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    The Girl Who Left
    The Girl Who Left
    The Girl Who Left
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    The Girl Who Left

    By Terry Hayman

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    In the deepest reaches of space, far from the oversight of law and civilized government, a refueling station caters to the needs of long haul travelers. Supplying sexkids for their pleasure is just part of the service. But a few of these kids, stolen from their homes and beaten into submission, are ready to fight. All they need is a leader, one girl who can show them escape is possible.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFiero Publishing
    Release dateOct 22, 2010
    ISBN9781452334424
    The Girl Who Left
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    Terry Hayman

    Raised in five different countries and currently living with his family in one of the most beautiful places on earth, Terry is a full-time writer and actor who accepts struggle, believes in goodness, and seeks truth always.

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      Book preview

      The Girl Who Left - Terry Hayman

      The Girl Who Left

      Terry Hayman

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      Fiero Publishing

      Copyright © 2006, 2010 by Terry Hayman

      First published in Aeon Nine, 2006.

      Cover design by Fiero Publishing

      All rights reserved.

      No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

      Contents

      The Girl Who Left

      Afterword

      About the Author

      Also by Terry Hayman

      In the pitch black, the metal grate under Eduardo’s feet shuddered. Eduardo backed against the tube wall and heard the other kids do the same, their suits’ I.D. lights a ring of dancing fireflies.

      The mucky platform shuddered a second time and the blades below it whirred to life.

      "Oh, madre," Eduardo choked, reaching blindly back for a handhold. How could he have trusted the story of the chica que partío, the girl who left? Trusted and risked all their lives.

      With a thump, the grate began sliding back under his feet and a howling suction dragged him to his knees. The children near him screamed.

      Then he was suddenly jerked back against the wall, stuck like a bulkhead magnet. A cascade of thuds told him the others were, too. The vacuum whooshed garbage past them, fecal matter, metal discards, plastics. Then the only sounds were the suit-to-suit coms of frightened breathing, but you could still feel the blades whirring below them, humming through the walls.

      Eduardo was about to speak, reassure his team, when a new voice sounded in his helmet.

      You hear this and you’re probably doomed, slagger. Bout to get chopped and popped, or diced and iced, as we used to say on 13. The other hand, you followed my directions and made it this far. You’re three-quarters down Station’s shitter in an EVA suit and it’s gripping the wall for you, right? That’s the only way you’d be hearing this proximity bug I recorded and had crawl down and wait for you...hopefully for a group of you. So listen up, crusties, cause things get real interesting in a few minutes. Better prep your brain pans to take in how I made it out, you want to make it too. Ready?

      But Eduardo could only half listen to the directions which followed because her voice, the chica que partío’s voice, was so much a part of him. It had been so from the time he had stumbled back to his sleeper six days ago and triggered the bug she’d left for him there.

      Madre. Her impossible story.

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