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richard ramirez (the night stalker) 28/02/60 2:07am el paso, texas

jyeshta ascendant, uttarabhadprada moon, mars-venus conjunct in shravana 3rd house

ascendant usually denotes basic personality & themes of life is seen by nakshatra. jyeshta nakshatra is a karaka of occult, ascendant in jyeshta gives reason for ramirez to be a self proclaimed satanist and claiming satanism to be a stabilising force in his life. moon in uttara bhadrapada further reinforces this as it is a karaka of occult and magic, and in some cases the mind expands past reality into realms of fantasy. mars-venus conjunct in shravana 3rd house ~ mars conjunct venus most likely explains why he attracted so many ‘fangirls’ following his arrest, writing him letters in prison (3rd house indicates communication & letters). also 3rd house represents communities & immediate environment, shravana is the karaka of walking, footsteps & listening carefully, mars in the case of a serial killer represents acts of violence. i think this is interesting as ramirez’s shoe prints were found at a numerous amount of his crime scenes, this was the most significant key linking factor of evidence for police investigation prior to eventually identifying & arresting ramirez

ted bundy 24/11/46 10:35pm burlington, vermont

magha ascendant, moon-ketu-mars conjunct in jyeshta 4th house, sun-mercury-venus conjunct in anurdha 4th house, rahu in rohini 10th house

magha ascendant people usually are prideful and receive lots of recognition throughout life. additionally bundy’s 1st house lord (sun), is conjunct venus and mercury representing charisma and intelligence. this is gives reason to how his horrific criminal profile was heavily romanticised by popular media, inspiring many novels and films. alongside his “charming” & “intelligent” aura in trial which attracted a mass of public attention. rahu in rohini in the 10th house ~ the 10th house represents what one wishes & what one does in life, rahu represents immoral acts, deception, imprisonment, insatiable desires & pleasure seeking, rohini is the karaka of blushing women, fertile women & arousal. this gives reason to why ted bundy targeted specifically young & ‘fertile’ women as the object of his insatiable desires to commit such horrific acts. moon-ketu-mars in jyeshta ~ stereotypically this conjunction denotes emotional & internal issues, especially being in scorpio where moon is debilitated, this is a badly inflicted placement for moon. ketu-mars conjunct represents aggression and explosive acts of violence (when negatively inflicted), being conjunct with moon is very telling of someone with a “mindset of a serial killer”, emotionally (moon ~ mindset & emotions) desensitised (ketu ~ lack of attachment or care) to acting out in horrific ways (mars ~ violent acts)

jeffrey dahmer (milwaukee cannibal) 21/05/60 4:34pm milwaukee, wisconsin

moon in revati 7th house, venus in krittika in 8th house

revati moon ~ like uttara bharapada the mind usually expands past reality and into realms of fantasy, this is due to revati being the last nakshatra & uttara bhadrapada the second last, both in pisces. venus in krittika 8th house ~ 8th house represents sexuality, secrets, death & addictions, venus represents love & beauty, krittika is a karaka of sharp objects like knives, cutting, cooking & eating. the story of dahmer was that he would lure men he found beautiful & sexually attractive to his apartment in order to commit his crimes, he also would eat & keep their skeletons as he said he wanted to feel closer to his “love interests”.

david berkowitz (the son of sam) 01/06/53 4:52pm brooklyn, new york

mercury-mars conjunct in mrigasira 8th house

mercury-mars conjunct mrigasira 8th house ~ one notable aspect of berkowitz’s case is that he would leave anonymous hand written letters beside his victims, eluding & taunting investigators as they were unable to catch him & describing himself as a monster. mercury represents letters & communication, mars again represents acts of violence in a serial killer’s chart, 8th house represents death, secrets & addictions, mrigasira is a karaka of searching, sensing & blending in with the crowd. a deer head is the symbol of mrigasira, deers strategically blend in with the herd & are innately cautious to not leave their scent in order to avoid predation. mrigasira is actually a soft & gentle natured nakshatra however malefic planets like mars can cause an inability to be soft or gentle

ღ this is based off my personal observations and research. the astrological placements do not solely or inherently indicate one will commit criminal acts, i’m just interpreting placements i find in their charts ღ

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Name: Charles Lee Ray

Age: 30

Date of Birth: May 1st 1958

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Family:

Elizabeth Ray - Mother (deceased)

Peter Ray - Father (deceased)

Tiffany Valentine - Girlfriend

Sarah Pierce - Lover

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Charles lived a normal life up until his 7th birthday, where on Halloween he received an apple that had a razor blade in it. He happily bit into it, not caring that it cut into his gums.

