Cherry and Veronica looked at each other.
Veronica had fired the shot.
Before dawn, while the guards were half asleep, she had quietly slipped into Cherry's room with a .45 caliber pistol she had hidden for a long time. She had taken it after one of Boss M's men killed a hostage.
The first part of their plan had worked.
Boss M would be alone during the live sex show.
Cherry would lure him into her room.
Then Veronica would shoot him.
Hope filled Veronica's eyes.
For the first time in years, escaping that hell felt possible.
Cherry quickly removed the red name tag from Madison's waist.
It was their gate pass.
The entire compound was surrounded by electric barbed wire, and the security gates were the only way out.
Only four people carried red name tags.
Madison was one of them.
Another belonged to Madam Faye.
Veronica didn't know who the other two belonged to.
The two women hurried into the darkest part of the building.
