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PART ONE: CLOCKING OUT

At first, the ticking of the timer drilled a hole into Stephanie’s patience, each click bouncing in her ears and echoing in her skull. But now she found it peaceful and meditative. At least, when she could get herself to focus. The reception area in which she was stationed was an inside room of the suite; she had no direct access to outdoor light and even with the fancy smart-office system… LEDs still did not cut for the real thing. Especially moments like these when her boss deliberately maxed them to full brightness on the whitest setting.

Melissa was a marine biologist by trade, though she was also quite like the occaisonal freestyle diving. She was a very good swimmer and she was known by everyone as someone who was kind to everyone and always protected the little guy, no matter the cost. She was also incredibly hot. With a capital 'Holy Smokes!' from pretty much anyone who saw her. She was about average weight for her height but pretty muich all that weight was in her butt and her breasts, which appeared almost cartoonishly huge and round and seeming defying gravity at the massive double-E cup.