Virgin for Sale

I didn’t need a math genius to figure everything else out. Faye had sold her virginity for her sister.

“Was she flunking in college?”

“No. Her grades were impeccable. She needed to work, and a college scholarship didn’t pay the bills.”

No, I did.

“Do you want me to keep on digging?”

“Yes, find out everything you can about her. I want it brought to me. No more phone calls.”

Hanging up, I stare at my desk.

She’d done what she could for her sister, I just knew it. From the picture I saw of her six months ago at Cherry, I’d known there was a reason for it, I just didn’t know exactly what. Now I do.

All this time, she’s been closer than I thought. Right here. Right under my nose. I need her closer though.

Glancing around the office, I see my employees with their PAs, all of them working hard to make my company the best it can be. This is one of the reasons I go after college graduates as well as dropouts. I’m a college dropout. Never received my degree.

Authority isn’t something I follow.

This is my life.

Every single part of me is within these walls.

bled, and done everything for this place and

my face, I look back at her picture. This one is much like the one back at Cherry.

still holds that air of innocence around

shouldn’t be happening, but I couldn’t get Malcolm’s words out of my head.

back to Cherry, even though I know Dean, my best friend, went there every single month to see

be a way to get

and also worked at a local theater collecting

portfolio were exemplary, the best I’d ever

I’m the boss.

It’s simple.

her work for

be coming to see me to start work. She’ll be working closely and I’d finally

office, and

I do. First one in,

to the underground parking. No one is around, and I take my time

information I now have, I know where she lives. I printed off a copy of her employment record, which

should be doing is typing those digits into my GPS, but I do

up across the street, I see Faye. Turning off my headlights, I see she’s walking with a young girl. The girl doesn’t look

though, she

good handful if I wanted to. She’s chatting animatedly with the other girl. My

must be her

see how sad she looks. Every now and