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Yesterday, Jill already got twelve boxes from the attic. Today, Jill doesn't have to do any chores. Instead, she has to spend most of the morning in the attic, all by herself. In the office, the whole staff is working hard to look at what is in the boxes. Some boxes are easy, but some require more time. On every box they tape a paper on which the contents are written. The last thing they want right now, is someone that is going to bother them. And that is exactly what is happening. Jill came down from the attic with another box. She wanted to give it to the staff in the office. Bob just told her to look at the office while waving his hands around. The office was already full of boxes. Jill just dumped the box outside the office, next to the door. Without saying another word, she walked back upstairs. In her mind, she calls Bob a jackass. He could have said it nicer. Her revenge will come eventually. Back on the attic, she grabs another box and looks at the others she already found. For just a second, she gets a nasty grin on her face. She starts to walk up and down the stairs. It doesn't take long, before there is a big wall of boxes just outside the office. About an hour after Jill started, she places box 21 next to the office door. Each box is big enough to put nine-year old Timmy in. It took her two days, but she sifted through the whole attic and found 21 boxes ready to be sold. What is still in the attic are boxes with spare clothes and the Christmas decorations. With twelve boxes in the office, there are nine forming a wall just outside the office. They even block the message board. When Jill has places the last box there, she looks at her handy work. She is actually proud of her little wall. Time for a bit of teasing. She goes to the kitchen to grab the coffee. With it, she goes back to the office. There, she knocks carefully.\n\n``Enter'' says Dixie quick.\n\nWhen Jill has opened the door and steps in the office, Bob looks at her and he isn't really happy.\n\n``What do you want now, Jill?'' asks Bob frustrated.\n\n``Geez, Bob. I'm only here to bring some coffee, but by listening at you, maybe you should stop drinking it for today'' says Jill while filling Dixie?s mug.\n\nBob and Jill share a short look at each other. The tension between them is clearly visible. Jill just turns her back to him and fills the other mugs. Even Bob?s mug gets a refill. Without even looking at Bob, Jill walks back to the door.\n\n``Jill'' says Erik just before Jill walks out of the office.\n\n``Yes?''asks Jill emotionless.\n\n``How is it going in the attic?''\n\n``Just finished. Found a few more boxes. There are no more in the attic.''\n\n``Good. Thanks.''\n\nJill nods and leaves. She can hardly wait until she hears the staff?s reaction to the wall she build. She doesn't have to wait long. Bob wants to go to the toilet. He just places one step out of the office, when he sees the wall that Jill build. His curses can be heard in the kitchen. The rest of the staff immediately go looking at what is going on. They too are shocked. Are these just ``a few''? Bob immediately walks into the living-room to find Jill. He finds her in the kitchen, drinking a cup of tea while leaning against the fridge. As soon as Bob is standing in front of her, he starts yelling and cursing. This draws the attention of the others. Not only the rest of the staff is now watching, but the other Ani as well. The only one who finds this extremely interesting, is Pippa. She still doesn't like it that she has to live here and still doesn't understand what Jill?s role is in the shelter.\n\nIn the corner of her eyes, Jill saw Bob walking in. By the way he walked, she could see he was mad, as if his curses were not a clear give away. She plays it cool. She closes her eyes and take a slow sip of her tea. She hears him yell at her again. She doesn't care. And then, Bob breaks the very first rule that is employed in every shelter. Never become physically aggressive against any of the Ani, unless it's out of self-defense. He hits Jill in her face with a firm backhand. Jill was lucky she wasn't having her teacup against her mouth. It might have broken and cut her. Slowly, Jill places the empty teacup on the counter behind her. When it's safe, she opens her eyes and looks Bob straight in his eyes. In order to stop it, Jade has to break a rule too, but this one is unofficial. Never get between Jill and her opponent, as it might end bad for you. Jade finds out that this rule isn't made for nothing. Bob tries to hit Jill again, but Jill grabs his wrist before he can hit her. She pushes Jade away from her, who falls on the floor. She was lucky, but Bob isn't. Before anybody could respond, Jill used so much strength she brought Bob?s wrist at breaking point. She started to turn it in a way it was never meant to do. The only thing Bob could do is try to move with Jill?s movement so that isn't as bad is it could be. When Jill finally releases his wrist, Bob is in tears and falls on the floor. Jill just walks away from him. Dixie wants to stop her, but is stopped by Jade. The best thing they can do now, is let Jill cool down. Jill walks past them and goes upstairs to her room. There, she curls up on her bed and cries. She failed again. When it's time for lunch, Jade tries to persuade her to come down, but Jill doesn't want to. She will stay on her bed for the rest of the day and doesn't even come down for dinner.