She closed her eyes. If "merchandise" meant people, tonight John planned to buy innocent human beings as if they had no more value than cattle. Julia fisted her hands until her nails bit into her palms. She'd promised herself she would never be part of anything like that again. She didn't want to be here. Was it too much to ask to be safe?
Her feet wouldn't move - wouldn't take her away from this terrible place.
She could go to Adam, the sheriff, but he wouldn't do anything. To be fair, he was just one man surrounded by a corrupt town, but she knew he never even tried to protect the people of this town against the reverend and his cronies.
Someone should have done something about them a long time ago.