Danit did not warn me about how stubborn humans can be. Long hours of persuasion have yielded no results—Brooke has kept her self-protective silence, and Morgan remains ignorant of her feelings. It has been all I could do to keep her from making promises to her director that she should not, and my time is running out. They filmed the commercial yesterday, and today was for editing and processing. (I do not know what this means, but what is important is that it does not require Morgan’s presence, but does require the director’s, keeping her safely away from him.) The entire team, however, will meet tomorrow to view the finished work, and the director has asked Morgan to join him for a meal afterward.
She is both nervous and excited, for she knows what this means. As she told a silent Brooke, he has indicated that he has other offers to make her, jobs that will propel her career forward in a way that she has only dreamed of. She knows, however, that he will make demands on her in exchange for this favor.
I have grown very much to dislike this man. It is not kind of him, and not just at all, to hold her dreams over her as bait to lead her into a trap. It is a trick that I am certain the Enemy appreciates. Love should be given freely, rather than bought.
I must get Brooke to tell Morgan the truth tonight, or else tomorrow morning. If she waits any longer, it will be too late. If Morgan sells herself for her dreams even once, it will be that much easier for her to do it again. Only with the support of someone who truly loves her can she stand firm against the dangers of the life she has chosen.
I do have a plan, though some of you will tell me that it is very drastic. Perhaps it is—after all, these are only two people, and this but the merest strike in the Long Battle. But I have grown to love these women, as I do all of my charges, and I want very much for them to be successful, and more importantly, happy. So tonight, I act, and tomorrow we will know how this struggle will end.