\n\nDuring the afternoon, with Jill still in her room and Bob send home because of his wrist, Dixie and Erik receive some visitors. They have found several people that are willing to buy the contents of the boxes. The first buyer that drops by sells books. Jill found 4 boxes full of them. After inspecting the books, the buyer is willing to buy them. While Erik handles this sale, a second buyer arrives. Dixie handles this one. Out of the 21 boxes, 6 of them are just assorted things, like statues and paintings. Trying to find the right buyer of each item, might take months. They want to sell now, so they called a store that sells second hand items. The items might be more expensive then what the store normally sells, but there is little choice. They need the money now. When these boxes are inspected too, they negotiate about the price. When both buyers leave again, Dixie and Erik have earned about 1200 for 10 boxes of stuff they won't need. This is already enough to fill the loss they have this month and have enough for a possible loss next month. This just leaves the 11 boxes with war memorabilia. They found a buyer that will drop by around four that afternoon. Until that time, Dixie and Erik talk a bit with Jade about Jill. Normally they would talk about the Ani while sitting in the office, but now they sit in the living-room. The Ani are almost everywhere, but not upstairs. They fear to go there because of Jill.\n\n``What is going on with Jill?'' asks Erik almost desperate. ``The others aren't like this.''\n\n``Jill is mostly the most normal, but she has her bad moments'' explains Jade.\n\n``We have worked in other shelters, but we have never come across someone like her.''\n\n``If you want to know her, you must know everything of her past and why she got here. And even then, its difficult. I know her for about five years now and even now I'm struggling. That is not only because I'm only taking care of her since Theresa left. Jill has her own personality and you just have to know how to handle that.''\n\n``That sounds a bit bullshit. Every Ani here has a personality of its own.''\n\n``But they won't live here for about 5 years. Jill is unique in that way. She is living here for so long already, it's hard to forget sometimes that she is not one of the staff. She has never been to school, but she is the most educated Ani here. She might complain often about her size, but she knows all too damn well how to use it in her favor. All the others won't go against you in a fight. They might try, but soon realize they can't win. Jill can win. She can dominate everybody. Ani and staff alike''\n\n``Like what she did with Bob?''\n\n``Exactly. And this isn't the first time she and Bob had a fight.''\n\n``No?'' asks Dixie surprised.\n\n``Didn't you notice that she and Bob never really talk with each other? That Bob almost always walks away when Jill gets close to him?''\n\n``Now that you mention it. I have seen this. But why?''\n\n``When Jill got here, there were only two other Ani. A girl named Cleo and a boy named Noah. Theresa could manage the whole shelter on her own, but then several Ani were send here. Theresa had to hire extra staff. I was the first and took over for the girls. About a week later, Bob got hired. He took over for the boys while Theresa did the general things and took care of Jill. Even then, Jill refused to listen to anybody else then Theresa. To her, Theresa was more of a mother. After several months, there was a problem. I don't know the full details, but apparently, Bob and Theresa had a fight over Jill while Jill was sitting next to Theresa. By then, Jill was already smarter than expected. A mistake Bob would make a few times more. Jill understood what Bob said about her and she just lost it. By the time I got back to the office, Jill had punched Bob to the floor and was sitting on him while trying to beat him through the floor. It was only thanks to Theresa, who tried to pull Jill of Bob, that the fight ended. It was from this fight that this unofficial rule came from.''\n\n``What rule?''\n\n``Never get between an angry Jill and her opponent. Jill was so mad that day, she almost attacked Theresa too. Bob triggered her APD and had to feel her full strength as a result.''\n\n``You said that Bob underestimated Jill more than once.''\n\n``Yes. They had four fights that I know of. And every fight ended almost the same. Sometimes, Bob got physically hurt, sometimes just mentally. If you get her mad in a normal way, give her a few hours, a cup of tea and talk it out. Then nobody gets hurt. But when you get her really mad, her APD kicks in. And that is the reason why she normally would have been send to prison for life and not here.''\n\n``Then why didn't it happen?''