The phone rang. He picked it up, his eyes never leaving the screen.
“Ah, Gaston’, continued the hateful voice, almost sadly,”See what I have? A real beauty, no?’ Dmitri cackled with laughter. ‘Very feisty. Put up such a fight. We had to drug her, alas!”
And then, his voice falling a little,” but my boys, they like her, ummm!” again the coarse laughter.
Gaston felt as though his insides were being squeezed. He continued to stare at the still although the clip had ended.
The man went on, ‘She will fetch me a good price, what do you say, eh? That body!” He made a sucking sound and continued,‘ I sent pictures of her to my clients. A Middle Eastern fellow is keen, very interested but he’s a little, ah, rough.” again the cackle.” Then there is a drug lord in South America who is making inquiries already, so many takers! Such a little prize. ‘he tutted.’ Although she is with child. But that’s ok, no?”
Gaston was gripping the phone with whitened knuckles.
“What do you want, you b******?” he roared.
Dmitri laughed uproariously and the phone went dead.
*
I tried to think lucidly but my mind was cloudy and I couldn’t.
I remembered stepping out of the doctor’s clinic. The car had slid to a halt before me and I slipped inside as the driver held the door open. As the car began to move, two men had suddenly jumped into the car.