The family of three huddled and trembled in the basement. The husband kept reassuring his wife and child that everything would be fine.
They had not eaten since yesterday afternoon, let alone had anything to drink, and no one had come to check on them!
Those people had trapped them here. Even worse, people needed to relieve themselves, yet their hands and feet had been bound and they had been fastened to the pipes in the basement.
As parents, they found it deeply embarrassing, but bodily needs could not be controlled. They had all soiled their pants, and so had the child, leaving them all miserable.
Hunger, thirst, and the psychological blows they were enduring filled them with despair. It was nothing like television dramas, where kidnapped people could go for days without eating, drinking, or answering nature's call!
The basement door suddenly opened, and a slightly dark-skinned woman walked in. As soon as she entered, she pinched her nose and waved a hand in front of her face, looking utterly disgusted.
But thinking of the Blackstone people nearby, she could only force herself onward. "I need you to cooperate with me in a moment. If you cooperate, your wife and child can survive. Do you understand what I mean?"
The husband froze for a moment, then nodded repeatedly. "I'll cooperate, but... I need to clean myself up, and they need some water and food too, as well as clean clothes."
The slightly dark-skinned woman walked over to him and began untying him. "No problem. We don't want to hurt anyone. We just need a place to rest temporarily."
"As long as you cooperate, you'll be safe after we leave. No one will be hurt in this matter. Understand?"
The man nodded repeatedly. "I'll cooperate!"
Soon, the two of them