Teaser 1
OREGON STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
TWO MEN SIT ACROSS FROM EACH ON A TABLE. ONE IS A PATIENT AND WEARS A HOSPITAL SHIRT, PANTS, AND SHOES WITH A SERIES OF NUMBERS ON HIS SHIRT. HE HAS LIGHT BROWN HAIR THAT IS FULL AND A SMALL BEARD. THE OTHER IS YOUNG MAN THAT HAS NECK LENGTH DARK BROWN HAIR WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF FACIAL HAIR ON HIS FACE.
"Hi, you must be him right."
"Yeah, I'm him."
"Well let me reassure you that I'm not an angry resident here to curse you to hell."
"It's fine; I'd rather face an angry resident than certain people."
"I guess so, anyway my name is Aaron, and I'm from the company that I told you about over the phone call last week."
"Yeah, I read about it online"
"They let you use the internet?"
"Internet privileges for patients who make progress"
"I see"
"Well then, this is going to be interesting."
"How so?"
"Well that's the reason why I'm here. I can get you out."
Scoff "You wish"
"I'm serious dude, I think you and I both know are more than sane now then when you came in, I can put in a good word for the judge that's handling your case when you come up for your hearing in 4 weeks."
"…..really?"
"You don't believe me?"
"I know who this judge is, he's the same one that sentenced me to a mental hospital in the first place."
"I know, and I also know that you got transferred to this one 2 months later."
"Only so the man who put a word in with the judge would want me to be as far away from him as possible."
"But I can help get you out, that's the thing. I've read your file, you've made significant progress since you came here, the notes written from the therapists and psychologists that you have seen here all prove that you have gained stability mentally and emotionally. If we can show this to the judge along with my word, he'll have to release you. My question is why don't you want to get out?"
"Look at me"
"I am, and might I say nice beard."
"Cut the bullshit! Look at me and tell me why? Why do want me to step back out there. You read up on me right? You know what I did! You know who I am and what they think of me! So why?"
"Because I know that you didn't mean to do what you did that day. I know that you were just someone who was being taken advantage of by certain people for their own ends and they used your trust and you for their own ends. I know that on top of that, you had so much pressure on you that you were bound to break sooner or later. Even though you had help, they never listened to single word. I know that even though what you took a life, you didn't mean to. I'm doing this for you because I believe in you; I believe you rightfully deserve a second chance at life and a chance to redeem yourself."
"You must've rehearsed that in front of a mirror before coming here. Is that the truth? Or are you like everyone else who used me."
"You seriously still don't believe me? Ok fine, let's put it this way, say you just go to the hearing with just the notes. There is still a high chance you will probably be released, but you will be cut off financially from your family, with something like this in your record, it will be hard to get a job and on top of that, you don't have a GED yet. So that lowers your chances to even build a life. Oh and don't even get me started with the stigma you'll face."
"I know, I'm no dumbass, I've had a lot of time to think about this in here. But you still haven't the real reason why you're here."
"My boss, the C.E.O. of the company I work for, wants to offer you a job. We need someone as our co-head of security to watch things here in the U.S while my boss, his head of security, and sometimes me are going elsewhere in the world. I thought you'd be the one who would want to do that."
"I don't even have any qualifications for the job. Why would he want to offer a job to someone like me?"
"Because like me, he believes in second chances, we've talked about this for the past few weeks and to honest he was a bit iffy, but he agreed to it. Also, don't worry about the qualifications, our current head of security, will teach you everything when you start working. The job comes with a lot of perks too, other than your own office and stuff, the incomes is pretty good if you think 170,000 a year can cut it. You will also get vacation time too and you can save them, there is also insurance for many things. We will also cover any tuition if you're planning on going to college soon. There's also times when you will need to travel with me or my boss to places in other countries. There's also a couple other stuff, but we can talk about that some other time. We will also get you a nice sizable apartment to live in to help set you up."
"And if I refuse?"
"Then we help you get released, my boss will set you up with an apartment and a stable job with some people he knows, and you'll start living a nice life with an income of 100,000 a year."
"You really are serious aren't you?"
"I wouldn't be here if wasn't. Like I said, I believe in second chances. However, I also believe that people can redeem themselves only if they're willing to."
"My dad, you know he won't like it."
"Don't worry about him, I don't think he can do much from this point on."
"…All right, I'll do it, I accept."
"I knew you would, trust me you won't regret this, you'll be at the forefront of great things man, I'm serious."
THE TWO MEN STAND UP AND SHAKE HANDS, A GUARD COMES IN AND TAKES THE PATIENT BACK TO HIS CELL. HIS FACE IS FILLED WITH HOPE AND PEACE, TWO THINGS HE HASN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME. THE COMPANY MAN, AARON HOWEVER, SAYS ONE MORE THINGS AS HE LEAVES
"Welcome to Parker Industries, Nathan Prescott."