His 8th Birthday was when things really started to change, this was when he had his first kill. A serial killer was on the loose and that would break into his home that night and kill his father. His mother hid them away in a closet but he had managed to grab his pocket knife and that's what he used to kill her. He was covered in his mothers blood when the killer found them, telling the man that he helped and the killer told him to alway cover his tracks and wiped his pocket knife clean.

Charles was sent to the Burlington County home for Wayward Boys and started to see a therapist named Dr Mixer. She was impressed by his pure and glorious violence, and decides to nurture his murderous qualities by stamping out the strain of innocence and naivety within him.

In 1972 he attempted to mold 3 boys to follow him and become killers. He lead them down a path playing as Peter pan and the lost boys, looking for captain hook and they found him. There in the bushes by the path was captain hook, complete with a hook for the hand. Two of the three boys ran off but a little boy called Eddie stayed.

The day before Charles killed the janitor after he got his only pair of shoes wet. He killed the janitor with the same pocket knife he used to kill his mother all those years earlier. He even cut off his hand and replaced it with a hook to make the story more realistic.

After the police had done their investigation, Charles ran away from the home, giving the hand of the janitor to Eddie as a goodbye gift.

In 1986, he met a red head called Tiffany. He met women at a bar called Delilah and they picked up the red head and they went back to the Hackensack hotel. He ended up stabbing Delilah and giving Tiffany the knife to finish her off. This started off their life together.

In 1987 the pair stole a car after Tiffany killed the sales man and they fled to Chicago. During his time here, he met Sarah Pierce and her family. Over time Charles becomes increasingly obsessed with Sarah, and about taking her husband Daniel's place.Intending not to let Sarah go, Charles drives up to Daniel one night and offers him a ride home. Sometime during this ride Charles manages to subdue and drown him.

He attends Daniel's funeral, and proceeds to kidnap Sarah shortly after. He ties her up inside his safe house, while his accomplice Eddie waits outside in their getaway van. Bringing her sunflowers, he tells her he is going to pick up Barb from daycare. Sarah attempts to get him to stay, telling him she wants to spend more time with him alone. He retorts that that's a "selfish fucking attitude for a mother to take", and asks if she doesn't want to share him with Barb. When she shakes her head no, he asks if she is going to keep him from the new baby too, as that would be very hurtful to him. Suddenly much to Charles' surprise, the police quickly have his safe house surrounded. Feeling betrayed about Sarah destroying their "family", Charles stabs her in the stomach hitting the baby inside. Charles then leaves the house intending to reach Eddie, but instead his partner drives away before he can reach him. He is then pursued by Detective Norris.

It was Tiffany decision that ultimately ended Charles life, calling Dectective Norris after her jealously got the better of her when she found Charles killing without her.

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The brazen heist unfolded [last] Saturday at the discount retailer’s North Freeway Boulevard location in Sacramento, where the three women were caught on camera trudging away with shopping carts loaded with stolen goods. ‘D**n look at these people stealing! Say hi to the camera!’ the bystander filming the incident can be heard saying, as alarms blared and the shoplifters piled mounds of clothing and shoes into the trunk of a red Dodge Charger.

Under moonbat rule, shoplifting is all but legal in California. Property is theft, according to the prevailing ideology. However, in this case authorities might investigate:

[I]n addition to audaciously looting the Burlington store, the three shoplifters had parked in a handicap spot without displaying a placard.

Major chains have been forced to close stores due to out of control shoplifting. No worries; California lawmakers are addressing the issue:

Although California has been one of the epicenters of organized retail crime, state lawmakers there are considering legislation that would ban store employees from confronting thieves. Senate Bill 553 was passed by the state Senate last month and is currently in committee in the state Assembly.

