As soon as they got to the building, they were ushered up to where the boss Linus was. He was smoking, plugging some numbers into a phone on his desk. When his eyes met with Alice, he gave a cold, narrow-eyed grin as someone picked up on the other line. When the voice sounded, Alice's heart nearly stopped.<br/><br/>It was her father.<br/><br/>Linus pressed the speaker button on the receiver and began to speak, blowing a bit of smoke in his daughter's direction. "Hello<span style="font-style: italic"> Roberts.</span>" The man on the other end sounded confused, "Who is this? What do you want?" By that time, Alice couldn't hold back anymore. She ran past the gang members in the room and cried out "Dad!" as she hurried to the phone. Linus glared in his cronies' direction, and two of them grabbed her and covered her mouth. Her father sounded shocked, "...Alice?!" His attention then turned to Linus when he heard no more of his daughter, who struggled in the hands of her captors, "What do you want from my daughter??? What do you want??"<br/><br/>Linus pursed his lips, seeming displeased he had forgotten about their deal already, "You owe me a fair bit of money, 'sir', and I'm here to make sure I get it."<br/><br/>He fell silent for a moment, struggling to realize who it was, and when he understood, "I told you I'll get it to you by the end of the month." Linus suddenly appeared furious. He slammed his fist on the table with such ferocity that the flimsy Ikea table had a large, splintery crack in it, allowing the phone receiver to slide towards the crevice. "You don't get it, do you Roberts?? I've had my men watch you, and whenever you get your paycheck, you go to the slots!" Roberts fell silent on the other end, then asked, "Your beef is with me, not my daughter. Please, let her go."<br/><br/>Linus chuckled cruelly, "She is our compensation here, Roberts. If you don't pay me back by the end of the month, I start cutting off body parts." Alice stared with wide eyes and paling skin when he glanced over at her, she could only guess her father felt just as clammy and ill. "I don't particularly like how large her nose is. That might be the first to go-"<br/><br/>"Alright!" Linus paused, hearing the poor man's plea. "I'll get you the money, but please, don't hurt her!" Linus blew another smoke ring, then replied, "You better. And if I hear<span style="font-style: italic">anything</span>from the cops, she's going to be found on a pike right outside your house. You got it?"<br/><br/>Suddenly, Alice bit down on the hand of the guy covering her mouth. He let go temporarily, allowing her to run over to the phone again, "Dad! It'll be ok, just get the m-mmph!" This time, Linus covered her mouth with a hand, before pressing a button, cutting off the connection. He set down the phone in its dock, then slapped her across the face. She sprawled onto the floor, dazed. "Here's how it goes, girl. You work for me, no, I OWN you. You do anything I wouldn't like, you get punished. You refuse to do what my men tell you to that doesn't go against my orders, you get punished. You ever try to run, you'll get shot down as fast as we can fire. You two" He pointed to two random men, unfortunately not her 'friend' from yesterday, "You teach her how to ride a motorcycle. If she refuses, we just send her to a brothel." They chuckled, then grabbed her by her arms and started to lead her out.