Jess drags herself into work next week after a weekend spent in hospital, still with the knee brace. It's not broken, but still really fucked up. Now she has a hospital bill to pay off as this is one not being footed by Maggie. Last time was a rare gesture from a millionaire and she'll never get that lucky again.124Please respect copyright.PENANAUt9WxqGdpp
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"Seriously? Do you have no life outside work? You could have stayed at home, you didn't have to come in." Bella says, standing right at the sign in booths.124Please respect copyright.PENANA7C95CAQfw6
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"Nope. And I have to, rent and medical bills."124Please respect copyright.PENANAihq6OlixUJ
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"Okay... Anyway, Maggie and Anna wants to see you before shift start in that case. Main floor out here is still setting up the androids, toddler play zone, go karts, etc."124Please respect copyright.PENANAdr1LPvEb7B
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"Lead the way then." 124Please respect copyright.PENANA4CranacEUU
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As they walk past heading to the elevator to the security office, she looks over at the medical tent. Just Brianna is present, she's setting up alone. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAhAB3i20Xjc
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"Where's Adam?" She whispers to Bella. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAV72Z13T4Vp
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"He quit that afrernoon we sent you to the hospital. His going back to work for emergency services out on the street."124Please respect copyright.PENANAUMf9FdC9ku
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"Wait, is Brianna a private paramdeic too?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAPARjgkssMD
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"She is. Following in mothers footsteps and all that, that last part being fairly loose though, give or take."124Please respect copyright.PENANAmpsxXXTubd
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"Who was her mother?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAeJXheezGsa
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And Bella stops, turning to look at Jess. "Forget I said anything, I'm sorry."124Please respect copyright.PENANAlYBGPvTivU
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And then they continue on. Her co-workers have secrets like she does. They arrive upstsirs, seeing Maggie talking to people, Anna not present. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAh6Rv3Q7YaC
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"Maggie-" Bella begins, Jess cutting her off. "First of all, I just want to say I am not shooting up drugs. I have never touched drugs and if you want to fire me, go ahead. 124Please respect copyright.PENANARJprv59Lyk
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Heck, I'll quit right now myself. I'm problematic, dragging drama to work with me. I sware I'm not doing it on purpose and I actually have no real intention of getting to know any of my co-workers. 124Please respect copyright.PENANANebW9VpG2k
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I'm only here because I need a job to eat and pay my bills and that's it."124Please respect copyright.PENANAuThx2dHGY9
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Maggie stops talking mid setence hearing what was just said. "Oh..." Bella whispers, looking to the side, her hair falling and covering her face.124Please respect copyright.PENANASuZetDNBek
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Maggie turns around and takes a seat, leaning on one of the desks. "Jesse-"124Please respect copyright.PENANA9UUG2If0II
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"I prefer Jess."124Please respect copyright.PENANAxY1rwY8Vsx
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"You're right, I'm sorry. I don't know you all that well. Jess, when my now dead and ex-husband murdered my children, 1 girl and four boys it tore me apart, I was an emotional wreck for years. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Hg0EBLGd
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I met him in University and dropped out as we fell pregnant, we married and I got pregnant several times after that. I stayed home living the home house wife life, he graduated and was also the bread winner, we we're rich, had a mansion and then he killed them and himself. He had been a tad abusive to me, but I never thought he was capable of murder.124Please respect copyright.PENANA708NUpzCQ6
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Fast forward a few years, I'm slowly picking myself up after grieving, I now run this place, it's not what I want to do forever, but there was alot of fines and debts that need paying, and I could only ignore them so long, I'm also in the position where I'm fucking loaded from the insurance payouts and that this fun centre is actually profitable, I sold the mansion and don't live there. It wasn't in complete disrepair, well, it kind of was. Give or take that, I still sold the plot of land it was on which was hundreds of acres.124Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9OxLWD6z3
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I fix this place up fully, pay off every fine and debt, have a full rotating roster for every department and I'm going to sell this bussiness to somebody else on the condition of they can't fire anybody in the first 12 months, they will sign a legally binding contract, I have a team of lawyers.124Please respect copyright.PENANAd3E9XcY2uF
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Every employee here is fully aware of that fact, I just not had told you yet and I'm sorry. Then I am packing my bags and jet setting for France, I will be leaving the country."124Please respect copyright.PENANAkodJV5hAaG
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"Okay? So, how does-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAubFS4EqNgt
