The New Coach Chapter 32 (Scott's PoV)

Scott’s PoV:

“Do you know Darel? Have you met with him before?” I asked the private investigator. I looked at her warily.

“Don’t be so wary of me, Mr. Robinson. I know your worry. I heard from Josephina that Darel is capable of mind control. I still can’t believe mind control is real, but from what you have experienced, it’s understandable that you are suspicious of me. You think that I might be controlled by Darel. I don’t know how to give you proof that can satisfy you, but Josephina trusts me, and she is the one that comes to me for help. So, it’s not like I’m intentionally coming to you. Is this enough to ease your worry and trust me? Now, for your question, did I know him? Well, I did know him from my investigation. Did I meet with him before? I might have indirectly interacted with him.”

“What do you mean by indirectly interacting with him?”

“Long story short, I have a client, let’s call her Mrs. A. Mrs. A was worried about her daughter because her once good daughter suddenly head-over-heels toward this black man. She wanted me to check on her daughter and the man. After some digging, I found out that the man’s identity was Darel Lebron. I also found out that there was an arrest warrant for him. A bad man that is wanted by the police. This was where things got weird. Mrs. A’s daughter was your typical good girl. She was a law school graduate with a bright future as a lawyer. Why did she fall for this bad man who is quite older than her? Is it the typical good girl who falls for bad boy stuff? I even thought of that kind of possibility. But her affection toward him was on another level. I did find out about Darel’s questionable relationship with a lot of women other than Mrs. A’s daughters. I don’t know what she saw in such scum. I sent my investigation result to Mrs. A, in hope that Mrs. A can reveal this to her daughter and make her daughter realize how much of a bastard Darel is. Things get weirder when Mrs. A suddenly wants to stop investigating Darel after she got my investigation result. Saying that there was a misunderstanding. That her daughter is fine to be with Darel. Even when I confronted her that the man was a criminal, Mrs. A unexpectedly defended him and said that he was just being framed, and argued Darel was innocent. It made me wonder why the drastic change of attitude from her, and I finally found an answer after Josephina told me about the mind control stuff.”

“So, why don’t you call the police to catch Darel if you know his whereabouts?”

“I…can’t…Mrs. A is the mother of a good friend of mine, I had treated her as my own mom. I had a hunch that she would defend Darel with her very being if I called the police to catch him with how she suddenly became militant in defending him. I just don’t want Mrs. A to be hurt.”

I could empathize with her. Darel would do that. Darel would bring Mrs. A to his side and make her support him at any cost. In the brainwashed woman’s eyes, Darel couldn’t do wrong at all.

The Indian girl continued, “So, I got a deal for you, I want you to do what you can to save Mrs. A and her daughter. You knew Darel better than me, and according to the story I heard from Josephina, you had broken free from his control. If you help me, I will get you this.”

Astrid took out a USB stick from her pocket. “In this drive, there is everything I had investigated about Darel. And I stumbled upon some spicy stuff. And there’s a name there that you might find familiar, Anna Robinson. Don't worry, I will still help you find the address even if you refuse this deal. I’m professional.”

I blushed from shame. I had exaggerated some of the events when I told it to Josephina. Like how I minimized the contribution of Agent Hannah when she helped me, or the electrocution part to break Darel’s influence over me. But I didn’t want to refuse her offer as she said that she found something about my mom there.

“Alright, I will help you as much as I can.” I accepted her offer.

“I will arrange the meeting between you and Mrs. A when you are ready.”

“Can you provide me with a stun gun? And an electric chair?”

Astrid looked at me weirdly after hearing my request, “A stun gun. I can get it for you, but what is the electric chair for?”

“Err…If it comes to the worst case, we need a strong electric shock to break Darel’s control on them. I prefer we don’t use that method. But just in case.”

“Is there no other method?” Astrid looked worried after I explained the reason.

“There is, but it might be harder, fighting mind control with mind control. We need some **** that can put the victims’ minds in a suggestible state, and we do some counter-brainwashing to wake up their old identity. I don’t know where we can procure that kind of **** though.”

I recalled how Agent Hannah saved Raven with her special cigarettes. But I didn’t think a civilian like us could get access to it. An electric chair might be easier to get than that kind of mind control cigarette. Would other kinds of **** work?

“I will ask some of my military connections whether they had that kind of stuff,” Josephina interjected to help.

“Thank you, Josephina. So, Mr. Robinson, do you have anything else you need me to provide?” Astrid asked.

I shook my head.

“Well then, I will get going and do my part of the deal. I will come back soon with my investigation.” Astrid replied.

“You can use my PC in my study to check the content of the drive. I will accompany Astrid to the front gate first. The password is in the sticky note.” Josephina said before she walked away with Astrid.

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I entered Jenna’s study. Is it really fine? I question myself before using her PC. It made me recall the bad memory where I sneakily used my mom’s PC. The start of this whole nightmare.

I shook the thought away and calmed myself down. This time, I didn’t use the PC without permission. It was Josephina who told me to use her PC. So, nothing could go wrong, right?

Her PC was on. Only been put to sleep. I quickly found the password that she mentioned. The password….Rasputin69.

