Sold? Oh Please.

"Why the hell are you against me coming to your home? I mean, didn't you hear about my situation?" Jessie asked her eyes shooting fire as she and Lenora fought against her partially open door. Pausing for a while she thought before nodding knowingly "I know-"

"You do?" Lenora asked with widened eyes.

"Yes, you might not have heard, sorry I'm so used to people knowing about my private life it's hard to adjust to telling you about my life myself. I was kidnapped, by George Lee, and I need your help please." 

"Look I know..." 

"No, you don't. I know we aren't exactly the chummiest, but you can't be as bad to actually send me away in this situation right?" She asked with a frown, her brows furrowing as she spoke.

"Jessie the situation right now isn't exactly the-"

"Just a day, I just need somewhere I know George would not look for me to call Jason." 

"Then go to the cops, Jamie has men all over the city looking for you." 

"Step aside lady!" Jocelyn yelled, helping Jessie pull the door open. Storming into the apartment ignoring Lenira screams otherwise. Running after them the three women burst into the apartment and Jessie huffed turning to face Lenora she sighed.

"Well did that kill you?" She said.

"You cannot be here! Gosh anywhere but here, I can hide you in my office or just take you to Jamie or Jason! You miss him don't you? Anywhere but here" Lenora insisted. "Look I-"

Both Jessie and Jocelyn stared at each other, "is she just going to stop speaking? Is she usually a dramatic person?" Jocelyn asked.

"Why do you ask?"

"She might be stopping for a dramatic flair, don't you think?"

"You watch too many movies."

"Fine... stay, but I have only one room available" Lenora said.

Jessie turned around partially counting the doors again, "then what is that room?" 

"None of your business, don't go in there okay?" She said walking away "it's an office, my office and I prefer to keep it private." She stopped, looking back, "I know you would probably go there if I didn't tell you, especially you" she pointed her finger at Jocelyn.

"Of course I would, do you know how many times I have escaped from George? Do you know how many people have betrayed me? I need to know I am safe."

Lenora laughed softly, but there was no amusement on her features, "Well too bad, you're here now."

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"I am slowly going crazy from all the waiting, hey, Jamie what are your men doing? How hard is it to find two probably tired women?" Paul sighed, pushing his hand through his brown locks he ruffled it just before he pulled away. 

"Apparently harder than you think, the only thing that keeps coming to mind is that they are avoiding the cops" Jamie replied.

"Why would they do that?" 

"Because till now the police belonged to the Lees, I asked the girl in you highway branch why she didn't go to the police instead, she said this 'why would I do that? I should just rather go back to him'" Jamie said. "I haven't found her because she doesn't want to be found."

"So what now? Are we just going to sit here on our asses? At the end of the day I believe doing what Jason is doing is the best option we have right now" Paul said, "George cannot find her before he does, he is going to literally kill someone."

"I'll call Lenora and see is she can put this on the news, it would be better if she has more friends than foes out there."

"Is that a good idea?" Paul asked, "it just puts her at risk of exposure."

"Exposure is good for both parties, let's just hope that it works for us."

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"Wow what a surprise" Patricia laughed as she paced back and forth the darkroom, "and you wanted to deprive me of this opportunity?" she shot a glare at Lenora. "Give me your phone"

"Why?"

"Give it now, or this will go viral right now." Patricia threatened, collecting Lenora's cellphone she pulled hers out and dialed a number. "Hello uncle"

"What the hell are you doing?!" Lenora yelled but the determined look in Patricia's eyes stopped Lenora in her tracks. 

"What do you mean you don't have time to talk to your favorite niece?" Patricia said, a wicked smile playing on her lips. "Oh? you must be busy searching for Jessie am I right? I can't believe you lost her, pitiful uncle I am really disappointed."

"What do you mean what am I still doing in the country? How could I leave when you are messing things up? How could you lose her?!"

"I mean you should be thankful I am here because she would have wagged her tail all the way back to Jason."

"Yes exactly what you think, I know where Jessie is, in fact, I am with her right now." 

Lenora watched helplessly as Patricia spoke to George, a heavyweight settled on her chest pressing down on her hard. She needed to do something, talk to Jamie, anything but what could she do? How could she communicate without her phone? She could send an email from her laptop, yes! That was what she would do. Stepping backward she made a move to get out of the room but Patricia was faster.

"Not so fast dear Lenora," Patricia said, "are you just going to leave without your cell?" She smiled, Lenora's eyes widened but her question was soon answered when Patricia walked straight to the window, pushed it up, and tossed the phone out.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Lenora screamed but Patricia had her pinned against the wall in an instant, Lenora's eyes watering at the force that pushed against her neck, shutting her air supply. 

"I'm just taking the necessary precaution, where's your router? I should destroy that as well, after all even if you weren't a tech genius there are other means of communicating I wasn't born yesterday," Patricia said.

"Let go of me! My goodness, you are a bitch, and I am nothing like you, neither is Jessie. We would never do what you just did to another woman."

Patricia sighed, "fine, I am a bitch, a bad woman and I did what I did, it's not my fault I was raised that way. This isn't anything to me, that is just how I am."

"Yes, it's how you are but you not the only one with sad a sad family story, Jessie has one and so do I, and yes we put ourselves first we aren't the most righteous but we would never go as far as sending another woman to a whore house, to prison, and to captivity. And after all, she has been through you think it is unfair that you are the one being punished?" 

"Get over yourself Patricia, you might be a superstar but the world does not revolve around you, you do bad things and bad things happen to you as well."

"Why only me? Why does it always have to be me?" She cried.

"Who said it was only you? Do you think Jessie getting kidnapped was a good thing? Or the annoying fact that you are here with a stupid adolescent mistake threatening to destroy the relationship that I have struggled so hard for? We were all punished and you haven't even suffered a scratch of what I have, what Jessie has. And we aren't as bad you are, you will pay for what you have just done Patricia."

Patricia looked away for a brief moment, wiping the tear from her cheek, looking back at Lenora "if I must be punished, if this is my end then we must all go down together. Now where the hell is that router?"

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"Jessie, Jessie wake up." 

Lenora tapped Jessie, the unease she felt in her heart shown with the urgency at which she touched her. "Hmm? What is going on? Is Jason here?"

Lenora sighed, "of course, you would be thinking about him, I keep thinking about Jamie to but no you have to go, now!"

"What? Why?" Jessie answered sitting up, she looked over to where Jocelyn lay beside her but there was no one there. 

"What is going on, where is Jocelyn?!" Jessie exclaimed her voice shaky and in panic.

"She's gone" Lenora stated matter of factly.

"She's what? When? Where? Lenora tell me what is going on?!" Jessie cried, jumping out of bed. 

"You have to leave now, It isn't safe anymore, George is coming here."

Jessie's heart skipped a beat at the sound of that name and her lips parted in shock, "Who? How the hell did he find me here?" Jessie asked "you sick bitch! You called him?!"

"I didn't," Lenora said, "but I might as well have."

"What does that even mean?"

"I'm sorry Jessie I really am but I am also in an uncomfortable situation as well and I couldn't help it."

Jessie sighed heavily, her body began to tremble and she couldn't stop the tears that flowed out of her eyes. "Then why are you helping me?"

"Because even though I am a horrible person, I refuse to be as bad as Patricia."

"I thought I heard my name, hello Jessie."

"Patricia"

"Ooh you look like you want to kill me, you probably do too. But you should pause that thought first, Jocelyn has something to say to you" Patricia said stretching her arm into the room as both women's faces morphed into does of horror as they listened to the innocent girls screaming.. "George is waiting for you, lets get going then."