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"What I'm trying to tell you is what kind of boss am I let alone a human being if I am having no fucking empathy, compassion, understanding what so ever for other people? You aren't going to be fired by me unless you do something as bad as the ones who locked you in the android warehouse first shift, that's an immediate dissmial. And the county for this area fined me for that, laying out heating was a regulation in warehouses overnight even if they are not made for humans as accidents like yours happen.124Please respect copyright.PENANALhHKGvgYok
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I could have accidentally killed you, Jess. The county keeps a very close eyes on this place, there is constant reviews and other sectors sticking their nose in."124Please respect copyright.PENANA2Cr3RHwLr4
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"Sectors?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAdrumvWNH6r
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"Like the Android Regulation & Human Safety Board."124Please respect copyright.PENANAqXvnEgocPZ
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"... I know that one."124Please respect copyright.PENANAQft4oXkNrT
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"I'm sorry?"124Please respect copyright.PENANASTXzowwwd8
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"Maggie, before I bought a one way ticket here... where I came from, it was a city without automation. Well, it wasn't without automation, it didn't reject innovation, but androids we're banned... "124Please respect copyright.PENANASZaNoZxhfv
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"Wait, this is your first time seeing androids?" Maggie starts laughing. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAHSY1gZHNaB
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"Yeah! Well, I saw them online... but never up close till now." Jess cries a little. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAUks6i9QiOU
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"Damn, so what do you really think of them?!"124Please respect copyright.PENANAz1fyhcKia1
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"Really lifelike! I can barely tell the diffrence between them and a person! Well, except when they say, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't understand the question and/or this topic/phrase.""124Please respect copyright.PENANAVUNO0IEaT4
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"I know right?! It was so stressful when I first took over, I was not to used to them. I didn't interfere with my ex-husbands bussiness at all beforehand."124Please respect copyright.PENANA6LOVsHfsy8
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"So, what is your dream? Because it's not this place."124Please respect copyright.PENANAf6dHBT4HPB
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"Fashion designer." And Maggie holds a magazine out to Jess. Maggie's on the cover wearing a goregous sparkly jumpsuit.124Please respect copyright.PENANA34d9x21mHj
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"Is that yours? Did you design it?" Just a few months ago, she could have afforded that jumpsuit there, hefty price-tag not mattering.124Please respect copyright.PENANAKQcv7adC9Q
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"Yes, I did. I dabble in it, but most of my time is eaten up by this place. Looking forward to when I can offically leave it all behind and pursue what I want to really do."124Please respect copyright.PENANAQLbGrtsfRr
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"Where do you live now if it's not... your mansion..."124Please respect copyright.PENANAj4WxHJRvM7
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"I rent a two bedroom apartment in a high rise overlooking the beach. It's still in the swanky part of the city. Get this, my neighbor is a Doctor as well. She co-developed the treatment for Hanahaki Disease. She moved in just last month. Crazy, I'm surrounded by bloody doctors." Maggie laughs.124Please respect copyright.PENANAxM4Cn6vD15
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"Who else is a Doctor around you? And what is Hanahaki?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAzvMANXKvYq
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"Me. I'm a Psychatrist, but I'm still a Doctor, Jesse." Says an unknown voice, turning around to see it's Anna. "And if you're lucky, you will never find out what Hanahaki is. It's brutual, but you could search it up later online I guess..."124Please respect copyright.PENANA73IDPz2MkW
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"But not on company time." Maggie laughs. "I'm sorry, Jess. But I need to be actually running, I'm supposed to be in a group call soon. Uh, so, please don't quit... Bella will give you your tasks for today, you're on office duty, I can't have you on the floor with your leg still injured... Now, I have to run." And Maggie leaves.124Please respect copyright.PENANAxaLYASxPQW
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"Jesse, so you know, I'm not here to make the employees of Maggie's lives worse or snitch on you all. I'm here to help, but it's not just you all. It's Maggie too... She has never been the greatest at dealing with people and that's where I come in."124Please respect copyright.PENANAOS68qceQ4N
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"But you we're at-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAsJ5xm7O11r
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"The Hospital. And I'm still checking in on patients there and outpatient, but I have signed on for a few months here during the day. I'm just removing the working nights aspect at the hospital, they can employee somebody else for that.124Please respect copyright.PENANAQAfjBiPNq2
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I'd like to offer you one appointment a week so we can talk."124Please respect copyright.PENANAxPlCudXrEh
