(no worries
sorry, post is kind of eh :/ next one will be better)
Jane seemed unfazed about Penelope telling her about the grumpiness of the boy downstairs, she was quite certain that he could not be much worse then Aspen when she first met him, and thus was sure she could get him to open up. If her optimism was misplaced would show later. This all was very exiting indeed. Jane never had much contact to others around her age, and spending time with them, even if it was just for a short while, made her mood rise considerably. "It is pretty nice!" she agreed, looking down the hallway and trying to take in everything her 'tourguide' was saying.
She nodded understandably "yeah I get that...I wouldnt want anyone to just go into my room either." truth was she did not even have her own room for quite some time now. That made it all the more exiting to her when
Penelope mentioned that she maybe would get one of her own. "your really think I'll get my own room? that would be so great!" she said excitedly, almost bouncing. "I mean I dont really know how long we will stay here, if I'm honest" she added, furrowing her forehead slightly. She shrugged "ah well, I'm cool with anything as long as we can stay here a little. Its much better then the last place we stayed at" she confessed.
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"No thanks, I'm good" he said. He was aware that he looked quite bad, but he decidet that this right now was more important. Besides, he did not want to usher her around on top of it all.
Before they could go any further on her side of things, she already asked him about Jane. "Right." he said, before sighing slightly "A few months after we last met, Janes mother basically crashed into my door, with the kid in tow and badly injured. Since I knew her quite well from...certain jobs in the past, I agreed to take care of the kid, at least for a short while, while she tried to lure her pursuers away. It did not turn out well for her . And it left me with Jane. to make things worse, it turned out that she was married to Raphael Fjodorov"
Fjodorovs gang was not overly big, but they where quite influental, having their fingers in all sorts of businesses and a big network all across the country. And they, or rather Fjodorov himself, where well known and feared for their extreme and sadistic actions, should something not go the way he liked.
"So. I ended up as the 'kidnapper' of Fjodorows only child on their black list. Jane herself is absolutely terrified to go back to her father. She says he used to try to make her do ...things, as a part of his training. He wanted her to take over the family business at one point. and he would punish her failures by..." he stopped, shaking his head slightly "anyway. Thats basically how I ended up traveling across the country for the last few months, trying to keep her safe" he looked into Clarabelle's eyes "now, just to calm your nerves: I was able to shake them of for now, and the hoax I organized should keep them busy for a while. But it just cant go on this way."
He stopped, before adding in a quiet voice "and that is why I came here. You and your establishment are the only place where she is safe." He stopped, before adding "Because I need to finally put this sadist down".
He was not sure how she would react, but he felt that it was best to just get it out, clear and without any more chatter. He would not be angry if she decidet to just kick them out at this point tho...