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Every day in my mind I see a young girl's pained face, her eyes begging me to help her. But I can't. I don't know who she is; I don't know where she is. Probably lucky I don't know. If I knew—even with pornography legal—I might just go there and take the law into my own hands, as Robert De Niro did in that ancient movie, "Taxi."I did dedicate this book to that girl, but she will never know, and a dedication, what is that? It means nothing. She exists only in that brutal 3-minute clip of the virtual world of that pornography site on the Worldwide internet, to be watched by...well, just about anybody.Does she have a family somewhere, who misses her, and loves her, but has no idea where she is? Chances are there is someone. Also very likely she came from a dysfunctional home that lacked a good positive male presence...at least that's what some experts say.So a professional pimp scout saw her, maybe at school, maybe at the mall, maybe just a block from home, saw maybe low self-esteem written all over her face, spoke to her, gave her attention, and—with who knows what was promised—lured her into the world of human trafficking to become a sex slave, first for pornography, then to prostitution. She will now get drugged, beaten, raped, videotaped, and, regularly, endure sex with strangers up to fifteen times a day, for whatever the customer wants, and sometimes the so-called 'john' will be even more cruel then the pimp. She maybe will survive, maybe even escape. But time is against her. The average lifespan of a sex slave is seven years. The number one reason for the death of a sex slave is homicide, second is Aids.****Please meet 15-year-old Raelynn, who today has decided to skip school. She's a little pissed off at her mother for never taking her side against gorgeous sister, Haven, 18. She's kind of mad at her dad too, and her little brother...well, he's OK, but not enough. So she's looking for an adventure, and meets Maggie, also 15, and also skipping school, except Maggie (from a much worse home than Raelynn's, which is not bad at all) is also planning to run away. They find some really weak beer and meet Jayden, 19, a cool young man on the move. Raelynn gets tipsy. Jayden offers to give the girls a ride home. Once in the car Raelynn goes to sleep in the back seat. Jayden soon gets them onto the interstate. Maggie kind of sees what might be happening but she's going to stick with her new friend, Raelynn, plus she can't exactly jump out of a speeding car. So they are soon well on their way to where Jayden will make some easy money by selling them.