But then again, not to treat these kids as actual kids—and to be fair to them, it wasn't like they were the only ones paying a visit to the suite floor because yeah, some people from George's group also paid either Robert or Agnes in the middle of the night or even the day.
In short, all sorts of people had a certain limit or threshold where they could resist temptation or where they needed a break from the mundane or hard work they were putting up with every single day.
It's just that some people take advantage of that and sometimes, they don't have to do anything, some people would just come unannounced without a prompt.
This type of thing happened more than people thought, and in this place's case, not only were Agnes and Robert ruling over everyone, but a good number of the soldiers did too.
From what I've experienced, the common currency when the dead started rising was sex, bullets, food, water, medicine, entertainment, security, and gas. There were a few niches, sure, but that's the common denominator.
It's shitty, of course, but a few days in without food or clean clothes would make someone's dignity cost far less. And sometimes, people don't even hold out that much—and that's when Casey and Camille come in.
We've already heard a bit from these two people but the reason I added Camille with Casey's name was that she had to shake hands with the devil just to make her sister's life a little more comfortable or to atone for what she did before—or that's what she thought.
Even when this place hadn't collapsed, as much as it would hurt to say, Sheepy's words rang true and it dug deep into Camille's chest.
"See what I mean?" Sheepy chuckled.
"..." Camille was just not saying a word.
Quinn grabbed him by the neck, "Shut up or I'll break your neck for real."
"..."
"..."
I continued, "But yeah, now that you fucks know her past 'now', and I'm also made aware of it, do know that we'll classify Casey as someone who couldn't give a sound decision by herself at the moment even if she's technically an adult. Part of the reason for that is her involvement with drugs, even if she took it willingly or unwillingly.
And since her situation is special, we'll move her over to my place and have my doctors check her."
"That's... Thank you."
I replied, "You're also coming with her since you're her sister and her legal guardian but do know that after we get her therapy and everything she needs, the training wheels will come off and whatever else she does will also be on her. We'd try to keep an open mind but everything should be within reason, alright?"
"Of course... I'll try my best to keep her out of it..."
"Camille."
"Yes?"
"It's gonna be hard for you to hear this but as you've said earlier, you can't be there for her at all times. Of course, she'll need some help from all of us but if this type of thing happens again, you have to—"
"With all due respect... sir. I can't do what you're trying to tell me. She's family."
"Then how about your life?"
She shook her head after a long pause, "I've ruined hers, sir... I'll try everything to fix it."
I nodded solemnly, "Alright, I understand. I was just telling you what could go wrong after this isn't on you, remember that."
"...y-yes, sir."