as many boys as possible to remember him for the rest of their lives.”

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