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By the time another officer came and got the tray picked up, it was getting really dark in the hallways.No one had come to talk to her, and when she asked the officer when that was going to happen, he just ignored her and kept walking.People were rude around here, and she didn’t much care for it.
She was brought a uniform, she was told, and she had to put it on.It was a putrid green color that made her sick when they tossed it at her.When she asked when someone was going to talk to her, she was told that she could make one phone call, and she’d get it when someone could come and fetch her.
“Fetch me?I’m not an animal like the Watsons are.”She wondered if the Sheppards were as well and thought that it had some merit to it.“Where are the all-mighty Sheppards?They’re pressing charges against me, too, right?I want to have my call now.”
Who would she call?She didn’t have a clue.She didn’t have an attorney on speed dial.The only time that she’d ever used one was when she had had one of the college students at the university read over the contract she’d had for one of her scams.She supposed that she should stop calling them scams and continue to call them what she had in the past, and call them games.That’s all they were to her.A way to play with people’s lives, make a few bucks, and move on to the next game.
Messing with people’s lives was easy, she thought.Of course, she only had two more DNA tests to use, and she thought that they might well be too old for her to use nowadays.She didn’t mean that the DNA might be too old, but the people that she was going to scam might be too old and perhaps dead by now.She should have thought of that before and wondered why she’d not.
“Damn it.I need to keep better notes.”She did wonder if she could get into the business of funeral hair dressing again.It had been an easy few bucks that she’d make on hair and makeup.She’d have to do something if she were going to be playing games in the future.
At just after ten, she was taken to a payphone to make her call.Asking for and receiving a phone book had been her next question, and she had to look up someone to come and help her out of this mess.Not that she thought it was going to be that big of a deal, once the judge heard her side of the story, he’d dismiss everything and allow her to go on her way.But she could only find two attorneys in the phone book, and both of them were taking on new clients.She called the first one to see if he could help her.
After telling him about the game she’d been playing, he told her that he couldn’t represent her.He said that she’d been too cruel about her ‘game’, which he made sound like she’d killed someone, and should be behind bars.The second man she called told her that he’d not represent her either and simply hung up on her.Didn’t these people understand this was just a stupid game and that the other party had won?Christ, it was like the whole world had gotten a rod up their asses and didn’t understand something that was funny anymore.
“Now what do I do?”The officer with her told her that she had to go back to her cell.“Just how long am I going to be there before someone gets their head out of their asses and realizes that this was just a fun game that I was playing.I’m the one who’s out a lot of money and time, not them.What did they have to spend with me, twenty minutes?Less than that?And if you think about it, they should be arrested for not telling people that they weren’t human.That should be the law about them.”
“There is no law about people being human or not.”She told her that there should be, and she’d not be in jail like she was.“Had you not messed with people’s emotions, then you’d not be in jail.Don’t forget that you lied to them about being their long-dead mother.”
“That’s the fun part for me.No one understands the game that I’m playing with people.It’s all fun and games.”She said, until someone gets hurt.“They weren’t hurt by this.They never believed that I was their mother from the first time I spoke to Rogen.She’s sort of a bitch if you were to ask me.”
“No one asked you anything.”The officer told her again that she needed to put on the jumpsuit that was given to her.When asked what they’d do to her if she didn’t, she was told that they’d undress her and then put it on her.The hard way.“And it will matter little if you’re hurt or not when we dress you either.I’d suggest that you put it on so that no one has to dress you.It won’t be easy on you.”
“We’ll just see about that, won’t we?”The smile that she was given didn’t feel right, and she stood there with her chin up, daring her to call someone into the cell to get her dressed.As soon as the door to the outer offices was closed, she was plunged into darkness so dark that she couldn’t see her hand in front of her face.“I hate this place.”
Chapter 7
Danielle was sick of sleeping alone.She wanted someone to snuggle up with and be warmed by them.Beau was being a gentleman, and she was sort of sick of that, too.He’d been so polite with her that she wanted to bash his head in and make him see reason.Whatever that reason was, she didn’t know, but she was getting frustrated with him and his politeness.She just needed a way to make sure he understood that she was ready for him to come and have lots of sex with her.But how to make that happen?