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In the early days of prominent “it” girls, one must keep in mind that the state of gossip, fashion, and high society functioned very differently in the early 20th century than they do now, 100 years later. For instance, if a modern-day influencer went out to breakfast with her friends, she might post a reel, or an Instagram highlight, or a Snapchat story. However, in the days of our first “it” girl Daisy Fellowes, newspapers and magazines reigned supreme in highlighting the most notable members of society and their comings and goings. For instance, in the French print of The New York Herald, the “Mondanites” section highlights “l’honneur de la reine Marie de Roumanie, M. et Mme. Paul Morand ont donné, avant-hier, un déjeuner en leur hôtel de l’avenue Charles-Floquet. Ce déjeuner réunissait l’Hon. Daisy Fellowes” (7). In this short clip, Fellowes is noted as joining the queen of Romania for a casual lunch; for readers, the lack of details can be very intriguing. How did Ms. Fellowes secure an invite to this dinner? What did she wear, and what did she talk about? To those very familiar with high society, these questions are easily answerable. However, what makes Fellowes stand out among more middle-class society is her intrigue and relationships with royalty. Especially since, according to “The Burlington Magazine,” Fellowes was a fashion risk-taker. Discussing designs by Elsa Schiparelli, the magazine notes that “Shiaparelli favoured what had only been dubbed ‘hard-chic’, a seemingly unappealing mode that only the most glamorous and assured of women can wear: among them was Daisy Fellows who, with enviable aplomb, debuted a hat designed by Schiparelli in 1937 in the form of an inverted high heel shoe” (734). In a world where most women felt that the best way to fit in with high society was to be on-trend and modest, women like Daisy Fellowes made their mark as an “it” girl by remaining delightfully intriguing with her social engagements and public appearance.

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Vermont’s Luxurious Boutique

In the heart of downtown Burlington, Vermont the unique and trendy boutique, Liebling, caters to women looking for a classy wardrobe. The welcoming store sits across from other small businesses, as well as large corporate stores, such as Patagonia. The window displays convey the true luxury and high-end brands that are found inside, catching the eye of any woman. Liebling identifies its style as, “Casual luxury.” While Vermont is known to be more laid back and casual, everyone needs some chic items in their closet as well. Liebling is German for favorite, darling, and love. Perhaps Libeling wanted its customers to think of the store as their favorite.

Katchen McElwain just recently became the owner of Liebling after having a background with an interest in fashion. She says, “Definitely when I was younger I’ve always had a thing for fashion and clothing. I actually used to work at a cafe all throughout high school because I liked to buy my own clothes so it's always been an interest.” Although McElwain did not focus on fashion during her college education, she was interested in learning more about communication and business, as she says, “At UVM I studied public communication and community entrepreneurship so the community entrepreneurship kinda goes with the business owning thing.”

McElwain previously worked at Ecco, another clothing boutique in Burlington, and Liebling throughout college. She says, “ I really wasn’t sure what I would do afterwards. It's one of those things where you're like, ‘Woah I need a career soon. What am I gonna do with my life?’ So I was already doing what I was meant to be doing.”

There are two other staff members that work alongside McElwain. “Right now I just have two part time staff,” she says. “I feel like I’m there more than anyone else.” She describes her staff: “Adriana, she has a background in fashion. She went to the New School for design so she really cares about quality and fibers… Marley already loves clothes and was a customer beforehand. She's a friend of mine and she's just really good.”

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McElwain wants staff who are good with people and will be outgoing, while having a prior interest in fashion. McElwain says, “If you have an eye it's easy to sell to people because it doesn't feel like you're selling to them, it feels like you’re helping them pick stuff out.”

Liebling has been open since 2012 and although it is small, it has created a successful clientele. McElwain says proudly, “ I have customers that are a really strong repeat customer base so it’s nice to kind of know everyone pretty well. I feel like when I do the buying I can be like, “Oh you know like Tracy would love this.” McElwain knows her customers and their style so well that she has added a unique aspect to Liebling that many other boutiques do not offer. McElwain explains, “I definitely have customers that live in other states and they will call me for something and we send people pick boxes sometimes so then they can send back what they don’t want to keep.” These pick boxes allow customers who live far away to still be able to shop at Liebling and the staff will put together a box that includes several pieces that they think the customer will enjoy.

The downtown and involved location of Liebling has helped the success of the store. McElwain says, “I actually think being right around the corner from Church Street like the kind of main drag in Burlington it's kind of a destination you know and I feel like being on College Street, literally 30 seconds away from Church Street, we are right in that little sweet spot. It's actually really beneficial and College Street is really cute too because it's all locally owned businesses. It's definitely grown, we have gotten many customers recently and having Patagonia across the street is really helpful… The size of the store is really nice and we get a lot of nice sunlight too.”

