Lights, Camera, Action ✔~ trixya

Chapter 18: Hide and Seek

"So uhm... hi." Katya said awkwardly. They so rarely actually talked. It was always either yelling, teasing or fucking, and none of those options seemed appropriate for the situation.

"Hi." Trixie replied with a small smile as she sat down, leaning against the wall. 

"You okay?" The blue-eyed woman asked as she sat down next to the doll.

"Yeah, it's.. I'm okay.. Thanks by the way, you didn't have to do that." 

"I wouldn't have just left you in that position, not when I had the power to easily stop it. I may be an asshole, but I do actually have my limits." Katya said. 

There were more than enough times where she'd had to stand by, knowing she had no power to actually do anything other than a symbolic gesture which would often only make things worse in the end. But she held power over Robert, so this time she had to try, especially when it involved Trixie.

"Well still, thank you. I wouldn't have blamed you for not stepping in tho, I've seen how shitty it can turn out when people do." 

"Yeah... Does your contract involve this shit? I just.. you usually don't let anyone overstep your boundaries.. so.. I guess I'm just curious." The blue-eyed girl spoke.

"It's okay, and yeah, it does. There's some fucking clause regarding investor meetings, and how signing it grants Robert the freedom to bring you to showcase what they're investing in. I didn't understand what it really involved back then, and it was worded in a way that made it sound like I would just come to the meetings, look pretty, and mingle. I'd never have signed it if I knew. Still, I needed the job, I like working, and I'm good at it." Trixie replied, her tone lightening a little at the end of her sentence.

"You should really leave Kinky Dolls, Trixie. There has to be a way for you to get out of that contract by now." 

"I can't, I can't just up and leave. And come on, you've seen the people down there... Compared to what they do to their employees, Robert's place is a dream. Besides I would be stuck in a much worse situation if it wasn't for him." The brown-eyed girl said.

"What he does is still exploitative and shitty, and it's not like it's just this. I've seen first-hand how much you hate how much power he has over what comtent you film. I know you love your job, but you started as a camgirl, right? Don't you miss the freedom you had to decide back then?" Katya argued. 

Katya didn't know why it bothered her so much. Some of it was principle, but some of it very clearly came from deeper within her. She just felt a need to get Trixie out of that man's clutches. 

"Sure, but I was struggling back then, so I had no economic freedom. When Robert found my stream, I was days from having to return home. I owe him." Trixie said.

In her head, Trixie saw flashes of a small blue house. The building having paled under the sun, the blue turning greyish brown from mud and dirt after a couple years. She heard her screams as she ran up the stairs. Saw her Barbie snowglobe break on the floor as she slammed the door shut, hiding in a corner as he banged his fists against it.

Trixie shook her head then, as if to shake the memories out of her brain, or shuffle them around like playing cards.

"Why is the idea of going home worse than staying with an asshole here?" Katya asked after a while. It was a subject that had come up multiple times before, each time causing the girl to shy away. 

"My home was hell... you could never understand... Look, thank you for saving me, I truly appreciate it. Now, I'm gonna see if I can sneak out of here." Trixie said as she stood up, adjusting her dress before heading towards the door.

"Trixie, hold up." Katya said as she too got up from the floor, trying to stop the girl from leaving. But in a flash the doll was gone from her sight, and Katya was left to over-analyze the first conversation they'd had that hadn't ended without both of them yelling.