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Chapter 13: Prison Might be Worth It
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The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 14: Bruises
Anger colors my cheeks pink. How dare he imply I have an issue with being on time. I was early for my interview. He's never given me a chance to get here on time. Screw getting fired, this man is a total asshole. "What would Davis do if I didn't leave my apartment one morning? Would he come in and get me?" I ask with my arms crossed.Vincent grunts as if it's not a terrible idea. "He'd do what he needed to get the job done.""What does that mean?"He hits the button on the elevator and the doors open. "It means don't test me, Ms. Marshal, or we'll both find out."And then he's off. Not another word out of him as the doors close and the elevator rises. For a man concerned I left a driver sitting here until seven, it doesn't go unnoticed he didn't hold the elevator for me. The building itself has three elevator shafts, but I learned only one goes as high as Vincent's office floor and the two floors he uses as a personal residence. You can only access his office side with the spec
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 15: Homeless
Red and blue lights with matching sirens swarm to the parking lot and a barrage of men in uniform run at us from multiple directions. Today they show up quickly. Thank goodness.Two officers, one a man and the other a woman draw their guns. They force Davis to step away from Jonathan's body with his hands in the air. I slip on the recently watered grass and sit next to Ashley as she positions herself higher and wraps her arms around my body, holding tightly.I'm focused on Ashley when the group of police begin yelling at one another. Jonathon jerks in their arms as they try to put handcuffs on him. He yells and two cops back up, giving him room to make an escape. He takes off running and three officers peruse him. Jonathan runs at a full sprint out of the apartment parking lot. He darts to the right, heading for a higher-class neighborhood that butts up to our complex.The same officer from yesterday, Officer Allen, helps Ashley and me up off the ground."This is not how I want
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 16: Check Out the New Girl
"No, we plan to look at places this weekend. But since it's just the two of us," I leave out the part about Ashley living off student loans while she studies for the bar and bringing in no real income, "we'll have to go a lot farther out than our current place to find something affordable."Like really far out.I considered asking my parents for help, but I know what they'll tell me. It's time to move back home. They've been waiting for me to mess up enough I'm forced to move back since the day I left. My mother hasn't moved a single thing in my room because she thinks I'll be there sooner rather than later. Whenever she brings it up, she reminds me it's "just a generational thing" and not a reflection on my inability to find a good job.What she forgets is that I won't be able to find a job in Riverwood, which will allow me to pay back my student loans. These aren't regular college loans. I have MBA loans. I need to make decent money. The largest store is the local Meijer, a gro
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 17: Demands
The pile of clothing thrown in the corner of my room grows as the ones in my closet never seems to decrease. Our move out of the townhouse will be quick since we don't have much stuff between us and even less time to find a place.Between asking at school and visiting our local grocery store, we came up with nine boxes to pack. Four for her, four for me, and one to throw in the various crap we've stashed around the place. Most of the household stuff is Jonathan's, but I don't plan to leave without my bright pink "you're special" unicorn mug.Trying to make a huge shitload of clothing fit into four boxes is not how I planned to spend my Saturday, but it's a good time to make a pile for donation.Or I can throw things in trash bags and move it that way. Either way works.Trash bags."I'm so sorry, Kens. Do you want two of my boxes?" Ashley apologizes for the nine hundredth time.She doesn't walk all the way into my room, probably fearful I'll put her to work packing. It's a w
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 18: Are Those Balls?
"Ashley," I yell and go in search of her to pass on the bad news. Looks like she's on her own for this packing at least for a little while.There's not time to change my clothes into something more acceptable. Every second I waste getting this suit to Vincent is another second he can think of new work punishments for me. I slip on a pair of tennis shoes I've left by the front door and grab my purse on the way out. Sweats and a heavily worn t-shirt from my undergrad university will have to do as business casual.This morning as we apartment shopped, I dressed nicely, but I have a rule that when you're home jeans can fuck off. The one upside to getting a place with just Ashley that as soon as I walk in the apartment, I will be able to strip. Something I couldn't do with Jonathan living here.I unlock the Equinox, my movements a little unfamiliar since it's been almost a week since I've driven. Only when I'm on the road and a few miles away do I realize how much I miss operating a v
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 19: Unexpected Questions
Less than twenty-four hours and I'm on my second ridiculous request from Valiant. In front of the large glass doors of the Valiant skyscraper I'm smart enough to wait for the security guard to open the door."Mr. Valiant said he will be right down. You are to wait here," a different security guard than the one who let me have free access upstairs yesterday says. The way his eyes linger across my body gives me chills before my cheeks turn red. What did Valiant tell him about why I had to wait in the lobby?I dressed today as per Mr. Valiant's instructions. The black pants and matching jacket, which I haven't buttoned, doesn't look hussy, but the guard's gaze make me feel dirty. Of course he probably had questions about why someone he's never met before is here on a Sunday morning and not allowed to go upstairs.Whatever. Who cares what he thinks? I just hope whatever this is gets done as fast as possible. Ashley and I still need to find a place to live. Rather than apartment shop,
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 20: Sign My Life Away
I roll my eyes and then give a silent thanks to the sky he's already ahead of me and doesn't see. The most surprising thing is that he didn't already own it. Valiant is slacking. There's a rumor he owns half the buildings downtown, even a few used by state employees. Real estate such as office space and apartment buildings make up a large portion of the assets Valiant started with so it wouldn't surprise me if the rumors were true.Valiant holds open the door, and I walk in to be greeted by a smiling woman in a cute spring dress. White fabric with little pink flowers all over it in a light shade make her look absolutely gorgeous. I dressed for powerful professional and here she is likely going to an afternoon tea party. I didn't even curl my hair, choosing instead to wear it straight and loose.She holds a water bottle out to Valiant. Water dribbles off the edges and falls to the tile floor. "Water, Mr. Valiant?" she asks, her smile never wobbling as she speaks. It can't be human.
The Valiant Trilogy Chapter 21: Lunch Date with... a non-jerk?
My cell phone dings, but I don't catch the email before the notification disappears from the screen. Not wanting to unlock my phone I check the company email on my computer in front of me.Bright and early Monday morning a wonderful gentleman from IT staff visited my desk and asked to take my cell phone for an hour. I wasn't going to let him. My cell phone is my life. I wouldn't pass it over like a first child or something. But then he informed me he'd put email on my phone so I could check it easier.I suspect it would also make it easier for Vincent to contact me when he's feeling needy or wants me to show up for work on a weekend with dry cleaning.Now less than thirty minutes later my phone returns the first email.Vincent ValiantSubject: LunchBe ready for a working lunch in fifteen.Vincent ValiantValiant Industries CEOI DON'T HAVE a problem with a working lunch, besides the fact I'll be working during it, but he doesn't give me any more details. Should I bri
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