**Chapter 12: Submit to the Procedure**
**Penny**
Part of Penny’s mind heard the click of the phone. The rest of her could only hear the silence.
“Hello?” she asked but knew the answer.
Nothing. There was nothing. She called the number back. It was the same motel, but she didn’t know Nadia’s room number. She had resisted before, but now she could be there in minutes and make the staff tell her where Nadia was. She didn’t need to be good anymore. Her Dolly was so close, just out of her fingertips.
And she loved her. Was that true? Penny wanted it to be true. More than anything, she wanted someone to see her for who she really was. She wanted someone to see the monstrous parts of her but not call her a monster. Could Nadia be that person? Could she see the broken pieces of Penny and not just tolerate them, but want them?
*No,* said a voice of iron. *No one wants the scraps of you.*
Penny shivered. She threw off the covers of the bed and got up, pacing around the room with her hands over her ears.