Love is the Sunshine

When she entered the room, all the men sized her up instantly. Some licked their lips while they looked at her from head to toe. Some smirked and some frowned. But one thing was for sure, they all looked like hungry wolves who waited for their prey.

She forced herself to walk further into the room and placed the plate Erica gave her on the table in the middle of the room. She was relieved for a second that nothing was about to happen when a callous hand slithered to her waist. She heard one man chuckling beside her.

"You must be new. I've never seen you before," one of the men asked, a lewd smile occupied his face.

Carla slid her hand on her waist to remove his arm and forced herself to return his smile. "Yes, I am, sir. And if you'll let me, I'd love to set your table first."

She held her breath and turned to march to the door.

But one of the men grabbed her shoulder to stop her.

"There's no rush, my dear. The others can take care of the dishes. Come here. Sit by my side," the man invited her. He took her hand and pulled her down towards her on his lap. He was a strong man and she couldn't break free from his grasp.

Carla closed her eyes and prayed for this to be over soon. She opened her eyes to look for a way to escape. Even if she fought back, she'd be able to fight off only one or two men but she couldn't handle all of them.

And Brooke was right outside the door. He'd catch her immediately.

She racked her brain to find some way to escape when the man's hand slithered to her breast.

All sense flew out the door and Carla slapped the man on the face by instinct.

to act in here!" the man screamed while he rubbed the part where Carla slapped him. He grabbed her

you're gonna get it. I'll

the white, tender skin of her thigh. Carla screamed and struggled

too strong. She turned towards the table and found a corkscrew she could use. She took it without a second thought and aimed it

long twisted piece of metal cut his cheek deep and blood flowed

the gash and winced. He looked at his fingers and was surprised to

fumed and slapped Carla again on the face and sent

bitch! How dare you hurt me!" the man

She grabbed the corkscrew

She needed to try to

she had no idea what they would do to her.

"Stop, you slut!"

the door but someone pressed her against the door with a broken

man threatened in Carla's ear. Ice dripped from his voice while he held a

dangerous dilemma. Should she risk her life and run away or endure this torture? She needed to make a choice

unclenched her first and the corkscrew dropped on the floor. She held up her hands to surrender.

the door since the man held her against it. He'd be able to cut her

"I'm sorry, sir. I was wrong. I shouldn't have hurt you. This is my first time here and I got scared and—I'm sorry.

kept her hands raised and turned around to face them. She kept still and leaned against the door and waited for the man

hand with the broken bottle