Shameful Addictions by Redreich Viktor & Wildman Naomi

Author:Redreich, Viktor & Wildman, Naomi [Redreich, Viktor & Wildman, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Redreich Publishing Limited
Published: 2023-03-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter thirteen

Titty troubles

Charlotte answered her phone every single time it rang over the next several days, even when she didn’t recognize the number. Especially when she didn’t recognize the number, since she knew the surgeon friend of Mamba’s would be calling her to tell her when her appointment was. It wasn’t until then that she realized how many times she was called by spammers and telemarketers, and haters. How those haters acquired her phone number, she would never know, but they had. Either way, she knew that when she answered the phone and the caller was already speaking, raging at her, it was someone come to express their sheer displeasure over her very existence; she ended those calls as soon as they started, beyond the point of defending herself in the eyes of the public.

She couldn’t defend herself when she wasn’t even quite sure what her real purpose was anymore.

She dreaded every single phone call, tensing whenever her phone screen lit up. No matter what the reason, whether it was her phone telling her she had a low battery, or needed to update, or had a call, she tensed up so hard her muscles began to ache from the constant strain.

It was getting to the point where she didn’t know how much more she was going to be able to take. A person had limits. Regular people like her did, at least. This whole thing with Mamba kept pushing her and pushing her and she was already far beyond what she thought she could withstand. She had long since been broken and now, well, now she simply waited to be tossed in the trash once Mamba realized he no longer had a use for her.

She sat in her office chair, gazing blankly at her laptop. It had died while she was working away, searching for options on how to make money, and she couldn’t find the energy to get up and fetch the plug from where it lay, coiled, black and snakelike, along the wall. She had been trying to set up a false identity for herself, a pseudonym of sorts she could use to get jobs. Unfortunately, her research had shown her she still needed to prove her actual identity and no one would accept her. It was just as well that she didn’t plug the computer in and get it working again, since her latest attempt to recover was looking bleak.

Out of the corner of her eye, Charlotte saw her phone light up. She flinched and braced herself, breath lodging in her throat. A jingling tune, ironically cheerful, accompanied the device’s vibration. She could tell from where she sat that the number calling her had no name attached to it, meaning it could have been anyone.

A disgruntled former fan, or a recorded voice attempting to finagle her social security number from her.

Charlotte reached for her phone, her fingers shaking just as much as it was. She picked it up and slid her thumb over the screen to answer

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