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"...... Bella, what are my tasks for today?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAi0hVGwkdnu
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"That's okay, you can take some time to come around to the idea. You're not under any community based treatment order. I have an office near Maggie's if you want to talk." And Anna leaves. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAJCsGJi45FX
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"She does not seem like an annoying corporate-" Jess begins. 'No, she does not." Bella responds. Anyway, let me get you set up at a computer. Also, we reviewed the security footage, saw what Ren did. She has been discplined, but we have also talked to Jamie. Though I think it when in one ear and out the other for Jamie, she doesn't want to go to school, would prefer to hang out here and bring... her baby sister with it. There has to be something going on with her parents if her baby sister's not in childcare arrangement and at school for Jamie."124Please respect copyright.PENANAAkNKBSLplf
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"And why can't we dob her into police?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAhTSlj1NVbV
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"The law doesn't allow us. If a Truancy Officer wishes to check the funpark, turning up on their own accord, we have to let them in. Jamie and even her friends will get caught eventually anyway so let's just try and ignore her for now, she is paying money ontop of her season pass every single day... It helps pay our wages."124Please respect copyright.PENANAgNIGnJnYn4
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"Where is a 15 year old getting that much money?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAh1b03UuobU
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"I don't know. As I said parental problems, maybe? Distant and maybe loaded?"124Please respect copyright.PENANADPzgSreWdY
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"She doesn't dress it."124Please respect copyright.PENANAbOH6sP9r07
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"That's how teenagers dress, Jess. It's called Scene."124Please respect copyright.PENANAMiJRJfGqk3
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Jess looks at her like she's crazy. "What did you wear?" Bella asks her. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAFnsWV9wHwR
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"Pink stripes and pink polka dots and lots of bows and sparkles..."124Please respect copyright.PENANAXTJrhdyEV7
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"Farm wear, and hand me downs."124Please respect copyright.PENANAvCNpbo5lhE
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And both girls laugh a little. "We're horrible." Jess says. "I know!" Bella laugh cries.124Please respect copyright.PENANAblkjt0b7gW
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The day passes pretty uneventfully, has to stop during the day to take some pain meds and soon enough the day draws to a close. Just like clockworse, a text is recieved, Douglas.124Please respect copyright.PENANASCjxZy09hv
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Douglas: Come outside, corner of the building, don't be noticed by Bella, enter the blind spot.124Please respect copyright.PENANAVY9JqAn5gT
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Jess: I have a leg brace on, my knee is still really fucked up from running from you. If you're going to grab me or whatever, just take it easy on my knee, please.124Please respect copyright.PENANAff03XA0FBt
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Douglas: Fucking get your ass outside, or Bailey is coming in in the next five minutes and dragging you out.124Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9JI93TL7K
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Jess: He wouldn't infront of everyone else.124Please respect copyright.PENANAR6vB4ED8jE
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Douglas: Distracting Maggie is not that hard. I can have Green call her phone and waste her time. Everyone else? They won't overly give a shit about you. You have five minutes.124Please respect copyright.PENANAAGV9hSkf94
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She puts her phone down, sighing, collects her stuff and signs out. Bella has nothing to debrief anyone on. Heading out to around the side of the building, she sees Douglas classic green car waiting right in the back in the shadows. She can see some damage down down the side, but for the most part it looks cosmetic and they buffed most of it out. Douglas is hanging out in the drivers seat, but Bailey and Green are waiting outside. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAFxpYZzQWHe
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"Seems it wasn't written off then." 124Please respect copyright.PENANAdTBhifH8Ke
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They all look at her. "Thanks to you, the airbags don't work now and I'm going to have to look into a 3rd party work around option." Douglas moans, not getting out of the car. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAaHiUjufyIB
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"Come on, girly. Bag." Bailey says, holding his hand out gesturing for Jess bag which she hands over, him throwing it to Douglas through the window. He then takes her arm, Green taking her other and they force her into the backseat, mindful of her injured leg. Bailey does her seatbelt, but they don't let go of her arms the whole drive, taking back roads and other places.124Please respect copyright.PENANAYBxsj71qYG
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"Where are we going?" She asks, which earns no reply. "Are you going to kill me?" Which finally elicts a response. "No, I'm not going to kill you. You're more my informer on the inside. Make to much trouble though, and I will kill you then and find someone else.124Please respect copyright.PENANAf35b9eYLmh
