Riley looked up to her father. "What the hell am I doing here?"
"Riley, Sweetheart, just remember that this is all for your own good, okay? I'm doing this because I love you," Raines said to his daughter.
"What the hell are you talking about? Where's Lyle?'
"That's exactly what I'm talking about. You have lost your sense of discipline. You have lost track to your purpose in life."
"Purpose?! What fucking purpose? To slave over whatever you want me to?!"
"See we can't have that," Raines said as he looked to the sweepers around Riley.
"What! Where's Lyle?!" said Riley now desperate.
"You can just try to forget about him because you won't be permitted to see him any longer. He's clouding your mind. You need to be able to concentrate on your responsibilities here at the Centre."
"Don't think I'll do anything for you now."
Raines smiled. "We'll see." With that he nodded to the sweepers as they dragged Riley down a dark hall.
Jarod didn't know what to think about Lyle. Did he really care about Riley the way he claimed? Was it even possible? Jarod was still going through Riley's life DSAs to try and get a feel for Riley's inner sense when he saw some thing he missed before.
He stopped fast forwarding through the DSA and watched it.
The DSA showed Riley banging on the door saying "Lyle! Lyle!" over and over to the sweeper on the other side of the door. The sweeper calls someone on the phone.
The DSA goes to Lyle's office where he fell asleep trying to finish working on something. He mumbles a few curses and answers the phone. "WHAT?!" he said with an angry face. His face softens and turns to a look of concern. "Oh okay. I'll be down in a sec." The DSA follows Lyle running as fast as he can down the halls to the elevator to get to Riley. He curses the elevator for being so slow as he runs out to Riley's room. He punched in the code and goes into her room. Riley runs to Lyle and gives him the biggest hug.
"Lyle," she started crying.
"Shhh," he tried calming her. "What happened?"
"I had a bad dream. I woke up in this dream surrounded by strangers. They all surrounded me, but I was alone. You weren't there. I screamed your name. I looked for you but I couldn't find you anywhere. I was taken from you, and they said I couldn't ever see you."
"It's okay now, Rye. I'm here now. You're not alone," he said as he rocked her slowly in his arms.
"But what if they take me again. What if I can't wake up?"
"Don't worry. They're gone now. If they ever do take you, I'll be there to save you okay? Just call me and I'll come. Now try to sleep."
"Please stay with me."
"I will." Lyle gave her a kiss on the top of her head as she fell asleep slowly in his arms. He stayed there the whole night and even canceled a meeting to be there when she woke up. He loved his little sister.
Jarod had a funny smile across his face. There's a little good in even the worst of us he thought to himself.
"Riley, Sweetheart, just remember that this is all for your own good, okay? I'm doing this because I love you," Raines said to his daughter.
"What the hell are you talking about? Where's Lyle?'
"That's exactly what I'm talking about. You have lost your sense of discipline. You have lost track to your purpose in life."
"Purpose?! What fucking purpose? To slave over whatever you want me to?!"
"See we can't have that," Raines said as he looked to the sweepers around Riley.
"What! Where's Lyle?!" said Riley now desperate.
"You can just try to forget about him because you won't be permitted to see him any longer. He's clouding your mind. You need to be able to concentrate on your responsibilities here at the Centre."
"Don't think I'll do anything for you now."
Raines smiled. "We'll see." With that he nodded to the sweepers as they dragged Riley down a dark hall.
Jarod didn't know what to think about Lyle. Did he really care about Riley the way he claimed? Was it even possible? Jarod was still going through Riley's life DSAs to try and get a feel for Riley's inner sense when he saw some thing he missed before.
He stopped fast forwarding through the DSA and watched it.
The DSA showed Riley banging on the door saying "Lyle! Lyle!" over and over to the sweeper on the other side of the door. The sweeper calls someone on the phone.
The DSA goes to Lyle's office where he fell asleep trying to finish working on something. He mumbles a few curses and answers the phone. "WHAT?!" he said with an angry face. His face softens and turns to a look of concern. "Oh okay. I'll be down in a sec." The DSA follows Lyle running as fast as he can down the halls to the elevator to get to Riley. He curses the elevator for being so slow as he runs out to Riley's room. He punched in the code and goes into her room. Riley runs to Lyle and gives him the biggest hug.
"Lyle," she started crying.
"Shhh," he tried calming her. "What happened?"
"I had a bad dream. I woke up in this dream surrounded by strangers. They all surrounded me, but I was alone. You weren't there. I screamed your name. I looked for you but I couldn't find you anywhere. I was taken from you, and they said I couldn't ever see you."
"It's okay now, Rye. I'm here now. You're not alone," he said as he rocked her slowly in his arms.
"But what if they take me again. What if I can't wake up?"
"Don't worry. They're gone now. If they ever do take you, I'll be there to save you okay? Just call me and I'll come. Now try to sleep."
"Please stay with me."
"I will." Lyle gave her a kiss on the top of her head as she fell asleep slowly in his arms. He stayed there the whole night and even canceled a meeting to be there when she woke up. He loved his little sister.
Jarod had a funny smile across his face. There's a little good in even the worst of us he thought to himself.