Owning a small business or retail store in such a small town can be challenging to get customers in the door. McElwain is confident that Liebling stands out from other stores around her. She says, “A lot of the stores are more for high school and college students and I’d say we are more like an adult store and we really focus on quality, simplicity, and classy, but very high end. I feel like it's strong because there's not really any other stores like us in town so that's an advantage.”

McElwain contines, “The weaknesses are growing and getting new customers and figuring out how to get people at the door because winter, for all the stores in town, is a bit of a challenge because it's cold and no one wants to be out and about, so learning how to grow. I think social media definitely helps with that. I have a lot of people come in and say, ‘I have never been here before but I saw you guys online.’ Even just being near Church Street I get people from out of town and they will be like, ‘This is so cute’ and then they will make a point to come back when they are back in Burlington.”

Business can be slow on Sundays in Burlington, especially in the winter, so McElwain incorporated a new aspect to Liebling that is useful for her customers. She says, “I decided in January that we would not be open on Sundays… I would like it to be by appointment so on Sunday the store is technically not open but if someone wanted to call and schedule an appointment with me they would come in and the store would be closed and they could get personal shopping from me. I've done it before and it ends up being really fun because you can have snacks and wine and just like the one on one experience is really nice for a lot of people, especially for those who can’t really get here during the week. I have some clients who live in Montpelier and Stowe and they are busy with their jobs and Sundays are sometimes the best time for them to do their shopping.”

The process of purchasing clothes for a retail store is very extensive and the owner needs to know what the trends will be in the next seasons. McElwain explains, “I go to New York four times a year for the buying. June and December are the smaller buying trips.” Planning ahead is crucial in retail because when going on buying trips, the shopping is for the next seasons to come. So, it is important to know what styles and trends will be popular in the future. McElwain includes, “The December market is for spring, so the stuff that comes in like February and March. However, the February market I was just at is for fall, one of the biggest seasons.” “If you go with a budget it is kind of hard because if you see stuff you like you know you can only bring about a quarter of it into the store”, says McElwain. Schedules are built for the buyers, allowing them to make appointments with designers to look at their items. McEwlain says, “A lot of times there are models in the showroom so what you decide you like and they will try it on for you… Some stores will do the ordering right there but I always get my notes and then when I'm back in the store I look at the budget and do my buying off of what I saw and what I liked. It’s a fun process going to New York and doing the buying is really fun. Coming back and narrowing it down is the hard part.”

McElwain and her staff focus greatly on customer satisfaction and host events to thank their customers for shopping at Liebling. McElwain describes her events: “I try to do a holiday party and a spring party every year so I’ll send invites and will try to have something going on too like a clothing or jewelry trunk show. We have champagne and snacks and just make it a night of shopping and we always do gift bags.”

There is a wide range of designers that Liebling carries that are trendy, yet luxury. While clothing is the main focus, shoes and accessories are also popular at Liebling. McElwain describes some of her favorite brands in the store. She says, “One of my favorite designers is Nili Lotan, she is Israeli but she lives in New York, and her stuff is perfect for everyday. She does more special stuff like silk and more workwear but her everyday stuff is perfect for our customers. She has really nice sweaters and denim, just stuff that is easy to incorporate into your lifestyle. People can wear it both work and play and her stuff is great.”

“R-13 is another one of my favorite lines and they do beautiful denim that is all made in Italy but they are more of an edgier line so kind of like distressed stuff, but their quality is really good.” McElwain adds, “That's more of my edgier line and it's fun like it's very wearable but it's kind of a fun addition to the store instead of your more classic pieces, you get more of your fun pieces.”

McElwain also discusses the unique accessories that can be found at Liebling. She says, “We sell bags from B May, Barbara May, she is out of Detroit but she buys all the skins and leathers in Italy and we have carried her for a long time. We like how understated and clean her stuff is, so there’s no like heavy branding or anything. It's just really nice high quality bags that you can use everyday. I have a lot of customers that like her so much they will buy a new bag every season so those are great. I really love jewelry so I carry a lot of 14K and 18K, more like fine jewelry and diamonds and precious stones. I really like Sophie Hughes, she's out of Boston and she uses all recycled metals, which is more sustainable and conflict free diamonds, which is also really important to me. I would say we do gold and silver jewelry and then bags and nice scarves and then shoes like boots and sandals too.”