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If you care about your friend, Bella-"124Please respect copyright.PENANANYqUheoDQh
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"She's not my friend!"124Please respect copyright.PENANAIUdutqRL3s
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"I don't believe you." Douglas snaps back, Jess getting a little heated and tries to pull her arms to no resistence. "You do that again, and I will sedate you." Bailey finally speaks.124Please respect copyright.PENANAd25kjLeMp9
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"Where the hell did you even meet these two, Douglas?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAmuCcDkuT4F
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"The previous street racing party I attended. It wasn't the one you we're briefly at. I seriously can't fucking believe you pulled that stunt last time, you little bitch. We almost didn't get out of there, I know that detective followed up on you, tracking you down to your workplace."124Please respect copyright.PENANA636lGFzj4X
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"I didn't tell her anything!" 124Please respect copyright.PENANArg2YRGEXLM
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"And you better keep it that way. You do not want to see me angry. And I mean really angry."124Please respect copyright.PENANAEwDuXUNKqN
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She gulps. "You killed your kids..."124Please respect copyright.PENANAZJQ7qAYdIc
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"That's right."124Please respect copyright.PENANAmvxcPn3chZ
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"Dude, what the fuck?!" Green calls out, looking to Bailey. "Green, shut up." Bailey tells him. "Mr Douglas here is a paying client."124Please respect copyright.PENANAwy57sfy7SF
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"But-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAAgDKmFvSaj
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"Green!"124Please respect copyright.PENANAkXaUwPzXFw
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Yelling ensuing.124Please respect copyright.PENANAliCcrfhvee
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"I fucking change my mind, sedate me." She whispers. "Me too, Jess. But I need to drive the car." Douglas whispers back a little, a small smile and trying not to laugh.124Please respect copyright.PENANAjkx7HKS2z2
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They pull up to what looks like an abandoned building and the definition of sketch. "Is this where you took me the first time you-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAGgE3dYalFH
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"No, that actually was the secret bunker under my home. I've enlisted the services of others from now on, and I think this will be more fitting."124Please respect copyright.PENANAjhd7VFmg2s
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And Jess is helped out the car, dragged inside. Douglas stands to the side as Bailey puts in a pin on the keypad, pushing open then door, walking in and Green carries Jess in by the waist, lifting her feet off the ground, Douglas following behind and closing the door.124Please respect copyright.PENANAhhsKoLzCYG
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Seems bitch work is now below him. She sees a kitchen off to the side and someone else is present. "Hey. You guys want Coffee?" And they come out into the open. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAJglewGq6ht
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"Brianna?" She says out loud, but then realizes it isn't her. This woman is much older and sighs. "You gotta be kidding, come on! No, that's my daughter. I'm her mother not that she calls me that. The state took her into care when she was little and I never really got her back. She hates me. Now, who wants Coffee?"124Please respect copyright.PENANA5elvkso5Sj
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"All of us, Bon Bon. We'll be in the other room." Bailey says, gesturing for Green with her to follow, Douglas trailing after them. They enter a room off to the side down a corridor, it's a small bedroom with only a double bed and a built in wardrobe 124Please respect copyright.PENANAE8YQa1boze
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She sees on the bed, ropes already attached to the headboard and base. "No! No, no!" She yells, struggling and Green only takes her closer, Bailey assisting. They throw her against the mattress, tying up her arms and then her feet and one across her waist for good measure. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAkYglaq9tde
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"Douglas! Douglas!" She yells, but he turns away and ignores her, walking out. Bailey and Green get off her and walk out as well, switching off the light and it all goes dark, hearing the door click, someone locking it. She's trapped in this room in the dark as it's boarded up, and tied to the bed for the next few hours. She can yell and scream as much as she wants, but they all ignore her, no one coming in. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAonR1QPkY97
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She nods in and out of sleep, unaware how long it's been and barely registering someone unlocking the door and coming in, closing it behind them. 124Please respect copyright.PENANA8WYghnWYJW
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"Jesse, Jess, wake up." They call, applying pressure to her shoulder, giving it a little shake. She opens her eyes and they take a seat beside her on the bed. "Here's how it's going to be. You're going to pull your act together and start really doing what I want or I am going to make your life a living hell and you can expect this room to be the last thing you see. You've got the weekend to make your choice, no one will be looking for you. I texted Bella from your phone and that your leg was killing you and you now no longer have a shift. 124Please respect copyright.PENANACxxkllzRSR
