“Sure they just met, but when a child is surrounded by people all the same age and all taken at the same time, they justify themselves as friends.” The attorney furiously said. “How often did these banishments happen?” “Almost every day, that’s why we started to get scared. If you stayed too quiet or if you said too much you would get sent away. Once it got down to five of us-” “What happened when it got down to five of you?” The attorney interrupted. “We got back on the plane. He congratulated us. He said found the perfect ones. He said he was grateful for us.” Quincy looked directly at Mr. Riddle. “He transported us to Argentina. I’m not sure where we went first, but he took us to Argentina. He told us he wanted to surprise us with a …show more content…
She let out a laugh. Her attorney stepped back at her outburst. “Sorry, but an army of five people? Well, Dana ran away so we count her. But seriously, an army of four people?” “Why did Dana run away?” Her attorney said, ignoring her comment. “She wanted to see her family. We felt extremely homesick, but we never could make it back to America. We tried to talk her out of it, but it was no use.” “If you don’t think he wanted to build an army, why would he teach you to use a gun?” The lawyer asked. “To protect ourselves.” She scoffed. “He taught you to protect yourself from people like him? People who want to kidnap you, and hurt you?” Brooke tried to answer when her attorney turned away to wrap up her interrogation. “Mr. Riddle forced these kids, against their will, into a foreign country: where he forced them to learn skills that teenagers should not need to know.”
Brooke spoke up. “He taught us Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese. We spoke fluently within a month of learning. Some things he taught us could be considered unnecessary, but others will stay with us for life.” The jury shifted uncomfortably in their seats as the cross-examiner, Mr. Riddle’s attorney, stood