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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdYcO1d89g
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFPSELkgbe
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"Nope. And I have to, rent and medical bills."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZIAZxYc2a
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKMhpFlOmL
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacK8TKi4kO
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"Where's Adam?" She whispers to Bella. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKjBTFZROG
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmpZgKJFhG
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"Wait, is Brianna a private paramdeic too?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRmK8mumO9
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"She is. Following in mothers footsteps and all that, that last part being fairly loose though, give or take."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9bMhChdw3
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"Who was her mother?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgWhb4N478
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And Bella stops, turning to look at Jess. "Forget I said anything, I'm sorry."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hkAByPzpo
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zMqwe2YS4
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuuMjalzfk
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZmaPmr15V
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I'm only here because I need a job to eat and pay my bills and that's it."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVRJiHh0zC
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEWJx4lZ4I
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Maggie turns around and takes a seat, leaning on one of the desks. "Jesse-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7Jc9MrpyX
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"I prefer Jess."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEJO9tdaOB
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcPWxp6f3S
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvDJ1mg1KX
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58AXu8LFL3
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqVxCGnaoX
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqVI9NeBdi
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"Okay? So, how does-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiQxT58iNS
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRrplGmLpt
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGoARSGh5e
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"Sectors?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUR3H759Ql
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"Like the Android Regulation & Human Safety Board."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiyrvMIAa3
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"... I know that one."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOxSgVL0W1
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"I'm sorry?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRrdoCUpye
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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... "162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJtq9o3A5c
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"Wait, this is your first time seeing androids?" Maggie starts laughing. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCxcrnYaTO
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"Yeah! Well, I saw them online... but never up close till now." Jess cries a little. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsYcebuNSL
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"Damn, so what do you really think of them?!"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyEHbr4LZ3
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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.""162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmS4XdGSUq
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbFCWkfBCJ
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"So, what is your dream? Because it's not this place."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9GGvBOb4M
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"Fashion designer." And Maggie holds a magazine out to Jess. Maggie's on the cover wearing a goregous sparkly jumpsuit.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bdZP0Am06
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAJho7R3eu
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKOU60sqGR
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"Where do you live now if it's not... your mansion..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt664iJWdwW
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXA1BvqZ4P
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"Who else is a Doctor around you? And what is Hanahaki?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VgwXrJ360
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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..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOUQw5Ivva
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhDF3CWK2C
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXhkn2XEVG
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"But you we're at-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFW2GpK1T9
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGAYZNDsuX
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I'd like to offer you one appointment a week so we can talk."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCdsOg5iQC
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"...... Bella, what are my tasks for today?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ6abYVyPn
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWN7BGBu6l
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydtGQqFGs1
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"And why can't we dob her into police?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nl6VA4XhK
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WVmk1lDE7
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"Where is a 15 year old getting that much money?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkE38QFzg37
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"I don't know. As I said parental problems, maybe? Distant and maybe loaded?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxDMBNHh4Z
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"She doesn't dress it."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WQEt7IgI5
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"That's how teenagers dress, Jess. It's called Scene."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBnA2jdzVk
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Jess looks at her like she's crazy. "What did you wear?" Bella asks her. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1NotCIXxw
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"Pink stripes and pink polka dots and lots of bows and sparkles..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFWoWOfXFI
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"Farm wear, and hand me downs."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP98D2ICyWz
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And both girls laugh a little. "We're horrible." Jess says. "I know!" Bella laugh cries.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAtbl1QjnA
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHB2ns0vO4
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Douglas: Come outside, corner of the building, don't be noticed by Bella, enter the blind spot.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIizHHJfke
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8L1AMFvV8
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Douglas: Fucking get your ass outside, or Bailey is coming in in the next five minutes and dragging you out.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrvwScDR6x
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Jess: He wouldn't infront of everyone else.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGHHb56IVx
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxrZRP7puD
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3jNyJNrJK
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"Seems it wasn't written off then." 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jVRokYkVV
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUlDgU90AP
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DPkvthJEy
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKvOs80u5J
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If you care about your friend, Bella-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfIbUScQgI
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"She's not my friend!"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUIMnuUqjo
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFIu6NsfeN
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"Where the hell did you even meet these two, Douglas?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JEyIvMJmb
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5scrom6yZf
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"I didn't tell her anything!" 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNlhKT63vG
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"And you better keep it that way. You do not want to see me angry. And I mean really angry."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPXGHVatRS
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She gulps. "You killed your kids..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4idpVZoadE
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"That's right."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfKPoJZItF
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYazNGn4i95
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"But-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTd490Xg3dZ
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"Green!"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBdwaFEffm
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4IM9PJeik
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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-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaoOdt2gmf
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oNu0Vh7QW
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtXtyXU1Qh
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKgCqR3fbf
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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?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLo1aDtbPS
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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 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJFtQn2MKZ
