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"So how have you been? What is your education level?" Raymond asked.

Shawty looked at Simon when Raymond asked this, and she gave him a look he would understand.

Simon shrugged with a smile. "You can tell him; we were both your father’s friends when he was still alive," He said.

Shawty nodded when she heard this. "I have not finished schooling," She told him. She never told anyone the truth about her education levels—not even Frederick, but he must have known that she was educated.

Raymond frowned and looked at her sympathetically, saying, "I understand. Sorry, dear, so how did you cope when you got kidnapped? Where were you taken to?" Raymond asked curiously.

Something flashed in Shawty’s eyes, but her expression was still the same. "To a club. We were much too many, like 50 in a room. They always asked us to do odd jobs, like cleaning the room. But most of the women who developed quickly were sold. We were about twenty remaining in the club because we were underdeveloped and could