The Death Box
““That’s right, baby. All the way down. STOP FUCKING GAGGING! You wanna make money you gotta learn to—”The cell phone buzzed from the glass table beside Orzibel. He snatched it up, checked the number and put the phone to his ear. “Things OK down there, Chaku? The food get deliv—” Orzibel scowled and pushed the girl roughly away, his thumb yanking toward the door. “Beat it, puta. School’s out for now.”He put the phone back to his ear, his voice a tense whisper. “I’ll be right there. Keep looking....”Orzibel jammed his shirt into his pants, zipped up and ran to the basement, where Chaku waited with three Hispanic men in low-slung pants and bandana-wrapped heads.“The Rosales girl is gone, Orlando,” Chaku said quietly. “Vanished. We have searched the whole of the basement. Every crack.”“What? HOW?”“Jaime and Pablo brought food and water through the tunnel last night. It’s possible she concealed herself until no one could see her escape.”“What of the watchman in the warehouse?”“He saw nothing.MoreLess
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