Well, that was quite a particular password. Once I unlocked her PC, it opened the Word app. Josephina had told me that she was an aspiring writer. I knew that I should minimize the app and avoid reading her work, but curiosity killed the cat.

Just a glance, it should be okay.

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“Safira, can you hear me?” asked the man. He was a charming Russian man with a deep gaze, he styled himself as the legendary Rasputin.

“Yes.”

“You should call me Master from now on when you are alone with me.”

“Yes, Master Rasputin.”

“Now, hear my words, what I say will be your new mission in life. You will love me more than your husband and family. You will be my agent. My spy. You will tell me your husband's secret and movements. You will betray your husband for me. Your husband doesn’t matter; only pleasing me matters the most for you.”

The woman named Safira trembled. She was a bit resistant to the idea of betraying her husband. But the influence of the man had drilled into her head. This wasn’t the first time the man put her under. And the man noticed her hesitation.

“Project my cock in your mind. Even if you aren't currently seeing it. My cock is always there in your mind. My cock hypnotizes you, Safira. My cock makes you happy. My cock makes your mind pliable. The more you project my cock in your mind, the weaker your willpower to resist.”

“Yes, Master Rasputin.”

“Tell me, Safira, what’s more important to you, my cock, or your family?”

“Your cock, Master Rasputin.”

“You are a slut for my cock. Repeat it.”

“I’m a slut for your cock.”

“You will do anything to be able to be fucked by me, do you?”

“Yes, Master Rasputin. I will do anything for your cock.”

“When the moment comes, you will backstab your husband in the back. Betraying your husband for me makes you feel so good.”

Safira squirmed in her chair.

“For now, you will play the good housewife, stealing information from him, until I tell you to sabotage him.”

“Yes, Master Rasputin.”

“Now, cum for me.”

Safira, the once good wife, orgasmed. Her fate was sealed. The Russian man would use her to protect himself and sacrifice her when it was necessary.

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What did I just read? Did Josephina write a story about a woman being mind-controlled to betray her loved one?

She did say she was inspired by my story, but I didn’t expect that it would be this kind of inspiration. From the look of it, the husband of Safira was the protagonist. And Rasputin was the villain. Safira’s husband was going to take down Rasputin, but the villain was a step ahead of him by controlling Safira. The short passage of the story gave me an unpleasant, familiar feeling.

Hopefully, she will write a happy ending later.

I closed the document. It wasn’t the time to think about Josephina’s story. I checked the content of the USB stick.

A lot of image files and several notes. I thought there would be at least a video amongst these files, but there was no video file inside. I let out a sigh of relief. Darel’s subliminal trap was mostly hidden under a video. It had traumatized me and made me wary of video files.

These photos were mostly candid photos that Astrid took of Darel. There were also several photos of women that I recognized, such as Agent Hannah, Mrs. April Macmillan, and her daughter, Tiffany, and my mom. There were also photos of Raven’s mom, Donna Kendall, but strangely, I didn’t see any photos of Raven. Was it a good thing or not? I didn’t know. Tiffany and her mother were there, but there was only Donna’s photo.

I thought these pictures were pictures of women that Astrid thought were close to Darel and having affairs with him. Maybe it was really a good thing that Astrid didn’t include Raven as Darel’s sidechick. But it seemed I misunderstood what these photos meant. I noticed some unsettling similarity between these photos. Their background.

Astrid had taken it from several angles, but I could tell that it was taken in one area. These women visited the same area. The prison. What were they doing in the prison?

A name appeared in my mind. Caleb. Caleb was still in prison. I understood if Hannah visited the place to check whether Darel tried to save his brother. But why did Mom also visit the place? Not only mom, Tiffany, April, and Donna shouldn’t have a reason to visit the prison. All of them also dressed sexily in the photo.

D-did they come to visit Caleb? I suddenly thought of one dreadful possibility. Hannah had told me that she had begun the de-brainwashing of Darel's victims, though some of them might still show some of a bit of lingering influence in their behavior.

But what if…what if she lied to me? What if it wasn’t a bit of lingering influence? What if Hannah never de-brainwashed my mom and others? What are the chances that they only put on a show in front of me? What if Hannah were brainwashed like the others? No, she shouldn’t be easily brainwashed; she was a trained agent. How could she easily fall under the brainwashing influence? If she were brainwashed, she would never go for Darel and put a warrant to arrest him. Unless…she wasn’t brainwashed by Darel.

Prison. Caleb.

Caleb. Did Caleb brainwash them? But why did Caleb go against his brother? Wasn’t what Darel did all for him? Or is there another third party I didn’t know who brainwashed these women?

At this moment, I didn’t know what to think anymore. I want to believe that I was just overthinking it. The thought of Hannah being brainwashed scared me. Even more, if the one who brainwashed her was Caleb. But there were still too many what, why, and how that made me doubtful, but also hopeful.

Now, then, what did these notes contain? Aside from these pictures, there were still several note files I needed to check. Hopefully, the investigation notes could shed some clarity on my question.

Continued in the next part >>>

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