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TRAFFICKED- ALL EPISODES

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EPISODE ONE Dust bit into her eyes. She tried rubbing them out with her fingers but only succeeded in pushing them deeper. She also tried to force some tears into her eyes and failed miserably.  She was not one given to crying. Her mother had told her that when she was born she did not give the midwife the courtesy of hearing her cry. Not even after being smacked once or twice. Right now, she wished it. She wished she could cry. The very moment in time she was stuck in demanded nothing less. It had been a week since… since the world as she knew it had crumbled all around her.  “Mama. Mama.” A girl beside her cried. She was grateful for the distraction. She had tortured herself enough by reliving the past over and over again. “Fati, Fati!” She shook the girl awake and when she woke and the girl woke startled and confused. “Mother is not coming to save you.” Amina confirmed the girl’s worst fears. “Amina? But are we…are we really out of that place?” Fa