Total pages in book: 196
Estimated words: 180438 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 902(@200wpm)___ 722(@250wpm)___ 601(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 180438 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 902(@200wpm)___ 722(@250wpm)___ 601(@300wpm)
Besides, Mary was one of his cash cows, as he’d laughingly told me more than once, because of all the things he knew about her that she wouldn’t want the world to know. So, he’d most likely have extorted her rather than taken her life. I might not be working with all cylinders, but I know that much, at least.
More harsh words were said before the voice came over the surround sound speakers again. “Before I say anything else, I should warn you that this place is completely rigged with surveillance cameras, some of which you cannot see, so if you commit murder, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“It doesn’t matter because we’re not staying here. Come on, Noelle, we’re leaving.”
“I’m afraid that won’t be possible.” The little bitch said. I half expected muscle-bound men to show up in lab coats to keep us in place, but no one entered the room with us. Still, something in her voice made me feel as if I was being restrained.
In all the fuss, we hadn’t noticed that the cutie had left the room, and it was only the sound of a plane engine firing up in the distance that alerted us to the fact that we had been left alone. “What is going on? What is this place?” I asked, already feeling defeated. I’ve come to realize that when this one is involved, things never work in my favor.
“Don’t you like it? It’s right up your alley. Like I said, there are cameras covering every inch of this place, which I thought you would all like since you love broadcasting your lives so much.”
“Wait, are other people watching us?” Nicole sounded like she was ready to faint as the three of us started looking around the room in search of the eyes and ears that were watching and listening to our every action.
“Why so annoyed? I thought the three of you craved attention. It’s time the world saw what you are really like behind the fake façade.”
“You can’t do that. We didn’t consent; this is illegal.” Noelle looked as though she wanted to rush to the wall where the sound of the little bitch’s annoying voice came from.
“Neither was tormenting and denigrating Elena Gianni for the past five and a half years. Neither was trying to drive her crazy with your evil intent. Now you’ll see what that feels like.” The two idiots started screaming like that was going to do something. I guess they forgot there was no one else around to hear those screams.
“Tsk-tsk, it’s only the first day and already you’re losing your minds. Come on, ladies, I expected better from you. Don’t forget, your every move is being recorded, kind of like when you had listening devices placed in Elena’s home without her knowledge.”
How does she know so much? “Did that bitch Rachel tell you that?” Nicole took the words right out of my mouth. Since she wasn’t one of us, that’s the only way I could imagine her having all the information she had. Rachel hadn’t been seen or heard from in days, as far as I know, so that would explain how these people knew the ins and outs of everything we had done.
But somehow, there was a sneaky suspicion that that wasn’t all of it because she knew things that Rachel didn’t know. Who exactly is this person, and why is she going to these lengths for that bitch Elena?
I probably shouldn’t be thinking about that now and be more focused on how the hell to get out of here, but I think I already knew that it was a lost cause. “I have a lot more to say to you three, but not now. Today, I just wanted to welcome you to your new reality show. Remember, everything you do and say here is being recorded. Who knows when I will make it all public? Oh, by the way, there’s no staff there; you’re on your own for meals and such.”
She left, leaving the three of us like stone statues, none of us daring to move for fear that people, strangers, really were watching us. I felt like a bug under a microscope, and that was enough to sober me up, at least for now.
I couldn’t help but take a dig at the two of them. “Why are you so stressed? Don’t you people like living your lives in front of cameras? What happened, no script to follow?”
“You bitch, this is all your fault. If you’d been able to keep your husband….” Noelle started to rage but then remembered the cameras and reined herself in.
I left them there and headed for the kitchen because even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to taste anything, I was feeling hungry again. I needed energy to keep my wits about me because this whole thing felt like a nightmare waiting to happen. I’m not sure who, if anyone, is really watching us because no sane person would illegally do this, and besides, you can’t just broadcast things on TV, something I would think those two idiots would know by now.