Office Furniture, Part 5
James smiled as he watched the video. It was a headcam shot showing someone moving through what appeared to be a bank vault using night vision. The person moved slowly and quietly, dodging laser beam triggers and some other things that appeared to be pressure plates. The cam made it up to a section of the vault and then went to work opening a safe deposit box. The person had it open in less than a minute and then proceeded to remove the contents which consisted of cash, and several jewelry boxes. The person put the box back, locked it and retraced their steps without tripping any alarms.
"I must say, your crew's abilities have gotten rather good very quickly Charlotte." James said as the video cut off.
Charlotte smirked as she tapped on a laptop. "This was just a trial run. This box was one of Lisa's in Intersection City up the coast. This bank has the best security of the city, and our plan is to hit it in a month when they get the cash for the ATMs. We are going to clean out the cash and the safe deposit boxes in one go. Should be a haul worth over $50 million."
James grunted and then sighed. "Thank you, Tia, lovely as always." The lovely Asian hacker giggled and got up off her knees.
"Thank you, Doctor, I just LOVE giving you pleasure!"
"I know you do." James thought with an internal chuckle.
Tia joined Shanti, Janice, and Jenna at the table. They had been briefing him on their next crime as well as having fun.
"I believe things are going well for this, you may proceed. Jenna, how is your "other" life going?"
Jenna smiled. "Perfectly. Ms. Liberty has busted a crew of bank robbers and has saved several children from a fire. And we have something set up for when we do the bank job that will place Ms. Liberty here in the city foiling a crime while Ms. Felony helps pull it off."
James nodded and stood up. "Excellent. You are all doing so well with your treatments. I'm so glad this is helping. Now then, I have an important appointment, so enjoy your afternoon. Jenna, you will be accompanying Diane to the club this evening?"
"Yes Doctor, she has some new customers at the club she is looking to induct into the VIP section."
James nodded. Jenna was really saying that Diane had some new rich clients, and she was going to try and get them to hook up with some of her girls as johns. She hadn't failed yet and her client list was already long and full of rich and powerful men (and a few women) in the city. Should anything go wrong, the amount of influence she had would almost certainly guarantee her safety.
"As well as mine." James thought as he stood up and headed out to his office.
He enjoyed the short walk to his office and entered in. Amy nodded as he came in the door.
"Doctor, you one o'clock is confirmed, she should be arriving shortly."
"Thank you, Amy. Send her in once she arrives."
James sat down at his desk and reviewed some paperwork on some "normal" patients. His magical office furniture was very helpful in treating all sorts of issues and James reflected that he had helped more people and made more progress in the last few months than he had in years. Being able to get inside someone's mind and then change what needed changing certainly made his job much easier. He wondered for a moment if this wasn't his way of making up for the other things he had done.
Such as turning his partner from a brilliant psychologist into a gold-digging, super-horny, madly in love with him stripper. Or a Super-heroine into a super-villain, or a rich heiress into a French maid. Or a therapy group into a stable of hookers.
James chuckled and shook his head. "I guess maybe not. Especially considering I have not planned on stopping anytime soon." He thought.
After a bit there was a knock on the door and then it opened.
"Come in please. Have a seat." James called out as the woman walked in.
"Oh. I'm sorry I was expecting Dr. Messher." The woman stated as she walked over and sat down on the couch. She slid off her shoes and lay back.
James sat down and used his magical chair to link to the woman and then said "She is busy, so I will take care of things. You have no issues with that." He pushed the thought of complete and total trust in him into her head.
The woman smiled and said "No, I have no issues at all with that. I trust you fully."
"Very good. Now then Amber, what can I help you with?"
Amber was a very lovely woman. Dirty Blonde, just under six-foot tall, blue eyes, nice, toned figure, great rack. She looked very professional in her business suit and just over the knee skirt. She had her hair up in a bun and set of glasses, giving her a sexy librarian look or maybe a sexy teacher.
Which fit perfectly because of her job. She was a headmaster for an elite school for girls from rich and powerful families. St. Eva's.
St. Eva's had been a finishing school, but had rebranded due to how outdated such things were. Now it was a "Junior College", and did actually provide some classes and college credits. But the reality was it was still focused on teaching young women the arts of being high class. Most girls went for six months or a year, usually right before college.
His partner Diane had been a graduate. As had Amber. In fact, Amber and Diane had gone together and were close friends. Or had been until about a year ago when work had pulled them somewhat apart.
But they had kept in touch, and Amber had started coming by to just talk roughly every couple of months. James had taken over the meeting as he had some plans for St. Eva's.
"Doctor, as you know, I am the headmaster at St. Eva's and our mission is to prepare girls of high society for that society. Our school has been doing so for decades and very successfully. Things are going quite well, there is some stress with some of the girls as they see our program as old-fashioned. But nothing I can't handle. I wasn't here for a regular session really, just to visit my friend."
James focused. "No, you came here for help."
"I came here for help."
"You are having some real issues at work, and you just can't focus anymore."
James pushed thoughts of stress, being tired, confused, and worn down into Amber's head. The confident woman's face grew a bit haggard and confused looking.
"Doctor, I can't seem to focus anymore. Everything seems to be piling up."
James smiled to himself. "I see, well, perfectly normal for someone in your case. But let's get to the root cause. You said some girls think the program is old fashioned. Who are they?"
James felt the frustration and annoyance through the link. The image of a very beautiful young woman appeared in Amber's mind. "Cynthia Barker. She is driving me and the whole staff up the wall." Amber nearly hissed.
James pushed feelings of calm and control into Amber's mind and she quieted down.
"Go on. That name is familiar." James said. He had heard it somewhere before.
"She is a model. One of the top new models in the country. She's spoiled, entitled, and rich. What's worse is that she has no parents to reign her in. Her mother and father divorced a long time ago. He father died several years ago of a heart condition; her mother remarried twice and died two years ago in a car accident. She was driving drunk and took two others in another car with her. Cynthia's stepfather is never around, always off "working" somewhere and she pretty much ran her household. She's smart, and she graduated with honors from her high school, but is constantly bored with life since she has it all."