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQoaD1wiib
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNM4UOJW9ls
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgekmC1uNkg
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LDR7n0ysM
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See you later, I have to go home now."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWSgsvQB3i
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"But you can't leave! I still need food and-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmohXAq8FOj
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViQ5Kzu5rU
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySktCiewsV
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Three are present. "You hungry?" Asks the women. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYia0SxD2md
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"Are you really Brianna's Mum?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovP6J3Pvc8
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"I am, and we have no relationship. She resents me understandably."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKrkNS6Iix
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"My friend told me she was following in her Mum's footsteps. Are you are a paramdeic?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINbslBJyTO
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKGbua83vF
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"What's your name?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pLQhMitHM
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"Maeve. It used to be Bonnie, why Bailey here called me Bon Bon when you first walked in."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnfTUdTDG6
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBcKmWRXNK
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"She's a detective, and don't call me, Jesse! It's Jess."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Vs9W8eOXd
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"Whatever." Bobby snaps.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mszsTmB3I
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"You hungry, Jess?" Maeve asks. She shakes her head no. "Who are you guys?" She asks.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlYId9Sfb5
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4Lwve1xMn
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We still take contracts on from people like him." Johnthan tells her.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhMEC48AR6
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLPktzlUy0
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"Seems like you're learning your lesson as we speak." He adds on, leaving and gestures the others to follow. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVMrpbszzS
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1SFWcrbFu
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It's Bobby and he closes the door behind him, taking a seat beside her on the bed, inching closer.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMHsq8IXgg
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"You awake, Jesse?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliLGe9Uaif
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She ignores him and he peers over, looking at her face. "Yeah, you're awake. You hungry now?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuUV1FDTk1
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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...162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmL3jiHlwq
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3vy7j24V0
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"Are their parents still-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnpLzRR0f3
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Q0s0z2s0v
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"Johnthan said you all we're in-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzFiGUnRZx
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25o7qp5yiw
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"Very symbolic..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nttdI7Yc3
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"Thank you." He smiles. "Uh, so my ex, Clara. Do you like her?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8xsZZ85Eq
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWRFbK6Up4
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3gowcQnWG
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSOyoiiJg1
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqJwra5BfQ
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWFbCM71gE
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYCbEutp2v
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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..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBd8bhQVAof
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She nods slowly. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf99phD6nlL
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"Jesse-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLnVGjF2tz
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"I prefer Jess."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSd3dQ9qB9
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIBvkytUfB
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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-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pTqgHaifX
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"Shut up, I don't know want to hear about my attributes."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIG0AYvC5p
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"Why?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5g69YCeTx
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"Because I and my life is meaningless."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoqWZaP2WR
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"Why do you think that? Did someone tell you that?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQ1YFPLwQD
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She doesn't say anything. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1tsB4oP3Q
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"Okay. Well, what I said is true though."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tdeE7P6RQ
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"I like females, not just men."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaOAEaFdPz
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"Sorry again. Anybody would be lucky to have you."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUvSiQuJLn
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"Can you leave?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38QN8Ux7Ab
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"Uh, sure. I just thought you would have wanted the company. Lying here tied to the bed is very boring."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2iD5rVpwA
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"And how would you know, I might like the silence."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqPwhLJ3OA
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd47O5szpE
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It is boring, and you're lying to me."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTts1bgpq9d
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"Please leave."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQsTNA77r9
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"Jess, you're not listening to me. I'm trying to ask..."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9boHK8AkRd
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"Ask me what?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HArXESIEl
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"I haven't been with another women in a long time."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtxtIF5xQE
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"You want me to be your girlfriend is that it?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyQPUgClJA
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"No! Well, no. Relationships happen later."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8sb9DzuXD
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"So you want sex, Mr Drunk."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW6eUL2mjz
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"No-" And he slaps his hand to his face, embarassed.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvpLVZ2t5U
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BauzBzh9Z
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But I won't be your girlfriend. Not at this point."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85Ycqg5yHU
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGGQSvRXmC
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrUuk1oLyq
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8i2cXxKNL
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm2oon627G
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3Rkp2AZzA
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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...162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXDbwuTbDI
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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."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWDaJhjcCr
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"Douglas, I have psychosis." She tells him quickly. He looks caught off guard quickly and sinks to her level, confused.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVthi3cQFY
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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-"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJFXtC4BCC
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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"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLvYpeupNq
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"Anna?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHkrHUBNXc
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuRVwomeYg
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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?"162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebaKxD2fYw
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"Not yet."162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG0EKJquMY
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVXqWhT7Ux
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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. 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv7NYRCyse
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstJZzt2mvg
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