<div style="text-align: justify;">Las Vegas, Nevada - Saturday<br/><br/>Melissa was feeling more miserable by every second she spent in the Casino. So that was the place her mother went to when she wanted to get herself in trouble - that is, always. Great. That’s all she needed, to have to drag herself into that hellhole to pay her mother’s debts. A small part of her wanted to say <span style="font-style: italic">‘fuck this’</span>, go home and let her pathetic excuse of a mother handle her own shit. Another part of her, though, knew that guilt would eat her alive if she didn’t help and something bad happened to the woman. And as she was a moron - at least that was what Melissa was telling herself -, she was there to clean up a mess she had not made with her hard earned money.<br/><br/>She was about to leave, disgusted with the environment she had never set foot in, when someone finally seemed to notice she was there. The man seemed a little intimidating for a girl who had never been to a casino, despite having been born and raised in Vegas. Well… he seemed intimidating up until the moment he opened his mouth, that is. <br/><br/>Trying hard to keep a straight face, Melissa nodded when Erimar said he was Jace’s personal assistant. Well, it looked like she had found the right person to talk to. At least that was a bonus, as it would probably help her get the hell out of that place faster. “I… he doesn’t know me. I’m Melissa Carey. I’m Pamela Carey’s daughter”. With a sigh after these words, she added, in a somewhat grim intonation. “I know. I look absolutely nothing like her. But trust me, she <span style="font-style: italic">is</span> my mother”.<br/><br/>Melissa had been so used to explaining that she was indeed her mother’s daughter that the words slipped out naturally. Pamela Carey was, after all, a discount Pam Anderson. Tall, blonde, with huge (fake) breasts, while her daughter was a small brunette, content with what nature had given her, as she was busy with other things, like studying and working. And she definitely didn’t fit in that casino, unlike her mother, who seemed to be at home in that environment.</div>