\n\n``Because Theresa wanted to give her a chance. If she wouldn't have those fights and a few minor fallbacks, she might have gone to another shelter a few years ago. And she is already halfway in her time here.''\n\n``What do you mean?'' asks Erik surprised.\n\n``Any Ani diagnosed with APD will be treated in a behavioral institute. Jill has spend a whole year in one not far from here. From the day they walk in there, they have a maximum of ten years to prove they are normal. With her time here added to it, Jill is about to hit the six year mark. In little over four years, she has to be able to go to another shelter, or she goes to prison for life. I see her struggle sometimes, but most of the time she is completely normal. However, every year, she gets tested and fails.''\n\n``What kind of tests?''\n\n``They push her to her limit and see what happens. And in a few days, they are here again.''\n\nDixie and Erik look at each other in shock. They have been reading Jill?s file a few times now, but they didn't realize she was this complicated.\n\n``What do we do now?'' asks Dixie a bit shocked.\n\n``We leave her alone for now. Jill is smart. She knows what she has to do. She went to her room freely and she will stay there for as long as she wants. She might show her face again in a few hours, or a few days. It depends.''\n\nDixie and Erik lets the news sink in a bit. They know that APD is incurable. Once the brain is set for aggression like this, it stays like this. Jill?s parents used the drug Saliopentranol for this. They drugged her for about ten years straight with regular beatings to fuel her rage. And now, after all these years, Jill is still suffering from it and might even pay the ultimate price for it, of spending the rest of her life behind bars. She did nothing to her parents, but they ruined her life forever. It might take Jill several decades to overcome this, but she only has about four years left. And society doesn't want any Ani with APD loose on the streets, so they are locked up until the day they die. A fate that horrifies Dixie and Erik. They can't believe that Bob, who should know better, is than triggering Jill?s APD on purpose. While they think about it, Jill is crying on her bed. She failed again. She has to start over again and the clock is ticking. Every day she lives in this shelter, is a day closer to prison. And this putts conflict in her mind. She likes the shelter and doesn't really want to go, but she has to if she doesn't want to go to prison.\n\nA few minutes past four, the last buyer stands at the gates. Jade lets him in quickly. In the office its once again in whatever comes out of the boxes. And with 11 boxes, it's a lot of stuff. At the end, the buyer even has to send pictures with his phone to the store for extra help. Some items are very common and cheap, but there are also a few rare pieces. Everything together, it's worth about 2000, but the buyer might be able to sell it for about 2500 or slightly more. However, the buyer doesn't want to pay more than 500, as that is his budget for this month. Dixie and Erik try to increase the price. They know they can store the boxes back in the attic to sell it at a later date. They have enough money already for not only this month, but also for at least the next two. They don't need to sell these 11 boxes today. The buyer realizes this too. He also realizes that they can also sell it themselves on the internet and then they could ask whatever they want. He is driven into a corner. He can use the contents of the boxes a lot, but he can't afford it. If he has to pay the full price, it will cost him his budget for four months. Something he doesn't have right now. After an hour of negotiations, he finally agrees with the price. However, he can't pay the full 2000, so for four times he has to drop by, once a month, to pick up a quarter of the stuff. With the first 500 paid and a quarter of the stuff in his car, the buyer leaves again. With the buyer gone, Erik picks up the other boxes and places them back on the attic. The Ani don't go there without reason, so they are safe there. Next to that, the only Ani that has ever been up there, is Jill.\n\n After dinner, that Jill skipped, Dixie is back behind her desk. She is searching for more information about the drugs that turned Jill in a raging feral monster. Page after page is written with test results, the history of the drug and most importantly, all the effects it has on an Ani. Jill is mentioned as well, as she is the only one that has ever been recorded to have suffered withdrawal symptoms. However, that is because they used it on her for at least ten years straight. Several pages are about her suffering in the behavioral institute, about her behavior and how she was treated there. With that information on the internet, everybody around the world could read what to do in a situation like this. Dixie is so focused on reading, that she gets scared when Erik places a mug of coffee on the desk.\n\n``Interesting?'' asks Erik curious.\n\n``I've been reading about Saliopentranol. I have actually found several pages about Jill in the behavioral institute'' answers Dixie without looking at Erik.