AN: A week has passed since the end of chapter ten. Nina and Jack have returned to their busy lives in LA.

Nina sighed as she walked into the very dark, empty studio building. It was early in the morning on a very sunny day in Los Angeles, but Nina hadn't noticed any of that because her mind was trying very hard to come up with a reason to not work that day. She had been home since Sunday night, and had taken Monday off to get over the jet lag. But she had been unable to find an excuse for Tuesday, so she had gone to work, and Wednesday had been much the same. It was now Thursday and here she was, dreading the day ahead. She was unaware of a person that had been following her from the minute she left her driveway though, as well as the last couple of days, at least for now anyway. Nina entered a studio, where a group of men and one woman were gathered, clearly waiting for her to come in.

"About time you arrived," said Adam when the door closed behind Nina.

"It's eight in the morning. I don't start until nine, so leave me alone already," said Nina, feeling very frustrated. She glanced at the woman in the group. She was much older than Nina, but looked just as tired and scared as Nina felt.

"This is Danni. She's your new buddy," said Keiran sarcastically. "Show her the ropes, or I'll get Joe onto you."

Nina shivered involuntarily. She had met Joe the day before, and he had a very sadistic streak in him. He had hurt her quite a lot, and that had been just the beginning of his torture towards her. "I'm Nina. Come with me," she said with a small smile, the best she could manage.

Danni followed Nina to where the mattress was set up. Nina shivered again as she told Danni what she had to do, and warned her that if she didn't she was likely to get beaten up. Then Nina, knowing what was coming, and terrified of it, began undressing herself. She wasn't going to wait for Kieran to do it, since he tended to grab her breasts and throw himself on her whenever he was near her.

"Tucker! Get on that mattress and make yourself available!" yelled Kieran.

Nina slowly dropped to the floor, shaking as she did so. She wasn't sure who was coming in this time, nor what was planned for her right then, and that scared her. She closed her eyes as she waited, trying to will away the fear and pretend that it wasn't happening to her. But she opened them again when she felt a hand sliding along her leg slowly, almost reaching her hip. She was glad to see that it wasn't Joe. It was a young man, about her own age and he looked scared too.

"Go faster, we haven't got all day!" Kieran called out. "Make her tremble!"

The man squeezed his eyes shut for a second, and when he opened them, he leaned over her and whispered: "I'm so sorry. I didn't know what I was signing up for when Adam brought me here."

Nina's eyes widened. "Me either. But I know what will happen if you don't do it, so just get it over with. Please?" Her voice caught as she fought back tears.

He nodded as little as possible so it wouldn't be picked up by the onlookers. Then he quickly moved his hand up her side and stopped underneath her breast. With a quick, deep breath, he closed his hand around Nina and stayed that way while Kieran moved around them, a camera in hand, taking photos every time he stopped at a new position.

"Good. Let go and get up. You're done," he said to the young man. Then he looked at Nina. "Get up. You have twenty minutes to get yourself cleaned up and dressed before this studio has it's monthly inspection. If there is a small hint of what goes on, you are dead. Do you understand?"

Nina didn't have the chance to answer before the door flew open and people burst into the room, yelling at the top of their lungs.

Lou shook with anger as he stood next to Jack outside the studio. He had landed the night before in LA with Harold, and had called Jack for an update immediately. Jack had told him that the private investigator they had hired to watch over Nina and get enough evidence to take to the police had gotten three tapes full of conversations between Adam and Kieran about Nina, as well as video of what they were doing to her. They had come straight to the studio and were standing outside the door, waiting for the police to arrive when they heard that Kieran wanted everything cleaned up before an inspector arrived at eleven am.

"We need to get in there," said Lou.

"Not without the police. We aren't the law, and they aren't as nice as Victoria Police is," replied Jack, although his blood was boiling at seeing his fiancee getting hurt like that and not being able to do anything about it.

"I believe you are in luck then."

Lou and Jack turned to find several men and women, all wearing uniforms that said LAPD on them. "Thank god. I can't watch her getting hurt anymore."

The officers nodded their understanding and burst into the room, letting the door slam into the wall. "LAPD! Hands in the air! Now!"

Nina was shocked to see police there. But she was also glad. There was no way she could have survived the rest of the day there without slipping up about telling Lou what was going on. It was even better, though, when she saw that several police officers were converging on Adam and Kieran, arresting them despite the trouble being caused. Nina crawled backwards, out of the way and reached for her clothing, but was stopped by another officer, this one female.

"Ma'am, relax, you're safe now," she said softly. She wrapped a blanket around Nina's shoulders.

"I want my clothes," whispered Nina.

"Sorry, but they are evidence now. We are going to take you to the hospital to be checked out, so maybe there's someone we can call for you?"

"How did you find me?"

The lady smiled. "I believe you need to thank these people. They called us." She pointed to the door, where Jack and Lou were standing, both wearing matching expressions of anger and sadness.

"JACK!" Nina scrambled to her feet, but Jack reached her first.

"It's alright. It's over. If they get anywhere near you again, I'll murder them myself," Jack whispered to her as he sat her down again and hugged her tightly.

Nina sobbed into his chest. "How?"

"Don't worry about that now. I'll explain everything later."

"Don't leave me."

"I'm not. And neither is Lou."

Nina looked up when she felt someone touch her shoulder. She shuddered, thinking just for a moment that it was Kieran again, but then she realised that Lou was kneeling next to her. She let go of Jack and reached out to her stepfather, holding onto him as tightly as she could while he tried to comfort her.