Mika's job wasn't all bad. There were the nice young men eager to please as

much as to be pleased. There were the travelers who wanted ears to hear their tales

just as much as to have a night to remember. There were the disgruntled husbands who

merely wanted a kinder warmer touch. They weren't rare, but neither were they

common. No, her usual clientele were the ugly, the grotesque, the controlling, and the

cruel who wanted to leave a girl in tears with bruises and teeth marks. So when they

told her that her contract had been sold, she harbored no hope that her future contained

anything pleasant.

When she entered the back room used for business she found herself rather

perplexed. A slightly younger mirror image of herself stared back with a stupid youthful

grin. It spoke to how worn out she felt that it took her perhaps thirty seconds to realize it

was Rin. Behind her younger sibling was Rin's Oni-Kai friend or girlfriend or something.

She hadn't taken the time to figure that one out yet. It took another few moments before

it hit her. Rin had bought her contract. Mika threw her arms around her little sister and

openly sobbed.