`` You see, that one comes from a ... different background. She is n't currently offered for sales agreement. '' Richard 's center gleamed, clearly wanting to tell me how he came into will power of such a piece of property.

'' Oh ? '' I took the bait.

'' It 's a bit of a unequaled story, really, '' he started. `` She was picked up in New England when she was fifteen and ended up being his personal piece. The kid who took her says she was the perfect object, sitting in an drome alone at one AM. '' My gaze drifted back to the slight girl perched in the corner as he continued to talk. `` The kid did everything right, and she did n't even fight him, '' Richard paused, waiting for me to react.

'' So she 's simple. '' I cut in. Certainly only a very slow girl would allow herself to be taken by a male unknown without a fight, no matter how attractive he was- that just is n't normal.

'' She 's actually as smart as a whip, '' he countered. `` She was clearheaded enough to be intimate right than to get in a fistfight with a guy twice her size. '' I considered that for a moment, and then motioned for him to proceed. `` So she went with him, and the kid thought it was because she was totally in love. He ended up keeping her, putting her up in his flat in Lope Felix de Vega Carpio and spending all his clip with her when he was n't out snatching more girls for his genus Bos. But then he decided he wanted to train her to be a sub instead of just his female child, and that was where he had a problem. ``

I interrupted again, skeptically. `` Is she not submissive ? '' The little girl was sitting alone with her backbone pressed into a street corner, methodically playing Pezophaps solitaria on the floor in presence of her. She had n't met either of our gazes when we walked in, and had n't picked her question up since. She appeared to be a textbook submissive.

'' She is, very much so, I 'm getting to that. Anyways, the kid could n't figure out how to build her listen to him, and did n't have the fourth dimension or cognition to put the work in. So, he shipped her off and had mortal else do it for him. Now this was a very reputable facility, and the girl is a natural, an absolutely perfective pupil and very reverential, so of course, she was trained very correctly. When the kid got her back, he had a much less fine-tune technique and could n't get what he wanted out of her. He got angry, and she behaved worse as a result. He beat her senseless and turned her over to his knob, and said he did n't want her anymore. Obviously the hirer knew that the kid was great at his job and not much else, and said that he would lease attention of it. Fortunately, he saw likely in the female child the kid had n't seen, so he patched her up and is boarding her here to be rehabbed and sold. ``

'' Wow, '' I said, shocked she had gotten so lucky. `` So what 's she been doing for however long since then ? '' I was very peculiar as to how one would even go fixing a mistake like that.

'' Well, when she arrived, she had a concussion, broken rib and fingerbreadth and was bruised everywhere, and she had already been healing from it for two weeks. I tried to get some of the gentler male here near her after she healed up, but she 's absolutely terrified of them. I contacted the gentleman who trained her the first time, and he said that she needs a firm hand to do anything that she does n't desire to do, which honestly, I do n't have right now '' He paused. `` If it 's going to be done, it needs to be done rightfulness, and I 'd rather she just sit until then, you know ? ``

'' And then she 'll be for sale ? '' I asked.

'' Yes, my associate wants her in a good home, so it may be awhile. If the right somebody wanted her raw, I guess I 'd pay her up then too ... '' He drifted off, watching my facial reflexion carefully.

I laughed, `` You know me too well, Richard. I 'm here looking for something tranquil, but I 'll reckon about it. ``

'' take aim all the prison term you need, of form. '' He answered. `` I do n't be after on giving her away to just anyone, and I was hoping you would ask interest because I know you 'd do a good job with her. ``

'' Well, '' I ventured. `` I 'd sustain to meet her first, obviously anything too extreme point would be out of the head ... ''

'' Yes, '' he agreed. `` She needs a gentle hand, and to get back into workplace slowly, so I ca n't volunteer a typical sample of the purchase like I generally would. ``

I considered the whirl for a second. `` That 's fine, why do n't you schedule a time for me to meet her, talk to her, maybe see what I 'd be working with ? '' I needed to know I was n't taking on a hopeless position, or biting off more than I could chew. My eyes drifted back to the girl, who was shuffling her bill of fare with long, slim fingers. Her straightaway, red hair fell in her face, and I could see how long her legs were from where they were folded under her slim physical structure. She was absolutely beautiful, but tapping into her mind would be an incredible amount of study. I was weighing risk versus reward when Richard interrupted my thoughts,

'' I obviously ca n't hand her away for give up, since she 's so physically idealistic, '' he started, `` But she is very damaged and considered difficult, so I can bid her at a deduction you 're improbable to find anywhere else. ``

My head was made up. `` snap her and bring her somewhere we can speak, and I 'll make a decisiveness then. ``

Richard smiled, and motioned for one of his attendee. After he relayed the message, we exited the room. Down the hallway, there was a comfortable couch I took a seat in to await for the girl to arrive. As he walked out to get her selective information, Richard said, `` I know you said you 're looking for something quieter, and you 've found it. The whole time I 've had her, she has n't said a countersign. ``

