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When I regained consciousness, panic began to rear its sinister head. Why couldn’t I breathe on my own?

where was I?

I couldn't be dead because I could still feel pain even though it wasn't very intense.The last thing I remembered was the car.

Fuck!

Who was that man, had i been trafficked me? Was i goimg to be whore out for sleazy greedy men? A beeping sound suddnely started accelerating. The sound was so foreign to me that it made me realise that there was nothing that was stopping my eyes from opening. I finally managed to get them to start moving behind my eyelids but only one eye opened. The other remained shut.

“Relax”, said a smoothe velvety deep voice.

The instruction fell on deaf ears because I still didn't understand who this stranger was or what was happening.

“You are safe now it’s Apollo, the man from the club”.

The mention of a club did very little to calm me, I shook my head still in distress not knowing where I was or with whom I was with.

I couldn't form