Chapter 9

She was sweating profusely, her breathing was harsh, her hands were thrashing in the air. Her whole body was shivering in fear. "No…" she was unable to form a word and was whimpering in her sleep.

A little girl was locked in a car's trunk. She dared not to make a sound and was crying silently holding onto her breath. "Where's she?" She heard a man's voice and cupped her mouth to muffle her cries. Her chin was wobbling and lips quivering.

She didn't make any sound and laid there stiff. "Let's go find her somewhere else" another man said and she heard their footsteps fading away.

"Dad save me" she whispered while her lips were quivering in fear. The surroundings were too claustrophobic for the little girl. The inside of the car's trunk was surrounded by darkness and in the eerie silence, she could hear her ragged breathing and her accelerated heartbeat. Suddenly the sound of a gunshot jolted her inside and a shriek left her mouth "DAD" she covered her ears behind her palms, her lip