There was a set of twin beds on the opposition sides of the room, one desk between the two beds, another desk at the foot of the far bed, and double s...liding door closets opposition the beds, and the walls and ceiling were painted an off white color.Sitting on the bed was a slim girl with medium length light brown hair reading a hard cover book. She got up from the bed and extended her hand in welcome and said, “You must be Susan.”Rene laughed as she placed her belongings on the unoccupied bad. "No, that is someone pretending to be me. But once I find him he'll regret that," said Nathan.But that was all the time they had for conversation.The two horrors launched themselves at Nathan. And as they did he ran to meet them in the middle of the room.First grabbing both by the neck, Nathan then threw one away from himself as he kept hold of the one in his right hand. Then Nathan grabbed that one with both hands and then stood up and brought the horror he was holding down across his right. . an attractive offer, ethics be damned. With that, he could pay off his landlord and credit cards, and still have enough to rent a moving van. Maybe Seattle or Chicago could offer him better work.Now, the only question was... how much did he want that? Enough to do something he knew in his heart was wrong?*****Beggars can't be choosers, Jacob thought. He had borrowed a keycard emulator from a "friend" of his on the 'Net. The emulator was a piece of tech that had been around for a while; you. He had sat at the head of the table as each of his carefully selected team briefed him on their part of the plan to get him elected as one of Virginia's Senators in the coming Special Election. Every part of his plan had gone like clockwork to this point. The incumbent had died of an unexplained malady; Bobby had given his eulogy. Endorsements from all of the major political blocks had been received; payoffs, blackmail, and a few "accidents" had made sure of this. His bank accounts were well.
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