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When God Wasn't There

Just a short continuation of When God Wasn't Watching. I will hopefully be getting my laptop back sometime next month so I can work on the main story.

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Patience woke up with her neck stiff and a bad taste in her mouth. She wondered why she had awakened before a broom nudged her head and a sardonic brogue greeted her ears. "Luvvy, you're sleeping on my back door. Are you lost?"

Patience sat up, and the immediate sting of pain between her legs made her wake fully. "No. Sorry ma'am, I'll be--getting on my way."

"Surely you want to wash your face. You're all messy. Your braids look like twin rockets."

"No, ma'am."

"Yes, ma'am. You are coming in right now and washing up and having breakfast, and you are telling me how you got here and where you come from."

***

Barbara had an Irish accent but an Italian last name. Nothing much made sense about her. But she was kindly and let Patience wash her face and hair in their basin, and even lent Patience her comb to brush out her long mousy hair. By the time she was done, a tall man with black hair and shaving cream all over his face came into the bathroom, startling her.

He looked uncannily like the drunk man from last night, but after she started stuttering apologies out and he kept looking at her confusedly, she realized he was someone else. She supposed all dagos looked the same.

"Honey, there's a little girl in the bathroom!"

"She's stayin' for breakfast, Gabe!"

The air was warm in the house, and toys strewn around. A Howdy Doody mask and a baby doll were both lying facedown in the hall. It made her comfy for reasons she couldn't explain--it was so difficult from her cold, methodical, organized aunt and uncle's house. It looked like an actual home, and she didn't want to leave.

The family--an eight-year old daughter (who immediately latched on to her) a son who spoke only Italian, and the two parents were sitting at the table, chattering loudly over a breakfast of eggs and buttered toast. She took her seat and began eating, noticing only now that she'd gone a day and a half without eating.

Barbara smiled at her as she scarfed down her eggs. "Sweetheart, your skirt is all dirty. Are you bleeding?"

Her words brought the memory of last night to the front of her mind, and suddenly the pain between her legs seared and she was retching, bent over the table.

"Sweetheart! Are you all right?"

"Lie down!"

"No," she sobbed. "I want to go home. I'm sorry. Thank you--but I need to leave--"

The door slammed. "Is that breakfast I smell?" A swaggering, dark-haired man in a black suit came through the front door, reeking of booze. He was dark-haired, with a foxlike face and a sharp resemblance to Gabe. As his black eyes focused on Patience, they sparked with recognition. "Hey, kid! What the hell are you doing here?"

She tried to run past him, but he seized her arm. "Not so fast, squirt. You're gonna tell me everything that happened last night and you're gonna do it now."

***

Seated on the sofa, she gradually broke down under their questioning, and began stuttering out her version of the night before. She had gone into the nightclub--she refused to say why--and Leonardo had been there, and he had done something bad to her.

As soon as she had said the words something bad, Gabe's eyes widened and Salvatore's fists clenched. Barbara's voice became flat. "What did he do to you?"

"He--he just hurt me." She was toying with the frayed edge of her sleeve. "A little bit. I swear, that's all he did. Please let me go home. He didn't do anything like--that!" She was stressed beyond belief, shredding her sleeve to ribbons.

She stood up, and Barbara Rose took her shoulder. "Do you want to go to the police?"

"What good will that do?" Scoffed Salvatore. "Leo Angelino fuckin owns the police, Porky."

"Language!"

"Please can I leave now? I don't wanna see the police. I don't wanna talk about it any more. I just wanna go home." Her voice sounded very small, but as she spoke they stopped arguing and looked at her.

"If that's what you want, honey. How far away do you live?"

"I live in... in Greenhaven, Massachusetts."

"That's a whole state over. Sweetheart, take some money for a train ticket. I have work today, but Salvatore can take you to the train station. How about that?"

Wiping her eyes on her sleeve, she nodded.

***

Salvatore drove her to the train station--his car smelled like cigarettes and alcohol, and he played awful sounding jazz the whole way. When he escorted her and made sure she got her ticket, he bought her an ice cream and sat down next to her as they waited for the train.

The ice cream was hot fudge, her favorite, but it didn't taste like anything to her. She felt queasy, and her insides ached.