\n\n``Really?''\n\n``Have a look.''\n\nErik looks at Dixie?s computer screen. Together, they read several pages about Jill behavior, her struggles to regain her humanity and how they are undoing the work of Jill?s parents. On these pages, there are some details that are not included in Jill?s file, like that the drugs might have caused Jill?s larger size. In order to reread it later and to put it in Jill?s file, Dixie copies the whole text to a word file on the computer and prints it. The printer is busy printing the last page when the computer bleeps. Dixie first thinks that there is a problem with the printer, but it turns out to be an email from Kevin. He has found work and has send several pictures. He asks if they can look at it and tell him if they want to do it. Dixie and Erik look at the pictures and the small list in the email. The amount of work is massive and they only have about 48 hour to do it. They have no idea what to do. Normally, Jade would handle this, or Jill. But Jade is already back home and Jill is still crying on her bed. They don't know what to do. Erik decides to risk it and go upstairs to ask Jill what to do. Dixie is against it, but she knows they have no option. Kevin wrote they have about an hour after receiving the email to answer. If they don't answer in time, they won't get the work. Carefully, Erik goes upstairs. He knocks on Jill?s bedroom door, but there is no answer. He slowly opens it and takes a look inside. Jill closed the curtains and curled up against the wall on the bed. She appears to be asleep, but when Erik says her name, she moves a bit. She doesn't look at him or even at the door. He hears her sniff softly.\n\n``Jill?'' asks Erik carefully while he sits down on the bed.\n\nJill shows no reaction. Erik places his hand on her shoulder. Jill doesn't like to be touched right now and curls up even more. Her tail even sweeps up so that she can hide behind it. Slowly, Erik starts to talk about the email they got, the boxes that are sold and that Jill was right. She knew things better than him and Dixie. And he respects that a lot. Slowly, Jill turns her head as much as she can to look at him. His words are comforting. They sound so good, that she turns around completely. After several minutes more, Erik finally gets Jill so far that she gets out of bed so that she can go to the office. But Jill doesn't stay downstairs for long. She barely looks at the email and says she does it. As soon as she can, she gets back to her room. She just doesn't want to stay downstairs. Maybe tomorrow.\n\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Chapter 4.
It's a busy morning in the shelter. Yesterday, Jill already got twelve boxes from the attic. Today, Jill doesn't have to do any chores. Instead, she has to spend most of the morning in the attic, all by herself. In the office, the whole staff is working hard to look at what is in the boxes. Some boxes are easy, but some require more time. On every box they tape a paper on which the contents are written. The last thing they want right now, is someone that is going to bother them. And that is exactly what is happening. Jill came down from the attic with another box. She wanted to give it to the staff in the office. Bob just told her to look at the office while waving his hands around. The office was already full of boxes. Jill just dumped the box outside the office, next to the door. Without saying another word, she walked back upstairs. In her mind, she calls Bob a jackass. He could have said it nicer. Her revenge will come eventually. Back on the attic, she grabs another box and looks at the others she already found. For just a second, she gets a nasty grin on her face. She starts to walk up and down the stairs. It doesn't take long, before there is a big wall of boxes just outside the office. About an hour after Jill started, she places box 21 next to the office door. Each box is big enough to put nine-year old Timmy in. It took her two days, but she sifted through the whole attic and found 21 boxes ready to be sold. What is still in the attic are boxes with spare clothes and the Christmas decorations. With twelve boxes in the office, there are nine forming a wall just outside the office. They even block the message board. When Jill has places the last box there, she looks at her handy work. She is actually proud of her little wall. Time for a bit of teasing. She goes to the kitchen to grab the coffee. With it, she goes back to the office. There, she knocks carefully.
``Enter'' says Dixie quick.
When Jill has opened the door and steps in the office, Bob looks at her and he isn't really happy.
``What do you want now, Jill?'' asks Bob frustrated.
``Geez, Bob. I'm only here to bring some coffee, but by listening at you, maybe you should stop drinking it for today'' says Jill while filling Dixie?s mug.
Bob and Jill share a short look at each other. The tension between them is clearly visible. Jill just turns her back to him and fills the other mugs. Even Bob?s mug gets a refill. Without even looking at Bob, Jill walks back to the door.
