More things to find

Kiara was still feeling quite nice after spending some quality time with Bill. She was now in her office, going over the new security personnel she was getting, as well as some new donors. They were running low on bottled blood and she had yet to tell Bill about it. She wasn't sure if he wold still be willing to accept any of the bottled blood Quinn was wanting to deliver.

As she looked at her screen which was switching between the security camera feeds, her personal desktop and the radio frequencies from the walkie talkies the guards were using. She wanted to make sure the local cops couldn't run into their private frequencies.

She didn't notice it until the third pass of the screen that something was registering in the radio frequency screen. She noticed something that shouldn't be there, and it was surprisingly close to home, more importantly inside the mansion.

She got up, grabbing her phone to check the screen so she could find the source and headed out of her office, wondering about to find the mysterious beep.

James was at Merlotte's working and she was bored. So she decided to do what all American women did on the weekends on a Saturday night...she cleaned out her closet, literally and figuratively. She was going through the box she had stashed in the far back, a box that held onto so many precious memories from when she and Quinn were together. Pictures of them laughing, kissing and cuddling. Some of her that he had taken, a few where her hand was in front of her face and she was laughing and all that was visible from him was his hand on her foot, pulling her down the bed. A few of him grinning and attempting to take the camera from her. She remembered it was around Christmas, she had gotten a new camera and they had played with it all night until finally...passion took over and they were making love all over. She closed the album and saw the dress shirt she liked to sleep in, it still smelled like him. Holding it in her hands, she hesitated before finally bringing it to her nose and closing her eyes.

He would always be her friend, the person who helped her find pieces of herself. She dropped the shirt aside and moved things around in the box, yelping when something sharp cut her finger. The blood seeped to the surface and she moved her hand, some of the blood dropping onto his shirt. She cursed and finally it healed. Sighing, she carefully took the shard of glass from the picture frame that had broken out of the box, seeing the small locket at the bottom. She pulled it free and opened it, seeing the photo of them inside. She just stared at it and remembered the night he gave it to her.

Kiara wondered about the mansion for a while, sweeping the rooms. She finally found herself downstairs where it was more of Jessica and Jame's world. She hesitated to just snoop around but her phone beeping kept her going.

Several empty rooms, then the tiny gym that Jessica had been using before she found herself at their bedroom.

She knocked on the door. "Jessica? It's Kiara... mind if I come in?"

Her eyes widened and she quickly stuffed everything back into the box and stood, looking at the door and attempting to act normal. "Uh...yeah, sure come on in." Standing in front of the box, she tried to act like it was nothing important, sliding her hands in her jean pockets.

Kiara opened the door gingerly and poked her head in. She could instantly smell the blood, not a lot but enough to smell it.

"You alright?" she asked as she put her phone on mute for a moment. "And don't say yes... because I can smell your blood" she added.

She smiled nervously as if she had been caught doing something bad. Well, she hadn't but the thought of her going through things from her relationship with Quinn might look a little bad even if it was innocently meant. What would Kiara think? Well, she knew Kiara despised Quinn. Lifting her hand, she bent all fingers except her middle finger and shrugged. "Papercut.." Realizing she was giving Kiara the finger, she laughed and balled her fists. "Sorry, I was just going through some old journals and junk, spring cleaning...All better and healed now."

She nodded but not really convinced. "Uh huh...." she said as she pulled out her phone and turned the sound back on where the beeping was getting faster.

"Um...this is going to sound like a weird question, but has anyone given you like... any gifts or something... something small probably like a keepsake or jewelry?...and I'm not talking about anything James has given you"

She looked around and her eyes never met Kiara's. "I..don't think so. James has only given me this bracelet. Bill hasn't really been around too much. Oh I got this on sale online for twenty bucks, not sure if its real or CZ, but it sparkles and it doesn't burn my skin." She said as she showed off her infinity necklace. It meant a lot, the symbol. Especially to someone like her. The beeping was weird and she wondered why and what Kiara was doing. Pointing to her cell, she asked. "What's that?"

Kiara smirked. "Sniffing out bugs...literally" she said as she closed her eyes and actually sniffed the air. She followed the smell of Jessica's blood directly to the closet.

She ignored Jessica's protests as she opened the doors and sniffed around again. the smell was stronger and something else...something-

She stumbled back and wrinkled her nose and made a made "Gods... Quinn smell" she said as she grabbed the box of Jessica's things and dug in it. She ignored the pictures and anything else until she found the locket.

"you little bastard..." she muttered as she set her phone down and used one of her hair clips to pry open the back of the locket.

"Figures... and people wonder why I dislike him" she muttered again as she pulled out a tiny tiny button shaped electronic chip.

"HEY! No, what are you--Kiara!" She pushed past her anyway and began digging through the box of things, making faces at the smell and Jessica rolled her eyes. She tried to explain and protest but it only went on deaf ears. "Kiara, really?"

Watching her lift the locket, she curiously looked on as Kiara picked at the back. When she held up the very small chip, she folded her arms. "What the hell is that?"

Kiara got up. "If I'm not mistaken...it's meant to track your movements... like a gps" she said as she dropped it on the floor and crushed it under her shoe.

