He stood behind a desk, so Kaiden thought he might be the receptionist.
"Morning," The man spat, letting Kaiden know hospitality was not a strong suit of this establishment.
"Morning. I’m looking to speak with another receptionist working here."
"Another receptionist?" the man asked back with a tone that suggested Kaiden was speaking a foreign language.
"Yeah?" Kaiden was surprised. Aria said her mother worked here as a receptionist. If her colleague didn’t know her, then just what the hell was going on?
"Let’s clear this thing up. You got a name?"
"Julia Levander."
The man smirked upon hearing his words. "Thought so. She was fired, or should I say demoted?" He then started chuckling ominously under his breath, letting his ugly, rotting teeth show.
"... Demoted?" Kaiden couldn’t help but feel that something was horribly wrong here.
"Just this morning, the boss had enough of her. She’s one of the working girls now."
"I still wish to speak with her."
"Speak?"
"Yeah, I’m not interested in her services."
He shook his head and had an annoyed tone to his voice as if Kaiden was a pest he wanted to get rid of. "No can do. Pay for an hour or wait until her shift ends. Though she might just pass out in her room after getting high, most of the workers do that."
"..." Kaiden was shocked at his attitude, while the words he spouted made his heart ache. These people were utterly miserable. "Alright, how much?"
"You’ll be her first customer, so there’s a big premium on her services... or so I would say, but that one is about to get past its expiry date, I’m afraid. I would try to direct your attention to another whore but since you’re not here for that type of a visit I will not do so. She costs $30 for an hour."
Kaiden couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at her price. This woman was selling her soul for such a meager amount? She would make more as a waitress, and that was if she got to keep all of the money he paid for her time, which was entirely unrealistic. She was working under the minimum wage and most likely by quite a bit at that.
"I see...
The ’receptionist’ then pushed a button, most likely to let her know a customer was coming up so she could make whatever last-minute preparations she needed to.
As far as he was concerned, this was a mother who abandoned her children to pursue her drug addiction, so he went with the latter one, no matter how much it hurt him to see a ruined version of Aria be in even more pain than she already was. Kaiden had to get to the bottom of things, and he thought this was the best path he could take. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
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