"Hey, kid." Salvatore sounded contemplative. "You know, you don't wanna talk about what happened. I get you. It's hard. Especially for kids. Especially for girls."

She stared at the soggy rim of her cone. A drop of vanilla ice cream was dripping down the side.

"I don't like seeing kids hurt. Nobody does. So here." He slid a napkin over the bench to her, and she unfolded it. It was a phone number.

"If you need anything--anything--if you're having trouble, trouble with people, with anyone, really, if you're having a hard time paying for college--and ESPECIALLY if you're having trouble with that blond sunnuvabitch--you give me a call. Okay?" His voice turned gentle at that last word.

She stared at the smudged ink numbers, and felt a lump swell in her throat. She looked up at him with red-rimmed eyes. How was it possible that anyone could be this generous? Especially someone as intimidating as Salvatore? The cloying sweetness of her ice cream stuck to her togur as she stammered, "I forgot to thank you for--for protecting me that other night."

He snorted. "I just did what any decent person would do. The sad thing is? I know plenty of men who would have let him have you."

The train whistled, and she jumped up. It had arrrived without her noticing. "Thank you, Mr. Mallozzi. You're--a good man." She paused, then threw her arms around his narrow shoulders. Then she joined the bustling crowd.

When the train began to chug out of the station, she elbowed her way to the window and smooshed her face into the glass. Salvatore was still there, smoking a cigarette and chatting up a young blonde woman. She waved, and he caught her eye and waved back.

***

She let herself collapse in her seat. The leather was smooth under the backs of her legs. The throbbing had ceased somewhat.

Patience had never, in her whole life, been this glad to get home to her aunt and uncle. But just the thought of stepping into their cold, sparsely furnished townhouse her with a sort of relief she could only dream of. She wanted to go home and bury herself under her dark, cool covers and close her eyes and forget this ever happened. With every mile the train chugged, she was leaving behind what happened to her. She was leaving it behind forever.

***

She took a cab from Boston to Burlington, where her aunt and uncle lived. He dropped her off at the local diner, where she used the rest of her money for some oatmeal before she trudged home. By then it was late afternoon, and the sun beat down on her long chestnut hair. She struggled to wind them into braids as she passed the church, the grocery store, and the post office, putting her head down and hurrying past a giggling cadre of her classmates who pointed at her and talked behind their hands.

By the time she reached her street she almost wept with relief. As the three-story brown townhouse came into view she noted something unsettling--a black limousine parked in front next to her uncle's Cadillac. In fear, she wondered if it was the police, or a private investigator--after all, she had taken off with a fair bit of their money. Would they send her to a correctional school for wayward young women? She'd heard horror stories about them.

Well, anything was better than living on the streets. She determinedly pushed the door open. "Aunt Gemma? Uncle Jim?"

What she saw stopped her in her tracks.

Aunt Gemma was wiping her teary eyes, and Uncle Jim was white as a sheet. As she opened the door, his face turned livid with anger. "You are in big trouble, young lady."

But she barely heard him. She was staring at the last person seated at the table, who was the only one smiling.

"Why don't you sit down?" He said in a friendly tone, pulling out a chair.

She stood frozen, ice water traveling down her trembling legs. The place between her legs burned and seared. For one moment, she thought of turning and running, out the door, out of Burlington, out of this nightmare--

"Sit DOWN," snapped her aunt, her voice piercing the horrified silence like a gunshot.

Instinctively Patience went to sit down, as far away from the third man as possible. She kept an eye on the seam of his pants, knowing what was beneath and how much it had hurt her.

"Mr. Borghese here said you tried to rob him," said Aunt Gemma. "You--how could you do something like that? Do you know how serious this is?"

"I--I never--" her tongue was tripping over itself. "I didn't--I didn't do that!"

"Be quiet!" Snarled her uncle, his voice raising into a shout. "You'd best be grateful that Mr. Borghese isn't pressing charges--"

"It's fine, Mr. Garrett," said Mr. Mr. Borghese. The man uncrossed his legs, still smiling that jovial smile. He was wearing a boater hat and a pinstriped waistcoat over a white shirt. His pants matched his coat, and he wore gleaming, well-shined saddle shoes.

His voice made shadows erupt in her mind. Just hearing it brought her back to that night. "A young woman, no parents, no friends in school--it's often that they fall by the wayside, and it's our duty to help them back to the path of righteousness."

