And she couldn't move.Laura wasn't at home, and it wasn't morning. Her sleep wasn't the slumber that comes after a day of honest work and play. It had...been induced with a careful blend of a fast-acting soporific and a longer-acting hypnotic, to put her out fast and to keep her confused, pliable, and mildly amnesiac once she awoke. She'd eventually remember everything that was done to her (well, almost everything) but for now her world was limited and hazy.As a teen, Laura (then O'Malley) was. No doubt they would have been shocked. No, it was my dirty little secret and it was surfacing again with the arrival of my cousin.After all the ceremonies were over and I had my diploma in my sweaty hands, I finally saw him. He hadn't changed that much and my heart fluttered when he smiled at me. He came up to me and gave me a hug."Congrats, cuz," he said warmly."Thanks," I said, smiling back at him.I didn't see any trace of animosity there. I was relieved. He probably came to understand that. I went to work the next morning and the day went well and one day led to the next and soon it was the weekend again and I began to think about Darius I hadn't called him nor he me and I wondered if I could find his place again so I hired a cab and went for a drive the way we had gone that night I thought I would never find the place again but then there it was impossibly tall building right there across the street I paid the driver to wait for me and went inside I walked kind of ran to the. I still thought he was a nutjob but a part of me really hoped it did work. Maybe I could try to get into college or a technical school and it’d be nice if I didn’t have my v card intact.The bum was gone now, so I hung around the front entrance. Rain was lightly falling and the streets turned into a sea of neon lights. Yeah, I was deep in the red light district.I toyed with my phone, my finger kept hovering over the Brain Hack app. I got to try it with someone.I watched as people walked by,.