``Jill'' says Erik just before Jill walks out of the office.
``Yes?''asks Jill emotionless.
``How is it going in the attic?''
``Just finished. Found a few more boxes. There are no more in the attic.''
``Good. Thanks.''
Jill nods and leaves. She can hardly wait until she hears the staff?s reaction to the wall she build. She doesn't have to wait long. Bob wants to go to the toilet. He just places one step out of the office, when he sees the wall that Jill build. His curses can be heard in the kitchen. The rest of the staff immediately go looking at what is going on. They too are shocked. Are these just ``a few''? Bob immediately walks into the living-room to find Jill. He finds her in the kitchen, drinking a cup of tea while leaning against the fridge. As soon as Bob is standing in front of her, he starts yelling and cursing. This draws the attention of the others. Not only the rest of the staff is now watching, but the other Ani as well. The only one who finds this extremely interesting, is Pippa. She still doesn't like it that she has to live here and still doesn't understand what Jill?s role is in the shelter.
In the corner of her eyes, Jill saw Bob walking in. By the way he walked, she could see he was mad, as if his curses were not a clear give away. She plays it cool. She closes her eyes and take a slow sip of her tea. She hears him yell at her again. She doesn't care. And then, Bob breaks the very first rule that is employed in every shelter. Never become physically aggressive against any of the Ani, unless it's out of self-defense. He hits Jill in her face with a firm backhand. Jill was lucky she wasn't having her teacup against her mouth. It might have broken and cut her. Slowly, Jill places the empty teacup on the counter behind her. When it's safe, she opens her eyes and looks Bob straight in his eyes. In order to stop it, Jade has to break a rule too, but this one is unofficial. Never get between Jill and her opponent, as it might end bad for you. Jade finds out that this rule isn't made for nothing. Bob tries to hit Jill again, but Jill grabs his wrist before he can hit her. She pushes Jade away from her, who falls on the floor. She was lucky, but Bob isn't. Before anybody could respond, Jill used so much strength she brought Bob?s wrist at breaking point. She started to turn it in a way it was never meant to do. The only thing Bob could do is try to move with Jill?s movement so that isn't as bad is it could be. When Jill finally releases his wrist, Bob is in tears and falls on the floor. Jill just walks away from him. Dixie wants to stop her, but is stopped by Jade. The best thing they can do now, is let Jill cool down. Jill walks past them and goes upstairs to her room. There, she curls up on her bed and cries. She failed again. When it's time for lunch, Jade tries to persuade her to come down, but Jill doesn't want to. She will stay on her bed for the rest of the day and doesn't even come down for dinner.
During the afternoon, with Jill still in her room and Bob send home because of his wrist, Dixie and Erik receive some visitors. They have found several people that are willing to buy the contents of the boxes. The first buyer that drops by sells books. Jill found 4 boxes full of them. After inspecting the books, the buyer is willing to buy them. While Erik handles this sale, a second buyer arrives. Dixie handles this one. Out of the 21 boxes, 6 of them are just assorted things, like statues and paintings. Trying to find the right buyer of each item, might take months. They want to sell now, so they called a store that sells second hand items. The items might be more expensive then what the store normally sells, but there is little choice. They need the money now. When these boxes are inspected too, they negotiate about the price. When both buyers leave again, Dixie and Erik have earned about 1200 for 10 boxes of stuff they won't need. This is already enough to fill the loss they have this month and have enough for a possible loss next month. This just leaves the 11 boxes with war memorabilia. They found a buyer that will drop by around four that afternoon. Until that time, Dixie and Erik talk a bit with Jade about Jill. Normally they would talk about the Ani while sitting in the office, but now they sit in the living-room. The Ani are almost everywhere, but not upstairs. They fear to go there because of Jill.
``What is going on with Jill?'' asks Erik almost desperate. ``The others aren't like this.''
``Jill is mostly the most normal, but she has her bad moments'' explains Jade.
``We have worked in other shelters, but we have never come across someone like her.''
``If you want to know her, you must know everything of her past and why she got here. And even then, its difficult. I know her for about five years now and even now I'm struggling. That is not only because I'm only taking care of her since Theresa left. Jill has her own personality and you just have to know how to handle that.''