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See you later, I have to go home now."124Please respect copyright.PENANA5r47We298O
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"But you can't leave! I still need food and-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAe9uig0a7nV
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"You won't be alone, the others are still here. Be good, see you Monday." And he walks out, locking the door again. She screams, straining after he leaves and her limbs start to burn, causing her to stop.124Please respect copyright.PENANAaKiPKLazZN
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Time passes and when she next wakes up, she doesn't know what day it is. Is it still today or is that yesterday now. She then realizes she's not alone.124Please respect copyright.PENANAEMbFOmkCUa
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Three are present. "You hungry?" Asks the women. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAUh57LCbqeK
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"Are you really Brianna's Mum?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAQZDBeK35ca
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"I am, and we have no relationship. She resents me understandably."124Please respect copyright.PENANAazFFT3RFp4
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"My friend told me she was following in her Mum's footsteps. Are you are a paramdeic?"124Please respect copyright.PENANANqybA0MNJw
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"No, I'm a Surgeon actually. But give or take that, my daughter still chose a similar proffesion. She's doing it because she wants to show she's a good person and better at helping people compared to me."124Please respect copyright.PENANAV5uz35DCik
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"What's your name?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAx4OSvrd0E3
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"Maeve. It used to be Bonnie, why Bailey here called me Bon Bon when you first walked in."124Please respect copyright.PENANAA3aBr2iIKt
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"We can drop the last names charade now, I think Jesse. We're the ones in charge here, Douglas hired us for a reason." Bailey speaks up. "And I'm Johnthan. Behind me, Bobby. The cop you ran into used to be his fiance actually."124Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZmCdSeUG0
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"She's a detective, and don't call me, Jesse! It's Jess."124Please respect copyright.PENANAGjF2L8I9fP
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"Whatever." Bobby snaps.124Please respect copyright.PENANAdeTzMz7IHC
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"You hungry, Jess?" Maeve asks. She shakes her head no. "Who are you guys?" She asks.124Please respect copyright.PENANAcdHnXZXpFx
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"We belonged to a former human trafficking ring. It was dismantled, but there is still a few of us so I suggest you don't push us. I'm in charge now. Douglas has given permission for us to hurt you if needed. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAjErEcYEkhf
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We still take contracts on from people like him." Johnthan tells her.124Please respect copyright.PENANAjGgWMyf000
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She doesn't know what to say, this is serious. She sinks into the bed, wanting this hell to be over. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAyl0YgysLoB
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"Seems like you're learning your lesson as we speak." He adds on, leaving and gestures the others to follow. 124Please respect copyright.PENANArCaStL3Dt5
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Hours pass and she lays in the dark, awake unable to fall back to sleep and her limbs are aching from being tied in the same position for hours on end when she hears her door open, someone coming in. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAb7yTeBID2F
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It's Bobby and he closes the door behind him, taking a seat beside her on the bed, inching closer.124Please respect copyright.PENANAUNeSRscrg7
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"You awake, Jesse?"124Please respect copyright.PENANABj9IUGZs5j
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She ignores him and he peers over, looking at her face. "Yeah, you're awake. You hungry now?"124Please respect copyright.PENANA5pEUXeIOoK
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She shakes her head no, not giving him any of her voice. He doesn't deserve it. "Uh, okay then. Well, don't starve yourself too long or Johnthan will have Maeve insert a feeding tube. Bringing you here was to make you obey Douglas, you dying isn't the plan here really...124Please respect copyright.PENANAn1PiOyGm3W
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So, uh, what do you think of Clara? She used to be my girlfriend, I was going to marry her... but uh, my life has really gone to shit since then. That was a long time ago now. Everyone around me ended up having kids and they are all grown up now, most of them are your colleagues suprisingly.124Please respect copyright.PENANAsrgcD8YFQk
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"Are their parents still-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAbJRiUap85J
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"Not all of them are apart of us anymore. We either went to jail, a mental hospital, deported and jailed I heard and then they either got out and lived normal lives, got married, had kids, worked legal jobs... or they ended up like me. Alone, and went back to a life of crime. This is the only life I know, I was in university before, but got kicked out and no one would employee me."124Please respect copyright.PENANA2WyfpMr5is
