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Chapter 34 - In Private

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Start from scratch

Chapter 34 – In private

No One's POV

Hearing Barbie's playful shout as she drove off, Tori and Jade gave each other an embarrassed look, then headed upstairs.

"Well, it worked. I hope that Annie is ok." Said Tori as they walked in the apartment.

Jade dropped her bag and exhausted, fell onto the couch, "I'm sure she'll be fine."

"I'm just amazed what Barbie was able to accomplish in that time."

Jade chuckled. "She is not a woman to be underestimated."

Sitting down next to Jade, Tori smiled. "Neither are you"

"Thanks. You're pretty sharp yourself. That bit in the apartment with Beck, when you tricked him, acted all beaten, I never realized you were acting. It was a brilliant performance."

"From you, that is praise indeed. I want to compliment you on the plan, you and Barbie came up with it, I just approved it. It worked. Hopefully in a day or so, we can talk to Cat again and put this behind us. Thank you for getting Cat back."

"I still want to take down Reverend Mike, he's still sucking people in."

Tori sighed. "We'll talk about that later. You just worry about getting better yourself. I'm just glad we're good now. I think I'll end it on that note. It's after 11, I'm tired and I'm sure you are as well."

Jade leaned back and after seeming to think for a moment, smirked. "I guess we'll just have to tell Barbie we were too tired to fuck."

Tori instead of answering, took a few moments to tenderly look Jade in the eye. It was a look that in an instant, caused her heart to race. Then with a smile she gently kissed Jade on the cheek.

"Goodnight, Jade."

"Night Vega."

The next day was Monday and each had a full day at work, Tori at the Bank and Jade at the hospital. Each was tempted to call Andrea the deprogrammer to find out how it was going, but she had told them it would be best if they allowed her to work.

However, in the late afternoon she sent both of them an email saying that things were progressing nicely. That evening, both of them just stayed in and watched TV together, as they were still worn out from the events of the previous day.

It was a few days later, Thursday, as Tori was coming home, she got the good news in an email from Andrea. Cat had been officially deprogrammed and has since talked with her parents.

Eager to pick up and see her friend, again she rushed home so she and Jade could see her.

"Jade, Cat's deprogrammed; lets' go and see her." The excited Latina said as she burst in the door.

Jade made and odd smirk and shook her head. "Too late, just got an email from Barbie, she already picked Cat up and is taking her out for a night of fun and shopping. She says Cat is eager to see us again but at the same time, is very apprehensive about it. She actually asked me to give her a few days get Cat acclimated to normal life again. She was very closed off for a while and though it would be better if she did it instead of us. Less emotional baggage."

Tori instantly frowned. "Where in the hell is she going to stay? Barbie just swooped in and stole Cat from under us."

"No, when Andrea texted me, that Cat was done, I told Barbie, who then called Cat as she promised she would and Cat asked Barbie to pick her up. She's crashing on Barbie's couch for a few days. Barbie said she has the weekend off from The Playpen, so she'll have lots of time to spend with Cat."