Let them go

You think about your options for a second, but quickly realise there's no way you're going to be able to let these girls stay at your house with all the other things going on around you. Not only would you be too busy searching for your own girls, but you were also a criminal and a known target of the mafia. Being with you was probably the least safe place to be for these girls. But for tonight you had already played all your cards and probably wouldn't be able to find a new location for them, leaving you no other option but to let them stay the night and then let them go again tomorrow morning.

You put your head in your hands as you go over your options one last time, prompting Becky to get up from the couch. You couldn't see it, but her eyes were shooting flames as she jumped to the conclusion you were going to send them away again. She anxiously starts walking around, Charlotte watching her friend from her position on the couch. Charlotte then looks at you with pleading eyes.

You had just made up your mind and looked up, locking eyes with Charlotte. You feel your heart break as you watch the sadness and desperation in her expression, but you couldn't smile; Couldn't give her the reassurance she deserved. You had secrets these girls couldn't know about, and you decided it was best if you didn't tell them either.

"I can't let you stay here." you tell the two girls, breathing in to add a reason why. But you were cut off by Becky. She was standing just behind the position on the couch where she had been sitting, one hand on Charlotte's shoulder. She was looking at you with a fury that made her almost unrecognizable.

"You can't put us out on the street either! You have NO idea what we've been through! You have everything here while we have NOTHING. All we're asking for is a place to take refuge for a few days, so what reason could you possibly have to deny us that?" She spits out each word with such unrestrained anger and disgust that you feel yourself shrink away.

As Becky's angry tirade comes to an end you take a moment to pick yourself up again. Her words had cut deep, but your decision was unchanged. "I'm not putting you back on the street. I'm not a monster." you start, watching Becky clench her jaw as she holds back another flurry of accusations. "You can stay here for the night. To warm up and to get some rest. Tomorrow I will bring you to a safe location where you'll be able to stay low until it's safe for you to return to your normal life." you tell them.

Charlotte turns her head to look at the furious girl behind her. "That's good, Becky. We'll still have a place to stay for tonight. We'll still have a place where we're safe. It's just not here with him. That's fair, right?" she says, trying to talk some reasonable sense into her raven-haired friend. Becky's hand was still clenching Charlotte's shoulder as she responded.

"I don't trust him. What's wrong with letting us stay here? Why would we need to be moved to a new location?" she asks, her eyes still locked onto yours. That was a fair question to ask, but you weren't ready to answer it yet. At least not fully, but you had to tell her something before you had lost all of her trust. You shake your head in defeat.

"For reasons I won't disclose, the same organisation that originally kidnapped you two is also after me. They shouldn't be aware of my location, but I don't want to take that risk." you answer Becky's questions. You were hoping that would be enough to calm Becky down for now, but instead it only fuelled her burning rage further. Becky had gone fully paranoid now and your comments only added to the conspiracy forming in her mind, leading to another outburst.

"SEE! I knew you couldn't be trusted! You have connections with them! You lured us in here so you can sell us off to that organisation again. I bet they're offering you a lot of money to bring us in. But I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN!" she yells as she jumps onto the backrest of the couch before leaping towards you with her arms extended.

You're hit with the full weight of the busty girl, slamming you backwards off your seat and onto the floor. You hear Charlotte screaming out Becky's name, but it sounds very distant. Then everything goes black.