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"Johnthan said you all we're in-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAedHaEKqiyB
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"A human trafficking company, we we're called Ring. I still have my ring actually." And he shows it off, a snake biting it's tail in a circle around his finger.124Please respect copyright.PENANABCgaRLwTIl
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"Very symbolic..."124Please respect copyright.PENANAJoFYly8T81
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"Thank you." He smiles. "Uh, so my ex, Clara. Do you like her?"124Please respect copyright.PENANALd9KhUijje
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"Not really, I don't want to see her again. Somehow I have a feeling she isn't going to leave me alone. They're onto me now the police.124Please respect copyright.PENANA3bkSzJDMSi
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A few weeks back... the Hospital called me after my discharge. Said my blood results indicated I had Merge in my system, they had to expand the testing range as it they weren't looking for it at first as it's a black market drug.124Please respect copyright.PENANAOWbXdCCHi6
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It's an offense to carry here, but not if it's in your system. It still gets reported to the police though, but there was nothing they could do. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAHm3zcdDDoE
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They already know who I am and some stuff about me and when I was running from you all, and Clara hit me minorly, she inspected my neck. I was unconsciousness for a minute. 124Please respect copyright.PENANA21Nexnbty2
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People who shoot up, do it in their arms, not their neck. She would have reported that and later discovered my drug report from the hospital. When she came to check up on me supposedly work, I think she already knew about the Merge."124Please respect copyright.PENANAkfRwQje3jV
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"Okay. Well, try and her dismiss her as much as you can, okay? She'll come back, she is a very determined person. She never took no for an answer. She used to be a police officer before, we lived in Canada.124Please respect copyright.PENANAEGaqggXZXJ
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I'm suprised she's a detective now, I didn't know. But hey, as long as she's happy I guess..."124Please respect copyright.PENANA7NRbrGB27L
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She nods slowly. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAwICFzJn1Dk
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"Jesse-"124Please respect copyright.PENANA8DrQtHdTg4
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"I prefer Jess."124Please respect copyright.PENANAXrMCbnyPiO
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"Sorry. Umm, about what I said before. The... sex thing. I was drunk that night and being a douche. I should have never said it.124Please respect copyright.PENANAnn2E03jV2p
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Just... you are really pretty though. Any guy would be lucky to have you, and how Douglas described your personality. Resourceful-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAWwjH8WuwTy
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"Shut up, I don't know want to hear about my attributes."124Please respect copyright.PENANAGIuBBh2O5b
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"Why?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAA62BPujypz
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"Because I and my life is meaningless."124Please respect copyright.PENANAfIllYZ1jaR
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"Why do you think that? Did someone tell you that?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAQFe2xZB5X8
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She doesn't say anything. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAFzwxiABpt0
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"Okay. Well, what I said is true though."124Please respect copyright.PENANAB7ui82Hj3H
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"I like females, not just men."124Please respect copyright.PENANAXHANbAXfp6
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"Sorry again. Anybody would be lucky to have you."124Please respect copyright.PENANAwYWPMoKLFC
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"Can you leave?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAADrue5dJAD
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"Uh, sure. I just thought you would have wanted the company. Lying here tied to the bed is very boring."124Please respect copyright.PENANAINlmHr8lgB
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"And how would you know, I might like the silence."124Please respect copyright.PENANANxDhDhYvYD
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"Because it's the equvillent of waiting in an interrogation room handcuffed to the table for six hours before someone gets to you."124Please respect copyright.PENANApUrHH48Zx2
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It is boring, and you're lying to me."124Please respect copyright.PENANAEcVoz7lC08
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"Please leave."124Please respect copyright.PENANASOyArCqwiJ
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"Jess, you're not listening to me. I'm trying to ask..."124Please respect copyright.PENANAWQX311SMpf
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"Ask me what?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAbaFRmY5C9q
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"I haven't been with another women in a long time."124Please respect copyright.PENANA3ldwdCTcmQ
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"You want me to be your girlfriend is that it?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAli3leaPf6t