``That sounds a bit bullshit. Every Ani here has a personality of its own.''
``But they won't live here for about 5 years. Jill is unique in that way. She is living here for so long already, it's hard to forget sometimes that she is not one of the staff. She has never been to school, but she is the most educated Ani here. She might complain often about her size, but she knows all too damn well how to use it in her favor. All the others won't go against you in a fight. They might try, but soon realize they can't win. Jill can win. She can dominate everybody. Ani and staff alike''
``Like what she did with Bob?''
``Exactly. And this isn't the first time she and Bob had a fight.''
``No?'' asks Dixie surprised.
``Didn't you notice that she and Bob never really talk with each other? That Bob almost always walks away when Jill gets close to him?''
``Now that you mention it. I have seen this. But why?''
``When Jill got here, there were only two other Ani. A girl named Cleo and a boy named Noah. Theresa could manage the whole shelter on her own, but then several Ani were send here. Theresa had to hire extra staff. I was the first and took over for the girls. About a week later, Bob got hired. He took over for the boys while Theresa did the general things and took care of Jill. Even then, Jill refused to listen to anybody else then Theresa. To her, Theresa was more of a mother. After several months, there was a problem. I don't know the full details, but apparently, Bob and Theresa had a fight over Jill while Jill was sitting next to Theresa. By then, Jill was already smarter than expected. A mistake Bob would make a few times more. Jill understood what Bob said about her and she just lost it. By the time I got back to the office, Jill had punched Bob to the floor and was sitting on him while trying to beat him through the floor. It was only thanks to Theresa, who tried to pull Jill of Bob, that the fight ended. It was from this fight that this unofficial rule came from.''
``What rule?''
``Never get between an angry Jill and her opponent. Jill was so mad that day, she almost attacked Theresa too. Bob triggered her APD and had to feel her full strength as a result.''
``You said that Bob underestimated Jill more than once.''
``Yes. They had four fights that I know of. And every fight ended almost the same. Sometimes, Bob got physically hurt, sometimes just mentally. If you get her mad in a normal way, give her a few hours, a cup of tea and talk it out. Then nobody gets hurt. But when you get her really mad, her APD kicks in. And that is the reason why she normally would have been send to prison for life and not here.''
``Then why didn't it happen?''
``Because Theresa wanted to give her a chance. If she wouldn't have those fights and a few minor fallbacks, she might have gone to another shelter a few years ago. And she is already halfway in her time here.''
``What do you mean?'' asks Erik surprised.
``Any Ani diagnosed with APD will be treated in a behavioral institute. Jill has spend a whole year in one not far from here. From the day they walk in there, they have a maximum of ten years to prove they are normal. With her time here added to it, Jill is about to hit the six year mark. In little over four years, she has to be able to go to another shelter, or she goes to prison for life. I see her struggle sometimes, but most of the time she is completely normal. However, every year, she gets tested and fails.''
``What kind of tests?''
``They push her to her limit and see what happens. And in a few days, they are here again.''
Dixie and Erik look at each other in shock. They have been reading Jill?s file a few times now, but they didn't realize she was this complicated.
``What do we do now?'' asks Dixie a bit shocked.
``We leave her alone for now. Jill is smart. She knows what she has to do. She went to her room freely and she will stay there for as long as she wants. She might show her face again in a few hours, or a few days. It depends.''
Dixie and Erik lets the news sink in a bit. They know that APD is incurable. Once the brain is set for aggression like this, it stays like this. Jill?s parents used the drug Saliopentranol for this. They drugged her for about ten years straight with regular beatings to fuel her rage. And now, after all these years, Jill is still suffering from it and might even pay the ultimate price for it, of spending the rest of her life behind bars. She did nothing to her parents, but they ruined her life forever. It might take Jill several decades to overcome this, but she only has about four years left. And society doesn't want any Ani with APD loose on the streets, so they are locked up until the day they die. A fate that horrifies Dixie and Erik. They can't believe that Bob, who should know better, is than triggering Jill?s APD on purpose. While they think about it, Jill is crying on her bed. She failed again. She has to start over again and the clock is ticking. Every day she lives in this shelter, is a day closer to prison. And this putts conflict in her mind. She likes the shelter and doesn't really want to go, but she has to if she doesn't want to go to prison.
