It was an ordinary day. On an ordinary street. In an ordinary house. In that house sat three ordinary girls. They were laughing and playing and giggling like the 13 year old girls they were. They talked about boys, dreams and their parents.
They discussed how they hated some of their teachers and school was so boring. They dreamed of summer vacations and new clothes. It was almost over. Summer was almost here and they vowed to make this an extraordinary summer.
Savannah logged into her laptop. She quickly logged into a website and started chatting up her new friend. He was an older boy. He was 18. She liked him. They had been chatting on-line for a few weeks now.
She sent him pictures of herself and he always told her that she was beautiful. She liked that. She never thought of herself as beautiful. Cute and ordinary. However, Paul (that was his name) always made her believe that she was beautiful.
He told her she could be a model. Paul asked her to face time him with her friends around. She did. They giggled and smiled and posed as Paul said that they were beautiful and could all be models.
Paul asked them to meet them in the parking lot at the local mall. They agreed. They told their parents that they were going to the mall and would be back in a couple of hours. They were careful. Nothing would happen to the three of them.
They were taught that you always travel together. So, they did. It was nothing special. A bus took them to the mall and they waited in the parking lot by the local Macy’s. They laughed with the fact that one of them had a boyfriend. They giggled.
They weren’t able to date yet.
Across the parking lot, Paul approached them. He was so sexy. He had on nice clothes and shoes and the biggest smile. His teeth were straight. Wow! He was gorgeous.
They were so busy pointing and smiling at Paul that they didn’t see the van pull up behind them and the men grab them and stuff them in the truck. An ordinary black van filled with men holding them down as they struggled and screamed and then went limp.
Ordinary girls are sold into sex-trafficking every day. We need to do something about this. No more silence please.
This post is part of the Daily post. The word of the day was ordinary.
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Great story though this is definitely non-fiction. Scary to know that this is not an unusual occurence.
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Thank you. So many black kids in our area are miss2. It’s sad
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So sorry to hear that. Do schools have awareness sessions to sensitize children about these types of predators?
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Nope. It’s crazy right? Parents have to talk to their children. Black lawmakers have asked the FBI for help so we’ll see. I’m prayerful that we’ll find these girls.
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This was a great post. I felt I was there. Wish there was more awareness and teens weren’t so easy a prey.
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Thank you. We have to stop sex trafficking
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Great post…very well done! May it make a tremendous difference! Thanks!
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Thank you so much.
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Wow, it’s amazing how quickly it can happen! Excellent post to show how vigilant parents have to be in talking with their kids about danger and sex trafficking.
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Thank you
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I like how you created this awareness post. Great job Tikeetha!
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Thank you
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I have been struggling lately with this very topic and how to keep my children “safe.” It seems harder than ever.😩
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We have to be vigilant. Be involved and limit privacy on-line.
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Agreed!
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