Chapter 566 - I Am Karma (1/2)

Chapter 566 - I Airl, albeit scared, followed the woh the darkness for a few er one with a run-down green van parked to the side, and a s on the wall opposite to it ”Where isback at the still visible square where thousands of people were continuing to party and cheer at the top of their lungs

Hearing the little girl's concerns, the woman suddenly stopped She then kneeled in front of her, and while fixing her scruffy hair to appear , she asked, ”What did your et lost?”

”To call the police” the little girlher hold on the cat, which alle in an attempt to break free from and run away

The wooing to the police They'll find your mom and take you to her” she said as the cat ju embrace and ran back into the dark alley, where it disappeared o,” She then added This ti to the little girl, but to the arette before throwing the rest on the ground

Clothed in a worn out leather jacket and faded jeans, the arette, slicked his greasy hair back, and while scratching his unkempt beard, walked to the side of the van, where there was a sliding door which he opened with no concern for the little girl's existence

The woirl towards the van, then helped her into it before closing the sliding door, and entering the vehicle fronorance to the presence of the -place froolden eyes

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”You were supposed to snatch wallets, not people” Whispered the h the crowded streets

Immediately the wo eyes before checking on the little girl, andsure that his words hadn't made her upset ”Isn't your friend Vitali a Police the word 'police which, unfortunately, her companion did not seem to understand

”You mean arseny? No, he peddles heroin for the Russians Why?” Thea confused expression

Clearly fed up by her coain turned to check on the little girl, as now finding comfort in a small rabbit-shaped plastic toy she had kept in her pocket all along, then inquired in a low tone, ”And what do the Russians do?”

After hearing the woman's exasperated tone, the man in the leather jacket realized that there was a connection his companion wanted him to realize, and finally, after a full minute, it dawned upon hi in a rabbed the wheel with both hands He then turned towards the wo, I would have to ask arseny If we approach the Bratva, and tell them we know that they traffic in bodies, the cops will find our tongueless heads in a ditch early in the ”

”Then ask him We will sell her to him if we must Call him, and tell him to meet us at the sa the woman's instructions, thethrough the busy streets, and to the outskirts of the city, where much less people could be seen They stopped once they reached the parking lot of a building with festive decoration and neon lights that flickered rhythhts spelled the word 'Motel'

Once parked, the two stepped out of the van, but instead of taking the little girl and going towards one of the , the taited A fewlot, and parked a few spots away

As the car caine was turned off, the door on the driver's side opened, and from it, a tall and bald man dressed in black clothes walked out Thishis hands together in an attempt to warm them up, he approached the couple ”How much do you want this time? It's new year's eve, so it will cost reet the woman and her companion

”We are not here to buy” Said thearound nervously Then, aftersure that no one was around, he ht behind them

The bald man, whom thedealer, approached the van while taking a pack of cigarettes out of his back pocket, and slaainst the palm of his hand For a moment the man became suspicious of the couple, as he only knew them as a couple of desperate junkies that would sell their relatives for a hit, yet, since he had nothing on hiet him arrested, he decided to first see what the tanted

As arseny arette that jumped out of the pack to histhe little girl ”We heard that Youthe little girl, arseny's worries disappeared instantly

For how cautious he was about cops and desperate drug addicts, even he knew that no cop in his right irl as bait in an operation that could lead to his arrest And since he wasn't as stupid as the guy in front of hie for cheap drugs, he caught on immediately

The Bratva, also known as the Russian Mafia, was known to traffic in people Most of the tiirls anted to leave their poor country in hope to find a better life in the land of opportunity, only to be sold to brothels and be forced into prostitution But, at times, they also moved indebted wohest, and most morally corrupt bidder This information was fairly known, to a point where many news articles and networks had talked about it, yet, due to the Bratva's organization, there hadn't been any significant arrest

Despite this infor public, arseny was not surprised that the two had co with his bosses, since he was sure that, had his bosses had been there, he would have likely been tasked with killing theirl, as he knew that his bosses would not risk their operation for two junkies

assured that the couple hadn't done so with the cops,