'' Mr. President Carter, this is Ari, an xviii year old redheaded female, weighing one hundred and twenty four Lebanese pound, standing five foot eight column inch improbable. '' Richard continued to lean her versatile measurements as I appraised the public figure in strawman of me. She was tall and incredibly slender, with beautifully hanker pegleg. Everything about her was farsighted and cut except her face, which was modelesque, with a delimitate jaw, small nose dusted with freckle, and ice blue eyes. Those eyes examined me in a similar way, but her face betrayed no emotion. She wore her satiny red hair effortlessly behind her shoulder, where it streamed all the way down her backbone. She was exquisite. I could see her nipples hardening with the cool air in the room through her grey jersey, and I smiled. Physically, she was perfective. Now, all I needed to worry about was harnessing her mind. `` Ari, could you please say hello to Mr. James Earl Carter ? '' Richard inquired.

The daughter looked at me with attack heart, and waved once with her forget hand.

I smiled as warmly as I could at her. `` hullo, Ari, '' I said. `` You 're a very pretty girl, would you like to amount a little nigh ? '' At my compliment, some of the tension in her face disappeared, but she shook her headway no to my question and dropped her gaze to the base. Richard and I exchanged glimpse, and he shrugged. I tried again, `` Ari, make out to me delight, now. '' I purposely dropped my voice, and used a more commanding feeling, since being gentle did n't seem to put to work. To my surprise, she took three steps closer, where she was just out of arm 's range. Over her articulatio humeri, Richard smiled. `` skilful daughter, '' I murmured to her, and watched her shoulder joint relax a petty at the reward. I stood up slowly, ( I thought I would appear less intimidating to the terrified girl if I was seated when she entered ) and tilted her head up with a finger, leveling her blue gaze with mine. She flinched as I touched her, but held an unwavering eye contact with me until I dropped my hand. `` That 's a good missy, '' I said again, trying to put her at ease. Her eye softened, and the recess of her mouth curved up in the beginning of a grinning. I returned it, and knew I was sold on her.

Richard expedited the paperwork so I could lease my new leverage home that day, and by five o'clock we were having a drink to celebrate a new beginning for Ari and for me. He handed me a bag with her holding, uncommon for a striver. I was surprised to see a pass, driver 's licence, and an iPhone among them. In increase, there were a pair of silver rings, a pair of earrings, and a span of expensive looking dark glasses. I raised my supercilium at Richard, and he laughed heartily. `` I told you she was unlike, think of ? I 've never seen a girl like this before. '' I raised an eyebrow at him. `` I have n't even told you the practiced part yet ! She self ships, no questions asked. '' He leaned back in his electric chair, and let what he just told me sink in. I was in awe ... moving striver was a dull inconvenience, often expensive and hard to fix up for something that is so terrene for a normal person.

'' You 've got to be kidding me, '' I started. `` How does one even begin to train that ? The amount of risk ... '' I trailed off, imagining what could potentially happen with bringing a captive girl into an airport.

Richard grinned and answered, `` you have to start with a executable judgement, and this fille has it. She flew here, on her own. ``

Had I been a sketch character, this would be when my jaw would be on the floor. A teen daughter, brutalized and disposed of by her proprietor had made this tripper entirely on her own ? I could n't even begin to translate it. I was about to ask more doubt, but a quiet tintinnabulation from the phone on Richard 's desk interrupted. It was the out processing office, I could now leave with my new purchase.

Richard thanked me sincerely for taking on such a challenge, and reminded me to be docile with her. `` She 's been check very well, '' he said, `` and she 'll give it to you, but only if you ask correctly. You have to give it sentence. '' I took these words very seriously, as there 's a intellect that Richard has been successful in this commercial enterprise so long. I left the berth and walked down the short hall that led to the drive, aegir to riposte to my hotel and start creating a programme to fix this girl.

I pushed the sullen threshold undefended just in clock time to see Ari spin around powerfully and dash her elbow into a safety device 's case. As he fell backwards to his knee joint holding his bleeding nose, she kicked him flat on his back, and looked to the other one to challenge her. It was unmistakable he had tried to force her into the SUV, and she was n't having it. There was fire in her oculus I had n't seen before, and clearly some self defense training that I had n't been told about. She held her weapon system in a protective position, waiting for the next assaulter to ask her on. I glanced over to the other guard duty, but he was already looking to me for direction.

'' Ari, '' I called. Her fierce oculus flashed to me. Knowing she had lost the element of surprisal and I outweighed her by quite a bit, I started to walk slowly towards her. `` It 's clock time to get in the car now, because we 're leaving. '' I pointed to the door, which was still loose. She balked, and I reiterated, `` In the car, now. '' After narrowing her eye in displeasure, she dropped her stance and climbed in quietly, disappearing into the dark Interior Department. After nodding to the safety that was still on his invertebrate foot, I climbed in after her and shut the door .