A few minutes past four, the last buyer stands at the gates. Jade lets him in quickly. In the office its once again in whatever comes out of the boxes. And with 11 boxes, it's a lot of stuff. At the end, the buyer even has to send pictures with his phone to the store for extra help. Some items are very common and cheap, but there are also a few rare pieces. Everything together, it's worth about 2000, but the buyer might be able to sell it for about 2500 or slightly more. However, the buyer doesn't want to pay more than 500, as that is his budget for this month. Dixie and Erik try to increase the price. They know they can store the boxes back in the attic to sell it at a later date. They have enough money already for not only this month, but also for at least the next two. They don't need to sell these 11 boxes today. The buyer realizes this too. He also realizes that they can also sell it themselves on the internet and then they could ask whatever they want. He is driven into a corner. He can use the contents of the boxes a lot, but he can't afford it. If he has to pay the full price, it will cost him his budget for four months. Something he doesn't have right now. After an hour of negotiations, he finally agrees with the price. However, he can't pay the full 2000, so for four times he has to drop by, once a month, to pick up a quarter of the stuff. With the first 500 paid and a quarter of the stuff in his car, the buyer leaves again. With the buyer gone, Erik picks up the other boxes and places them back on the attic. The Ani don't go there without reason, so they are safe there. Next to that, the only Ani that has ever been up there, is Jill.
After dinner, that Jill skipped, Dixie is back behind her desk. She is searching for more information about the drugs that turned Jill in a raging feral monster. Page after page is written with test results, the history of the drug and most importantly, all the effects it has on an Ani. Jill is mentioned as well, as she is the only one that has ever been recorded to have suffered withdrawal symptoms. However, that is because they used it on her for at least ten years straight. Several pages are about her suffering in the behavioral institute, about her behavior and how she was treated there. With that information on the internet, everybody around the world could read what to do in a situation like this. Dixie is so focused on reading, that she gets scared when Erik places a mug of coffee on the desk.
``Interesting?'' asks Erik curious.
``I've been reading about Saliopentranol. I have actually found several pages about Jill in the behavioral institute'' answers Dixie without looking at Erik.
``Really?''
``Have a look.''
Erik looks at Dixie?s computer screen. Together, they read several pages about Jill behavior, her struggles to regain her humanity and how they are undoing the work of Jill?s parents. On these pages, there are some details that are not included in Jill?s file, like that the drugs might have caused Jill?s larger size. In order to reread it later and to put it in Jill?s file, Dixie copies the whole text to a word file on the computer and prints it. The printer is busy printing the last page when the computer bleeps. Dixie first thinks that there is a problem with the printer, but it turns out to be an email from Kevin. He has found work and has send several pictures. He asks if they can look at it and tell him if they want to do it. Dixie and Erik look at the pictures and the small list in the email. The amount of work is massive and they only have about 48 hour to do it. They have no idea what to do. Normally, Jade would handle this, or Jill. But Jade is already back home and Jill is still crying on her bed. They don't know what to do. Erik decides to risk it and go upstairs to ask Jill what to do. Dixie is against it, but she knows they have no option. Kevin wrote they have about an hour after receiving the email to answer. If they don't answer in time, they won't get the work. Carefully, Erik goes upstairs. He knocks on Jill?s bedroom door, but there is no answer. He slowly opens it and takes a look inside. Jill closed the curtains and curled up against the wall on the bed. She appears to be asleep, but when Erik says her name, she moves a bit. She doesn't look at him or even at the door. He hears her sniff softly.
``Jill?'' asks Erik carefully while he sits down on the bed.
Jill shows no reaction. Erik places his hand on her shoulder. Jill doesn't like to be touched right now and curls up even more. Her tail even sweeps up so that she can hide behind it. Slowly, Erik starts to talk about the email they got, the boxes that are sold and that Jill was right. She knew things better than him and Dixie. And he respects that a lot. Slowly, Jill turns her head as much as she can to look at him. His words are comforting. They sound so good, that she turns around completely. After several minutes more, Erik finally gets Jill so far that she gets out of bed so that she can go to the office. But Jill doesn't stay downstairs for long. She barely looks at the email and says she does it. As soon as she can, she gets back to her room. She just doesn't want to stay downstairs. Maybe tomorrow.
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