"Yes, we took some pictures during the examination and noticed the skin damage you mentioned, the scars left in the muscle tissue are hard to identify, but the general outline can be seen."

The doctor who treated the surviving girl, Hailey, was a middle-aged woman with slightly gray hair and some of her age, and she was clearly angry at what had happened to the girl, so she immediately took out a folder and showed one of the photos to Hannah.

"Hayley was very, very lucky, the killer deliberately avoided the main internal organs, but normally, this level of blood loss is enough to kill, and it is a miracle that she survived and ran for nearly a mile for help.

I'm going to get ready for the next surgery, and I hope these pictures will help you. ”

"Thank you very much, Dr. Ovilla." Hannah took the photo and thanked the kind female doctor.

Dr. Ovilla left the entire folder with the two FBIs and hurried away.

Hannah scrutinized the photograph in her hand, trying to make out the marks under the girl's missing skin, while Jack flipped through the other photos in the folder.

The killer's method of stabbing reminds Jack of a "Boston Grim Reaper" called Foyer, both of whom like to obtain some kind of sexual gratification by repeatedly stabbing their victims as a substitute for entering their bodies.

"This pattern seems to be a crown?" Hannah handed the picture to Jack.

"It didn't really matter what the pattern was, but we were sure that the girls all had the same marks on the same parts, which was enough to prove that our initial suspicion was wrong, and the killer was not a serial killer."

Jack put away the photo and tried to pull his emotions away, anger could not help at this point, it would only be counterproductive.

"Serial killers often choose to leave markers as a way to achieve psychological gratification, and the purpose of breaking the marks is to cover up the identity of these girls, so we are looking for Eastern European gangs who are trafficking in human beings."

Hannah nodded in agreement, "So these girls are dying because they have lost their usefulness, or because they have broken the rules?" ”

"Maybe it's a bit of both." Jack and Hannah discussed as they walked, and after a while, the two arrived at the door of the ward, and were just about to say hello to a female agent who was in charge of protection outside the ward, when a heart-rending cry suddenly came from inside.

The girl's voice was hoarse and emotional, as if the memory was still stuck in that time that frightened her, Jack and Hannah looked at each other, but they invariably showed a trace of excitement, the girl named Hayley had woken up.

Whether Jack watched American dramas or domestic criminal investigation dramas in his previous life, the most annoying thing to see was that the screenwriter deliberately created various plots to make the victim unable to speak, as if this was the only way to create enough suspense.

Hannah hurriedly walked into the ward, while Jack stayed outside the ward for the time being, according to what the doctor had revealed before, the victim had suffered a long time before being stabbed.

At this time, Hannah, who is of the same sex, is more suitable to calm the other party's emotions, and it is better for him to wait for the girl's mood to stabilize before entering the ward.

After a lot of effort, Hannah managed to soothe the girl with the help of a nurse, and from her staccato incoherent words, the two found that the girl's excitement came not only from the excitement of the previous experience of escaping death, but also from the fear of her sister.

"Please save my sister, it's all my fault, if it weren't for me, my sister would still be safe in her hometown, it's all my fault, it's all my idea to come to the United States."

Hayley took Hannah's arm and cried and pleaded, but the latter could only comfort her softly, seeing the girl's emotions rise again, and considering that she would soon have to continue the operation, and the time they had to ask was limited, Jack coughed lightly and walked into the hospital room.

"My name is Jack, this is Hannah, we are both FBIs, and now we are in charge of this case, and we will do everything we can to help you and your sister, but only if you can describe it to us in as much detail as possible.

Your sister can only be rescued if you find the murderer as soon as possible, can you understand what I mean? ”

Seeing that she was holding back tears and nodding vigorously, Jack continued, "Let's start from the beginning, what's your sister's name?" ”

"Brooke, her name is Brooke Nureyev, we are from the countryside of Ternever (Ukrainian village), I saw an ad online that I could get a job interview in New York if I passed a simple exam.

The job description said they could help with the job of a housekeeper, but it was all my fault, I should have thought it was a scam and my sister was only 14 years old. ”

Sighing silently in his heart, Jack continued to ask, "What happened when you arrived in New York?" ”

"Three men picked us up at the airport, I only know their nicknames, the boss is Snake, and the other two thugs are called Spider and Wild Boar."

"Are they all Ukrainians?" Hannah took her hand and asked softly.

"Yes, the spider and the wild boar are Ukrainian, but the snake should not, he speaks Ukrainian, but not very well, and he is more fluent in English."

Hayley's face showed a look of pain again, as if the rest of the memory made her feel extremely unbearable.

"Go on, please try to recall as much information as possible." Jack's face is expressionless, and the pen in his hand keeps recording, at this time any sympathy is superfluous, and the most appropriate positive encouragement is to behave professionally as much as possible.

"In the car, they pulled out knives and threatened us, then blindfolded us all the way to a basement." Hayley covered her mouth, trying not to cry out loud.

"They said that if we dared to resist, they would kill us and that they would not spare our family, and then they forcibly thinned me and Brooke for three days. Woo woo."

"I'm sorry, I can't stand it, I'm sorry." The nurse, who had been helping Hannah at the bedside and comforting the girl, covered her face and rushed out of the ward.

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The questioning of Hayley lasted less than fifteen minutes before Dr. Ovilla reappeared and took her to the operating room.

However, Jack and Hannah also gained a lot of money and basically got a general idea.

After the use of physical threats and coercion to destroy the shame and will to resist the girls, they become a money-making tool for them.

Hayley and her sister were forcibly separated, tossed and turned in different locations every night, forced to pick up customers, and were usually locked in the basement and never saw the light of day.

The reason why Hayley was killed was because she heard from other girls that her sister was sick, and according to custom, if the girl kept getting sick and did not recover, she would be taken away and her whereabouts were unknown.

So she plucked up the courage to gamble, and during a pick-up, Hayley asked a frequent drifter for help to call the police, only to be noticed by the leader nicknamed Snake, and the story after that was the scene of this morning.

Unfortunately, the girl did not know where she had been held, and the only information she could provide was that one of the basements was located by the sea, as she had heard the sound of the waves.

After instructing the female detective in charge of protection at the door to arrange for a sketcher and notify the operations center as soon as Hayley was awake after the operation, Jack and Hannah left the hospital.

I've seen a lot of calls for the innocence of prostitutes or the legalization of selling silver, but I just want to say that this kind of thing should be poked into a chrysanthemum with a stake and erected on the side of the road.

(End of chapter)