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"No! Well, no. Relationships happen later."124Please respect copyright.PENANAVdkbtTzapX
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"So you want sex, Mr Drunk."124Please respect copyright.PENANAL2GM9L5UyS
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"No-" And he slaps his hand to his face, embarassed.124Please respect copyright.PENANAECso6Ya2AF
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"I'm not stupid, Bobby. I had an ex-boyfriend before moving here. Douglas knows my base story. My ex was my fiance to and his sex drive was high. If you want to have sex with me, just come out and say it. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAOcjkDj5fQt
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But I won't be your girlfriend. Not at this point."124Please respect copyright.PENANA6jOd0P5sxg
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His quiet and looks at her. "Bobby?" She says, calling his name. He crawls ontop of her slowly, feeling his hand trailing up her stomach towards under shirt and his other hand creeps down to just below her pants, resting right underneath where it lays.124Please respect copyright.PENANA6KhXeOJy7K
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She squirms, pushing her legs together trying to push his hand away and his lips touch hers, tongue inserted, feeling his hand on her chest give a good squeeze and then a good rub. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAAQHSDTHa1m
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His fingers rubbing just on the outside below to stimulate. "Mmm! Stmp!" She tries, but can't say anything with his tongue in her mouth. He pulls her pants down, shoving three fingers in. She bites his tongue and lips, him screaming in pain and jumps back. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAM1pWcpSI3C
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"Johnthan! Maeve!" She yells him, quickly covering her mouth with his hand. "Stop! No!" He says. She squirms, not able to say anything. Bobby stays quiet, listening and no one comes. 124Please respect copyright.PENANA53AEwWwGvX
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He looks relieved and picks himself up and helps her dress, keeping a hand on her mouth. "You say anything to them, I will make you wish you hadn't. I know where you live, I know who you friends are and I can easily acess Johnthan's supply of drugs." and he removes his hand, leaving the room quickly.124Please respect copyright.PENANA9TMYCHcx6n
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For days after that, she doesn't see or hear anyone really. Maeve visits briefly, able to persuade Jess to take a few bites of food, but that's it till the door opens and Douglas walks in. It must be Monday...124Please respect copyright.PENANAySz2U8fPVG
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"Morning, Jess. Works tomorrow for you. You made up your mind? Are you going to start getting me what I want? You we're great at the start, but then went fairly aloof."124Please respect copyright.PENANAiW19ZVMgOz
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"Douglas, I have psychosis." She tells him quickly. He looks caught off guard quickly and sinks to her level, confused.124Please respect copyright.PENANAzWuKeancsE
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"When I was gone for a while, I was stuck in the psych ward because of your Maggie. I had my first break at work and-"124Please respect copyright.PENANAQq9H9UHgmX
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He doesn't let her finish, him quickily pulling on the rope restraining her and it all comes loose. "Shit, I'm so sorry." He says putting his head in his hands. She sits up a little. "Jess, if I had known- You shoulda told me the truth. Damn it. No wonder the Psychatrist is hanging around the centre, it all makes sense now"124Please respect copyright.PENANAYdq7vPv0dW
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"Anna?"124Please respect copyright.PENANAf4aeDstgrc
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"Yes. She was Maggie's dorm room mate back in University. They hated eachother at first. My ex was never good at dealing with people, and I did isolate her from others... when we we're married... no wonder she called Anna. She isn't coping at running the centre alone. 124Please respect copyright.PENANA4GlG7YNiOU
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Jess, if you ever get sick or something again, just tell me. You we're sick, not deliberatly avoiding me. I'm sorry I scared you last time we met and I gave you Merge, that would have made your problems worse and now your knee is injured because of me. Did you recieve a formal diagnosis or anything?"124Please respect copyright.PENANASWLiJBOngq
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"Not yet."124Please respect copyright.PENANAI3DE9GuyBX
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"Okay, listen, I know Anna. You need to comply. She will send you back to hospital if you have more symptoms and don't engage in treatment, and I would have to find someone else at your workplace. 124Please respect copyright.PENANAQgwc83QaPI
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Can you see Anna for me? Just play along, send me what can you about the center and I'll never give you Merge again if we can help it." And his holding his hand out for her to shake it. She slowly does, "Thank you." He tells her, pushing her to lie down. 124Please respect copyright.PENANA3Oj4UnBHrM
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She goes stiff. "I'm not going to tie you up again. Just get some rest, work is tomorrow." And he tucks the blanket around her. "They told me you said they we're allowed to hurt me." She speaks up. "Bailey? I- Yes, I did say that. If you we're difficult, they could. But nowhere noticeable, I'm sorry." Then he leaves, taking the rope with him. She does hear the door lock, guess it was almost too good to be true.124Please respect copyright.PENANAVB97FXa8jI
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