Once upon a time not too long ago there lived a very beautiful girl. As beautiful as she was she was equally spoiled. Her parents bought her a car for turning sixteen and a laptop for graduating high school. They paid for her to go to college but she mostly screwed around and ended up dropping out a couple of times. Her name was Diana but because she was so spoiled everybody called her Princess.
Like a lot of spoiled people and to be perfectly fair Americans in general during the early years of the twenty first century Princess did not live within her means. She made just over minimum wage but she had a Playstation 3 hooked up in her SUV. Her cell phone was an all in one everything. It could take pictures, find her on GPS, tune her guitar and even make light saber hums as she swung it through the air. On top of that she married a boy not a man and he couldn't hold down a job but spent her money.
She owed a lot of people money, her parents, her ex boyfriend, the bank and one other that was of interest. She owed the local loan shark and that is where our story picks up. You see loan sharks aren't like friends and family who might secretly resent you but would never do anything about it. They aren't quite like banks who send their process servers to challenge you to dance offs in the streets. I actually have it on good authority that doesn't really happen either, you got served was referencing something other than process serving when they made that film. No when your time is up with the local loan shark he sends men to break your knees or sometimes something worse. Some times they just kill you to make an example for the others.
The loan shark that Princess had borrowed money was some times called Barry and other times he was called Bam Bam, it didn't really matter what you called him the important part was to know he wasn't the kind of man you wanted angry. If you were on his good side he was your best friend, pay your bills on time and he'd give you a little sugar on top to make things extra sweet, but if you were naughty he'd want ninety percent of his money back as soon as he discovered you were an idiot and that was the case with Princess. She'd borrowed twelve thousand dollars from him. That money was supposed to go to paying for rent and food and even her cell phone for the rest of year. Barry felt like he'd been generous letting her keep the cell phone on his dime, it wasn't really a requirement to life but it made him feel better to know he'd helped.
Princess could have spent the money wisely on those things and continued on with her job at the hotel until things turned around. It would have been a meager existence but that was the case for a lot of people near the turn of the first decade of the twenty first century. Instead of saving that money though she spent it. She spent it on Pokemon and trips to Las Vegas and a honey moon in Cancun! This made Barry very angry and that's why Princess was standing nude in an abandoned warehouse awaiting her fate.
"You know I'm a smart man Princess. I know when someone is going to be able to pay and comply with my wishes. I can look at you and know you can't so I'll only ask would rather learn to fly or swim with the fishes?" Barry asked Princess. He was pacing back and forth as he spoke only occasionally looking at her.
"Why don't we wait. I have friends and family surely one of them will pay you the money I owe. Can I call them to see?" Princess asked.
"Of course not you spoiled snot. I already called everybody who might care or have a soft spot. Your husband, your father and your ex boyfriend have all been given ransom notes for your return. It's about half what you owe but nobody is coming to help you know." Barry said. "You should be happy though. I don't know why but I'll still let you choose if you swim or if you fly."
Princess knew he wasn't joking at all. He wasn't smiling as he often did, no the look on his face was completely serious. There was already a shallow steel tub and a bag of concrete resting in the room where she could see it. She wouldn't need quite so much equipment if she choose to fly the friendly skies but it seemed that Barry was had a feeling of whimsy for he packed her a golden parachute for the fall. It was slashed and tattered, her fall it wouldn't stall, but she it was going to bring a smile to his face and that counted for a something.
"Tick tock Princess. I have other people with money they owe and some of them might have people who are willing to pay. I can choose for you if you're going to take all day." Barry shook his head and started mixing the cement in the small tub.
