After the formalities of the meeting were over, discussing team findings and what not, we were able to talk about the last six years. Whenever we got to Jake and Cassies relationship, there was another uneasy silence. Finally Jake said it was time to go. I was glad for that. I wanted to talk to old friends, and as stupid as it sounded, I didn't like being around Azel, she really bugged me. I had no idea how much she would end up bugging me in the future, or I would have left and gone to my hotel immediately.
"So," I said as we were standing up to leave, "Where are you staying Tobias, got a job like the rest of us?" I was joking, but it didn't sound as well when said as it did in my mind.
"Yeah, I work at the Club. Well, right now anyway, we're watching the yeerk activity there," He said in a unimportant tone.
"Club, what is that, I heard some of my stage crew talking about it earlier?" I asked trying to jump start a conversation.
"The club is a yeerk facility used to make adult controllers. As the Sharing was for kids before it "unexpectedly" was shut down," Tobias smiled at the memory. The Sharing was a front organization used to get voluntary hosts out of teen and younger, it got adults too, but this was probably much more effective. "We recently found that at least 20 host a night were taken. This is one of our most dangerous facilities. I have been careful not to use their "showers". But, at least we have a spy in deep. I see plenty that goes on there," Tobias told me.
"Where are you staying?" I asked casually.
"Right here, actually," Tobias said leading me to the back of the complex. It had nice individual rooms, along with spartan bunks. Tobias' room was nicely decorated. I scanned it over quickly and decided he was a fine decorator.
I don't know if I just didn't see it, or if I tried to ignore it. Pass it off as something regularly explainable. Anyway though, there was a piece of women's underware lying on the ground partially under the bed. But if I did see it, I didn't remember it. That made it harder.
"Nice," I said with a warm smile. "Hey, are the other rooms taken? I don't feel like going back to my hotel, my agent bothers me enough as it is, I need a rest from the publicity," I asked Tobias hoping to get a positive answer.
"Yeah, they are all open. Only time we use them is when we need to relocate someone before making them part of the group. Then they get new identities and new lives," Tobias assured.
"Good, I think I'll hit the sack now then," I told him and went into an empty room.
"Night," Tobias told me and shut the door.
I shouldn't have gotten up, I know that. If I would have ignored the giggles, the grunts, I would have been fine. But unfourtunately, I didn't.
I was awkoken at about three in the morning, by the sounds coming from the living room. I thought it was a burglar, I guess, and I was about ready to snap their neck. Actually, I didn't hear the giggles, or the grunts, at first, I just heard a heavy object landing on what must have been the couch.
I got up from my bed, pulled a robe on, and looked for something like a baseball bat, finding none, I decided I could take whoever it was without it, and went out to investigate.
The guestrooms where seperated by a wall from the living room. The door didn't have any locks, so I swung it open to confront the thief, when I saw Azel and Tobias, I swung it closed again.
"Dammit! Dammit Dammit Dammit!"
Tobias and Azel! Why hadn't I realized? I couldn't just start where I left off. Of course Tobias wouldn't wait for me. Tobias had to get on with his life. He couldn't possibly wait for me to come home, if I was ever going to come home again. Stupid!
To be continued!
Sorry! I don't have a lot of time to write, but after June 9, I'm out of school and have mucho time!