Chapter 7

A/N: So not really sure if anyone is actually reading this... But as I have said before, I don't really care...

I only had a few more weeks until I graduated. Jacob was aware of this. He was also aware of the fact that it would mean I would be changing schools.

"So babe, it's coming to the end of the year. Has your mother told you any plans?" Jacob asked me one day driving to the brothel.

"No… I'm never home for her to tell me anything…I'm too busy with you and our business" I said to him

"Well, when you do find out, you will need to tell us so we can work out what we are going to do" Jacob said

"Why will it matter? I turn 12 soon anyway. I'll be too old" I said

"Oh you silly girl!" Jacob laughed "You're our money maker. We aren't letting you go. The others agree with me. And we have already had clients who have been with us for quite some time, threaten to take us to the police if we let you go. You are quite the loved one in our little building" he smiled

I just sat in the car, silent for the rest of the ride. I was hoping that I could escape. I was hoping that my age would let me off the hook. I was hoping there would be a way that I could save myself and Jess. But of course that would mean that I had to have luck. Which was something I most definitely did not have.

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The next few weeks passed pretty much the same as normal. Afternoons in the brothel, nights with Jess for as long as I could and then home to get ready for school.

There was one week left of school. The School Graduation Dinner was planned. We would get our certificates for making it through to the end of Year 6. Something I never thought I would be able to do. Jacob, of course, was helping out with that as well.

This was going to be one of the hardest nights of my life. I had to act like a happy young tween about to enter the next huge step in her life. With my mother and best friend. And the person who had made the past 2 years of my life a living hell. I'd thought about telling my mother again. With him in the same room, but then I thought of the repercussions. Not only for myself but for Jess as well. I couldn't be sure what would happen to her anymore. I wouldn't be there to protect her. So I just kept my mouth shut, pretended that I had no idea who Jacob was and was polite when interacting with him as I was with everyone else that night.

I noticed that Jacob's eyes followed me all night and he was always trying to take on jobs that would put him right in my path. I was panicking that my mother would innocently tell him where we would be moving to and that would be the end of my great escape plan. But, for once, luck was on my side and she seemed to be keeping it quite. Maybe she was embarrassed. After all she had always said she would never send me to an all-girls school, yet she had no choice. We were moving. The closest school was all girls and unless she wanted to pay extra to get me into another school, she had no choice.

Phil had left her not 2 months before I graduated. Something about a big fight over money. But this essentially meant that Mum was now a single parent again and she was doing everything she could to save money.

The end of the night was drawing near and it seemed like I was going to make it out of the whole thing without one single conversation with Jacob. Of course, like the idiot I was, I asked my mother if I could go to the bathroom by myself. She was with Alice's mom and dad. Alice was with Jasper, catching up on everything since she had practically been a ghost with everyone. My mother just nodded. So I headed towards the bathroom, with this feeling I was being watched. I should have paid more attention, but like I said, I was an idiot.

Just as I was about to enter the bathroom, I felt a hand grab my wrist. I spun around to come face to face with Jacob.

"Hey baby" he whispered in my ear

"Jacob…" I replied with, hoping I sounded strong.

"I've been watching you all night and might I add, you look lovely. Yet you haven't told anyone where you are going to school next year. I was hoping you would care to share so we can work out the logistics of everything." He said in a scary tone.

"I… I can't Jacob." I stuttered

"And why is that?" he asked menacingly

"My mother doesn't want anyone to know. She is embarrassed and she wants to just keep it a secret" I said honestly to Jacob. There was no point in trying anymore.

I had decided that my fate was to be a part of that club and that life for as long as they seemed fitting. Maybe I should have just moved in with Jacob.

"So you know where you are going next year. Do you care to share that information with me, my sweet girl?" he asked fakely.

"I'll be going to McMahons Girls High. Mum's boyfriend left her so we have had to make some budget cuts and that's the only place she can afford to send me. She is embarrassed about it though. She never wanted to send me to an all-girls school. That's why she has kept it a secret." I said. I was over trying to hide it.

"This will work. It's only a little further to get to the office. The only problem will be mother dearest being at home more now. That could become difficult to navigate around." He said out loud, trying to plan things.

"It won't be a problem. Mum doesn't want me around anyway. It's my fault Phil left her. A teenage girl cost too much and he didn't want to be wasting money on things for me when he should be buying things for himself. SO not a problem. I think the less she sees of me, the happier she will be." I said.

"Wonderful. That solves two problems in one. You can spend longer at the office to make up for the additional travel time it will now take us. Mummy dearest will love having you out of the house. We just need to come up with a reason. Study or something like that. Shouldn't be too hard. You already do try so hard at school. Easy to believe you want to spend more time studying." He said, again just speaking out loud.

"Jake, I need to go to the bathroom and get back. You should to. We don't want any unwanted attention on us now do we?" I said, hoping it would end the conversation. It was making me sick.

"Of course. You're right. Such a good girl looking out for the best of the company. I'll see you tomorrow morning. We can go over all the logistics with the boys" he said as he kissed my cheek and headed back to the hall.

I walked into the bathroom and threw up. I felt so sick but there was nothing I could do. I had no choice but to keep a smile on my face and make it seem like nothing could bother me. One plus out of this, I wouldn't have to leave Jess.

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