"Not unusual for Quinn to have tried to monitor you... it's very much his style" she said with a shrug.

As soon as she had crushed the little chip her phone went silent. "Well...that explains that... his gps was still transmitting"

Her jaw fell open slightly. Looking from the floor the smashed chip was on to Kiara's face, she tried to soak it all up. "So he...but he....A GPS!!! He had a fucking GPS in there! He...UGGGGGGHH!" She threw her hands up and began to pace. "So he never trusted me then, oh I bet he'd say it was for my safety. Between Bill and Quinn I'm not sure how I ever had room to breathe!" She yanked every piece of jewelry off and handed it to her. "Check it all, my rooms, everything...I WILL NOT be monitored like a damn child! I am not some lab rat! House arrest I swear to God is making me go insane Kiara, you have to get me out of here. Convince him to let me go to work at least. I'll only work when James does...PLEASE! Please do something or I may just walk into the sun...I can't...I can't do this anymore." She was pleading with her.

Kiara blinked, taken aback by the outburst. "Ok first...Bill doesn't monitor you like that... bless him he's old fashioned, if he wanted you tracked he'd send guards" she said casually.

"Second...house arrest? Is Bill not letting you leave the mansion at all?" she asked, this being news to her. She sighed. She'd have to talk to Bill about this.

She sat down and helped Jessica sit so she'd calm down a bit.

"Look... right now Bill has every right to keep you close. Already one vampire infiltrated the mansion quite easily and he's not taking that very well. Now with Quinn showing his true colors Bill has very few people he can truly trust with the safety of his daughters"

She nodded and sat, trying to calm herself. "Yes, house arrest. His words were 'Jessica, I wish for you to remain in the mansion until I am positive this war with Isabel is over.' or something like it...either way, I'm stuck here. I feel like I'm going crazy." She buried her head in her hands and blew out a breath, lifting it when she said Quinn's true colors.

"What....happened?" No one had told her and Bill asked her to speak to Brianna because they had had a fight. But she was clueless as to what happened.

Kiara shrugged "Well... long story short Quinn was sleeping with Isabel, doing some of her bidding and he slept with Brianna even though Bill trusted him to guard her" she said casually like the fact that Quinn had done something terrible didn't even anger or phase her.


"Bill hated Quinn before...now he REALLY hates him"

Her jaw fell open again and all she could do was blink. Just blinked....and shook her head no very slowly as if she were trying to process and absorb her words. Her hands were palm up on her lap as she sat there appearing frozen.

Finally, after a few minutes, she got her mouth to close. "He....woah....what? Really? Isabel? I...woah. I am trying to...." She swirled her finger around her mind as she sighed. "And I thought my life was complicated......"

Kiara chuckled "Oh no sweetie... your life is easy compared to the drama that goes on outside your door" she said with a smirk.

"Look... I can't make any promises since Bill doesn't think you can really fight off vampires and stuff but I'll try to get him to let you out at least for a date night or something"

She then patted her shoulder "And don't be surprised...Quinn used you too to get back at Bill... you were really the only reason Bill didn't kill Quinn out of principle"

She smiled a bit and nodded, eager to get out of this mansion. "Please...I'd like to go back to work. Please!"

Her smile faded when she mentioned Quinn using her. It was something she refused to believe, even after everything that happened. She would always hold love in her heart for him and the feelings she had for him were real, their connection....was real. His feelings for her were real too, he didn't...he couldn't have used her. She looked away and just nodded. "Yeah..." Refusing to talk more about that particular subject.

She got up and stretched "Well... guess I bugged you long enough. I was just looking for that beep... can't be too careful now days" she said as she grabbed her phone.

"again..no promises on Bill, sometimes my pout only goes so far with him"

She looked at the floor and gave a forced smile, nodding. "Yeah uh...thanks. I mean, for finding the bug. I didn't know it was there." Looking up at her, she shrugged. "I know he's pretty hard to convince, but I have faith in you." She smiled.

She chuckled. "Your faith would be better placed elsewhere sweetie" she said casually as she walked to the door.

She then blinked and looked around "Wheres your donor? I know you said she'd been sad lately"

She looked down at her hands and then looked up at Kiara when she mentioned her donor.

"Oh I uh...I've been avoiding her. I know I know! That's bad...she's just so...sad. I don't want to glamour her, but she's afraid to talk."

Kiara nodded. "I can bring you another one... perhaps you'd be more inclined to a male donor?" she asked, knowing Bill would be very angry if Jessica wasn't feeding properly.

"I can always talk to your donor...I know she's shy but she really is sweet"

"No...no male. I uh...well...no." She smiled and shook her head. "I'll talk to her...I just have to figure out what to say. What happened to her again? Maybe hearing it from you, I can prepare myself..."

"What happens to most young pretty girls around vampires, a vampire abused her to the point of breaking"

She leaned against the wall. "Really what she needs is another vampire who will be kind to her, so she can build up her confidence. A male vampire may be too intimidating which is why she's with you"

She crossed her arms "all she needs is a friend Jess... even if you don't want to feed from her she needs a friend around her age, just to hang out, talk, do whatever it is teenage girls do"