Yes, but with resistance

'You must be loyal to Hoffman & Stepford'

'Do you like the office'

'The partners here are so smart'

'You totally trust them'

'They are smart and deserve your trust'

'You should listen to the advice of partners after all they are smart'

'You're not as smart as they are'

Nicole was staring at the computer screen. Both the images and the headset were repeating the same thing over and over again without stopping until at one point Nicole started to resist.

'You must be loyal to Hoffman & Stepford'

"No, I'm not loyal to them, they're misogynistic and sexist"

And then the same phrase repeats over and over again until Nicole agrees.

'You must be loyal to Hoffman & Stepford'

"I am loyal to Hoffman and Stepford"

"I like this office"

"The partners here are so smart"

"I...I...I totally trust them"

"They aren't smarter than I am... Or are they? Yes they are smarter than I am and they deserve my trust"

"I should listen to their advice after all they are smarter than me"

"I...I...I'm not smarter than they are"

And her agreement continues until again and again and again until there is no more hesitation in her voice.

At that moment, 3 hours had passed, now being at lunch time, that's when Jack Stepford entered the room and saw Nicole in a trance and smiled at Gary.

"It looks like everything is going as planned, doesn't it Gary?" Jack speaks towards the Hoffman who soon begins to reply "Yes, but it's still the initial phase, first I'm starting to make her trust us, but at least until tonight she'll be a little more submissive."

"I hope so, what's the next step?" asks jack looking forward to the answer "Well at the moment even if she is agreeing with everything she can still question after all it's all new to her, but with the recording I prepared for the afternoon I will start to make her feel inferior to men thus reinforcing the subliminal messages of now. Of course, it will not be instantaneous, we need to continue to reinforce the next recording until there is no longer any doubt in her about the superiority of men even while she is conscious." answers an excited Jack

"I see, it would be nice if we set up a meeting with all the partners and she is there to help with that." Stepford moves to Jack's side of the table and watches as Nicole whispers the phrases over and over, now without any hesitation.

"It's time to take it off, it would be nice if you left, when she wakes up it will be like everything is normal so she can't see you now" says Hoffman making Jack nod his head and leave the room. Soon Gary turns off the notebook and removes Nicole's headphones making her wake up.

"Well Nicole and that's it, as you've seen they're not ready for something as serious as defending a client. But I hope that with your assistance they can improve, you believe me right Ms. Harris?" says Hoffman intentionally using the trigger of subliminal messages.

'You totally trust them'

"Of course I believe you Mr. Hoffman, I could see it myself in that presentation." Nicole speaks, barely realizing that she couldn't remember anything that had happened in the last few hours.

"Great, I'm glad about that, now Nicole, it's lunch time. I'll be taking you to your office soon. 'Which I had built especially for you, I hope you like it,' says Hoffman mentally.

He cuts it to after lunch because nothing happens

After lunch Hoffman approaches Nicole and invites her to introduce her to her room, but she notices that they are not walking towards most of the rooms but towards a much darker place with little movement.

"Where are we going?" Nicole asks "We're going to the basement, your office is there" immediately Hoffman answers and Nicole doesn't notice the devilish grin creeping over Gary Hoffman's face.

"The basement? I'm not staying in a basement Mr. Hoffman this is completely insane" says Nicole in amazement at the boss's announcement. "It's okay Nicole, trust me, it's quieter here and no one will bother you even because you really need silence to get a job at least more or less done since you're not a partner in the company, I'm sure Ms. Harris?"

'You should listen to the advice of partners after all they are smart'

'You're not as smart as they are'

'You totally trust them'

'They are smart and deserve your trust'

"It's true, sorry Mr Hoffman I'll do my best" says Nicole crestfallen realizing that Hoffman knew about her limited intelligence, after all she really wasn't as smart as they were.

As soon as they reach a secluded door in the basement Hoffman waves his hand indicating that Nicole was supposed to open the door and as soon as she does she is faced with a tiny room that fits a maximum of 3 people, there is a small table with a notebook on top and a low chair in front of him, much lower than the visitors' so that anyone who came to **** it to look up. The mini room was also all dusty and on the wall next to the door were brooms and catchers.

Anyone who walked in and knew it was going to be her office would have immediately refused but Nicole knew this was the only place she could work well, after all it was Gary Hoffman who said and he was an office partner and as a partner she should live with him right ?

"This room is very small and filthy, can you please get someone to clean it Mr. Hoffman?" asks Nicole hating the room but Hoffman just shakes her head and says "Ms. Harris, this room is yours as such it is your duty to keep it clean" "I see, thank you so Mr Hoffman" she says entering the room and going straight to the equipment cleaning.

"Very well Ms. Harris, I'll leave you alone and remember, when you're done, there's one more video you need to see about the company on your computer." says Gary Hoffman without even letting her say anything.

Some minutes later

After cleaning up her room, Nicole turns on her laptop and starts her training session again.

'You love Hoffman and Stepford'

'The men here are reliable'

'The men here are smarter than the women'

'You are not capable'

'You need a man to tell you what to do'

'You can not do that'