Theresa and Molly had been roommates for about four years. They had known each other since high school, growing up in the same city and going to the same all girls catholic high school in Boston. Molly became a nurse and Theresa became a financial advisor and fiduciary. The two woman, now in their 30s, have established careers and are just waiting to find the right guys and have families.
In the time they had been roommates, Molly had become a bit jealous of Theresa. Theresa as it turns out, became quite rich in the last couple years. She managed to get several very wealthy clients and between commission and pay, she found herself worth several million dollars. She could buy just about anything she wanted, go anywhere she wanted, but she never even considered it. She still though of herself as "struggling middle class."
Molly, on the other hand, was a nurse. She loved being a nurse. She was training to be a "Nurse Practitioner" that can take on some of the responsibilities of an MD. This extra education will allow her to make more money and be a better nurse.
Theresa and Molly have been best friends for about 15 years with all the trust and give and take any relationship of that longevity has. They "loved" each other. They dreamed that they would raise their families together, their husbands would be friends. Sadly, Molly was starting to see this dream slip away. As Theresa became surrounded by richer and richer people, they had less and less in in common.
Theresa had also ended a relationship about a couple months back to Brad. From any view, Brad was using Theresa for her money. The cruise that was scheduled in two weeks was bought and paid for by Theresa for Brad's birthday.
Theresa was checking her email and received some preregistration information about what she would need for the cruise. She silently cursed Brad, "That bastard," she didn't even like cruises, but Brad wanted it. She was furious with herself. What was she thinking? Cruise? She got seasick!
She called out: "Molly, come here I want you to see something."
Molly came into Theresa's office and looked at the email. "Didn't you cancel that?"
Theresa replied "No, I forgot about it. Now I'm passed the cancel date."
Molly asked "What are you going to do?"
"I'm not sure. I'll give the tickets to someone. Do you want them?"
Molly answered "What am I going to do on a cruise? I haven't dated anyone in months. Who would I take?"
Theresa thought for a second, "Molly, don't you have some vacation time banked? Do you think you can get away? Want to go together? Its all paid for, all inclusive. It will just go to waste if I don't use the tickets and we should have a vacation."
Molly answered "I have whole weeks I haven't taken. I'm pretty sure I can get out of work, but I will still need to study for my exam."
Theresa answered, "Promise, I'm not going to go wild. I'm not in my 20s anymore, but wouldn't it be nice to get away from housework, job, and everything? You may even be able to focus better studying."
"That's sounds great. I'll put in for vacation tomorrow morning."
Theresa asked, "You know I get seasick, can you find something for me? I hate the feeling of dramamine when I take it. If its going to affect how I feel, can I at least get something that feels good? Can you find something in one of your books?"
"Sure, I'll look, it will probably be prescription, but I know a doctor who'll write it."
A week later, Molly and Theresa were getting all the things they needed for the cruise next week. Molly produced a prescription for an anti-nausea medicine. Molly warned Theresa that the drug is not typically used in the U.S. for sea sickness, it is used for it in other countries, but in the U.S. it is used for nausea after chemo-therapy. There are some side effects, its a strong narcotic but at this very low dose, you can hardly know you are on it. The drug is scopolamine. You need to limit how much you drink, one or two drinks MAX. I really recommend taking dramamine. There are some urban legends about scolpomine being used for "mind control" but, that's just because it is a strong drug. Any narcotic or even alcohol in strong enough dosages will have similar effects.
Theresa listened to her friend but didn't focus too hard. Theresa didn't think she would be drinking much anyway. She really thought she would merely be using the gym, pool, and sleeping. That was her ideal vacation.
When they got back to the apartment, Molly said to Theresa, I made sure we had one or two extra pills. I wanted you to try one before we go to see if you tolerated it better than dramamine. Also, there is a rare occurrence of a rash and dry mouth. We are in for the night, so let's take one now and see how you feel in about an hour. Theresa agreed and took one of the pills.
About an hour later Theresa admitted that she had a slight euphoric feeling, she liked how it felt. She said to Molly, "I think I can feel it kicking in, ever so slightly. If I wasn't trying to feel an effect, I don't think I would never have known. So far so good. This is MUCH better than dramamine."
Theresa usually took a 5mg TCH gummy to sleep at night. Without thinking, Theresa took her gummy after dinner. After about an hour, Theresa became very very relaxed. She said to Molly "Wow, between the seasick medicine and my gummy, I feel great."
Molly hadn't considered the gummy with the prescription, she was going to keep an eye on her friend tonight.
While they watched TV, Molly wanted to try some tests. To test how potentially dangerous the drug was, she asked Theresa some questions. "Theresa what's the PIN of your ATM card?"
Theresa answered "7539"
Molly became concerned. "Theresa, write me a check for $100,000 dollars."
Theresa said "sure," and got up to get her checkbook, wrote the check, and handed it to Molly.
Molly said to Theresa that she should go to bed, she said OK, and went.
The next morning, Molly was concerned. She asked Theresa how she slept. Theresa answered "I slept great, I don't even remember going to bed. I must have fell asleep watching T.V."