"Mr. Borghese has offered to do something very generous. He's offered to take you to Garland City and pay for your education at St. Joseph's Catholic School."

Patience felt like she was on a roller coaster that stopped dead in its tracks. Her body was trying to catch up with her mind by the time she stammered out, "No. I won't."

"You will, because we're fed up with putting up with you. We were within a hairs' breadth of calling the police on you stealing money from us before Mr. Borghese talked us out of it."

She cast him a look of fear. He was staring at her intently, his blue eyes gleaming with triumph and something else that made her shiver.

"Go upstairs and pack your things. Right now. I never want to see you in this house again. After the generosity we showed you--taking you in after your parents' death--and you repay us by stealing our money and running off."

Mr. Borghese stood up. "Let me come and help her pack. I want to talk to her for a bit. She's a wayward child, but a good one." He took her hand and squeezed, and she tried to yank it out of his grip, but he wouldn't let go, his grip feeling like iron.

He towed her up the stairs, and with every step Patience felt a sickening sense of doom heighten. There was only one room on the top of the stairs--hers--and he pulled the door open and ushered her in.

She stood in the corner of the room, eyes darting from the door to him as he took a seat on the faded quilt of her bed. His carefully manicured nail drew patterns on the embroidery as he kept his gaze on her. "Why are you frowning? Put a smile on that pretty little face, dolce ragazzina."

"Shut up! I hate you! Why are you doing this? Leave me alone! You're a murdering b-bastard and I--"

"Watch your language," he said, his voice a modicum softer. "It's very unladylike to swear. You're going to have to learn that, living with me. There is going to be a lot you have to learn."

She looked down. The floorboards were blurry, and realized there were tears welling in her eyes.

***

Patience folded her clothes carefully, keeping one eye on the blond back of Leonardo's head as he carefully packed her belongings.

She hated him going through her meager possessions, but was too afraid to tell him to stop, in case he hurt her.

He's gonna hurt you anyway, darling. And there's nothing you can do about it.

She heard a gentle chuckle on the other side of the room, and looked over to see Leo holding a box of newspaper clippings

Her anger overcame her fear. "Put that down!"

"Why dolce ragazzina, I had no idea you were this much in love with me! My my, how long have you been collecting these?" He was scanning her newspaper clippings of him, sharp blue eyes filled with mirth.

She tried to snatch them. "Give them back!"

He held them out of her reach, and with his other arm, drew her close. She was pressed against his body now, feeling his warmth, hearing his breathing and listening to the thump of his heart.

She shuddered, every molecule of her body wanting to recoil, but his strong arm kept her in place.

He slowly sat down and gripped her legs to spread them over his lap. Patience was panicking now. The thought that he had been IN her, had made her bleed and hurt, and now he was pulling her into a position where he could do it again, made her spine stiffen and her body begin to instinctively wriggle. "Let me go! Let me go! I'll do anything. Please leave me alone. I'l never seek you out again, I'll burn all my clippings, I'll never go to Garland City again--"

"It's a little late for that," he whispered in her ear. "You're my little girl now. Your aunt and uncle signed you over to me. I can and will do anything I want to you. How does that feel, Pazienza?"

Patience was crying now, repulsed and sick and wanting to just--just run away and hide. She hated his smell, sickly sweet like rotting flowers, and his voice, which was gentle but had nothing beneath it, no modicum of emotion. "Let go... you murderer, you r-r-r-"

"How does it feel that the man who killed your father is going to be your father from now on?"

She stopped struggling. "You knew all along," she whispered. She felt him smile against the nape of her neck as his hand crept up her leg, his long, soft fingers brushing the inside of her thighs.

"I remember it clear as day, as soon as you told me your name. Were you in the house when I pulled the trigger?"

Tears were streaming down her cheeks. She let her head thump against his shoulder. "I saw you. I watched you from the closet."

"Tsk, what a shame. If I'd just seen you, we could have gotten started a lot earlier." He nipped her nape, making her hunch her shoulders.

"Oh. Don't cringe, sweetheart. It won't be so bad living with me. I won't ask you for much. And I'll give you anything you want. How does that sound?"

"Then put a gun to your head," she ground out, trying to keep the trembling out of her voice, "And pull the trigger."

He laughed and let her slide off her lap. "Oh, I see we're going to have problems. You'll learn, and you'll learn soon. You're going to have a very different life with me. A very different life."

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