She was completely silent as she stared at her reflection, the reflected blue eyes staring back at her. She could see the worry there, but also the relief. After this, she'd be done. This was the last 12.5 thousand she was giving him. It would leave her with barely over 12000 afterwards, but it was worth it. It was entirely worth it, as she was ensuring that her friend would be spared. 

"Dammit... This isn't ideal." she muttered before shaking ehr head. She hated this situation, how it happened in the first place. She didn't know what he'd been creeping around her place, but she wasn't worried about that. She was more worried about what he was going to do with what he'd recorded. 

Her. Appearing in a pillar of light, with a friend. Said blonde friend then vanished in another pillar of light to leave her alone. 

It was caught on camera, and she knew that was one hell of a risk, a concern. She was paying him off to stop him, to make it that he wouldn't go after the blonde. As her thoughts drifted back to the past three months, she felt her anger starting to rise. It wasn't something that happened often, but sometimes she couldn't control it. It went hand in hand with her curse, and she knew that.

Before she could even process that her temper was flaring, her fist had already been pulled back. Before she could stop it, the mirror was shattered, and her hand hurt. A lot. There were shards of glass in her skin, but she didn't care. All she was worried about for the moment, was paying him off, and being done with this, with him. 

And then she felt the air change slightly, mere moments before there was a swirl of hell in her kitchen. She knew he was arriving, and it was time, but ... that didn't mean she wanted him there. 

She grabbed the money off of the shelf she was near before heading to the kitchen, where he was. 

"Later than last week." she commented coolly as she held the money out to him. 

"Here's your final 12.5."

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"Not like you have any other reason to be here." She stated simply, although she realised that this was likely going to go south. Yes, something was signed between them, but he held the page, and it would be easy enough for him to just ... do away with that. She knew that.

She wasn't stupid, after all.

"So, yes. Farewell." She said simply before going to close the door, not sure if she would be stopped, of what would happen. All she DID know, was that the payment plan was done, she should be free of him.

Should be.

Hell, she was figuring that she better be.

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She just sighed, having really expected this.

"Oh just fuck off." She stated after a moment or two.

"Seriously." She added. "I paid my dues. Now fuck off lest I go above you."

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She was completely silent, not entirely sure what to make of that.

"Oh fuck off." She said with a bit of a snarl.

"We're done. The contract stated that I was to pay you 12.5 thousand dollars a week, and I have. Now fuck off."

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She let out a cry as she felt her curse kick up. She didn't want to, as he was still there, but she hadn't had a choice in the matter.

"Bastard" She growled, not able to say anything more for the moment. What she did know, was that she had to try and contain, control this.... but she couldn't.

Perhaps it was because this was forced upon her, there was no way for her to know, but that was her guess.

And it was the best guess sdhe had.

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Once he was gone and dhte door was closed, she just sank to the floor, her knees up and her head in her hands.

"No... n o no no." She said quietly, panicking slightly. She had no idea what it was that she was to do here, what it was that she could do, for that matter.

What she did know, however, was that she most certainly couldn't head out, couldn't meet up with anyone, and had to call in to work. Granted, she wasn't convinced that she could for the moment.

She didn't even know the time, for that matter.

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She barely processed that her cell chimed before making a serious effort to get it out of her pocket. It wasn't easy, and her head wasn't feeling right with her curse acting up as it was, either.

"I...." she started before looking to the screen. She just stared at it for a few seconds, probably longer than the one who was waiting on a reply, would like before she just shook her head.

"Damn..." she saidq uietly before shaking her head and typing a reply.

Sorry. Something came up. Was all she sent. It was weird, even for her.

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Just... just something has... something's come up. Was the reply that he received. She didn't have anything else to say for the moment.

He couldn't come here, not with how her arm was being. She needed time alone, and she needed time without him, without anyone.

Alone. No emotions to feed upon.

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The one he was looking for, Erica, was silent. She didn't know what it was that she could make of this, what it was that was to come next. She did, however, not move. Didn't move, didn't speak, nothing.

She knew he'd find her easily enough, after all.

Sure enough, he did. He found her at the door a matter of two, maybe three minutes later.

"Erica!" He exclaimed as she hurried over, getting down on his knees by her and taking stock. He knew that he had to try and calm that curse down, before it got worse.

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Sure enough, what he was doing was helping, and helping about as much as usual. It took close to fifteen minutes before it was down to a more reasonable level.

"... thank you." She said after a moment or two. "I ... I don't know how long it would have lasted, and that is something I really don't like." She added after a few seconds.

".... Just... thank you."

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