She supposed that she could just come right out and say she wanted him.But that didn’t seem like something that she’d do.She’d always been sort of shy about sex and the way it worked.Like it was a job or something.There was a time in her life when she was sheltered away from sex, and that had been her undoing when it came to dating.She just didn’t know how to be sexy when it came to having someone find her alluring.
Being more of a tomboy, she’d never grown up where things made her feel like one of the girls.She had always wanted to hang out with all of the boys around town.She played football in the fall with them, baseball in the spring, and sometimes she’d go to the movies with several of them just so she could see a movie when they did.
While later she did understand the difference between boys and girls, and had even started dating when she was a teenager.But her formative years had been ruined by hanging out with the boys who had played with her older and younger brothers when they’d been out and about around town.Not only did she not know how to be sexy, but she didn’t know how to make sure that someone knew that she wanted sex, too.
Beau came into the kitchen with her and started drying the dishes as she washed up.He’d cooked, and she had promised to do the dishes.She didn’t realize that he meant to help her out with them, too, and was glad for it.She asked him if she could ask him a question.
“Sure.Anytime.I have a couple of questions for you as well.”She told him to go first.“All right.Today, when I was in town, I saw you at the bank.Did you sign all the paperwork that was there for you to sign?That puts you on the deed to everything that I have, and I wanted to make sure you got the credit cards.”
“Yes, I got everything signed the way I was supposed to.They told me to sign the paperwork with your last name.So I signed it, Danielle Sheppard.Right?”He said that was great.“And I got the credit cards.I had no idea there were so many that I’d need.”
“For the most part, only a couple are needed, but we get good discounts for using the store cards in the store when we’re there.No biggie if you don’t use them, but it’s nice to have them around when you need them.”She told him that she’d just use the store ones in town when she went, and the others when she was ordering online.“Good idea.It’s best to have a credit card with insurance on it in case something goes wrong.”
“What else did you want to know?”He had to think before asking her, and when he did, she had to laugh.“Yes, I loved dinner.It was better than I thought it would be when you told me we’d be having fried eggplant.I’m not very good at trying new foods.But I loved it.I’d eat it again whenever you cook it.”
“Good to know.Sometimes people will have fried eggplant instead of meat.I don’t know if I’d go that far or not, but it’s really good.”He put the last of the dishes in the cabinet.“Now what did you want to ask me?”
He was drying the glasses that they’d used when she blurted out that she wanted to have sex with him.She also mentioned that she was sick of waiting, but didn’t look him in the face when shesaid that last part.When he lifted her chin up and had her look at him, it was all she could do not to run from the room and hide.
“I’m not going to be any good at sex.I like it all right, but I’m sort of selfish, I’ve been told.Actually, what I’ve been told is that I’m too needy and selfish about my needs over anyone else’s.I suppose that’s right, but he was just taking too long to get to the end, so I’d just take over and do it myself.Why are you laughing?”Beau was laughing hard while she stood there waiting for him to stop.“I don’t think this is the least bit funny.I’m trying to tell you why I want sex, so if you’re going to laugh at me, I’m going to find someone else to make love to me, and that will be all on you.”
“No.Please don’t look for anyone else.I’m sort of a jealous lover, and I’d hate to have to kill someone over you.I would, but I’d rather not be in prison for having to kill someone who wasn’t fast enough for you.”She knew that he was making fun of her, but she couldn’t figure out what it was that he was doing.“I promise you I won’t make you wait until the end.But if you ever want to take over, you go right ahead, and I’ll be happy.”
“You’re making fun of me, aren’t you?”He promised her that he wasn’t.“I don’t know why, but I don’t believe you.Why are you teasing me right now?”
“Because I find you to be a delight.”She didn’t know what that meant either, but decided that she wouldn’t have sex with him ever.He was making fun of her, and she didn’t think that was right.“You’re beautiful when you’re flustered.I think that I could get used to this, while we talk about sex.”
“I don’t want to talk to you anymore.”He teased her enough that she smiled at him.“You’re not very charming.I hope no one told you that you were.You’re sort of mean if you want to know the truth of it.”
