Hailey's knees went weak, on hearing where she would be going. She thought she had put that place behind her. Some of her victims would still be there and she was certain they wouldn't be terribly forgiving. Her thoughts went back to what had happened, what had led to this day.
Hailey's mother had been a single mother, her father had died before she was even born. She'd taken cleaning jobs at various places over the years, the last one had been at a place called Our Lady's School for Girls. They had been given a small set of rooms on the grounds of the prestigious and secretive boarding school and her mother told her time and time again that it was the best job she had ever gotten. You would expect the girls at such a school to be utter snobs, but they even treated a cleaning lady with respect.
Hailey was nineteen. She had left school early and no one was more relieved than she was to have gotten out. Hailey and school never seemed to mix. She had gotten a part time job in the nearby village library, a job that gave her plenty of time to do anything but work. With her mother holed up at the school much of the time, she could get up to whatever she wanted. Sometimes, when she would walk home with a boy and a smoke in her hands, she would catch glimpses of girls looking down at her from the windows of the school. She would always make sure to put on a good show and give the boy a kiss, she knew none of the girls in the school had any sort of a sex life. They all seemed far too involved in school activities.
That job ended abruptly, after eight months, when Hailey and her latest man...it would be best to start at the beginning.
Daniel was so handsome and cute. He had black hair and somehow managed to strike a balance between having the best clothes, but not looking like he put any effort into it. He drank, smoke, partied, did all the usual fun things. He said he had connections in the modelling industry and would get her a job as a model...but only after she did a few things for him. Fair was fair, after all.
One of those tasks was to go to the parties with him and make him look good. That was an easy job. Even a soaked cat could make him look good. Many of the parties they went to were dungy; they were in abandoned buildings and such. Daniel would often meet one or two people at the party, giving a package and getting another one in return. Hailey was smart enough not to ask about it.
The second task was to sneak him and his friends into the back rooms at the library, the ones usually reserved for study. They were sound-proofed and people who needed privacy paid money to rent them. She lost count of how often she would get distracted and stay with them, Daniel would get excited and would bang her on one of the tables.
One day, Daniel had a task of a different nature for her. She had to make sure she was hearing right. She spoke carefully, while leaning against the wall behind the library one night. "So, you want me to get my Mum's keys, so I can get into this girl's room and plant one of your packages? Why?"
"I knew her from this other place we lived in. We were a thing then. But I broke it off with her because she was fucking crazy. She must have followed me here because she suddenly appeared in the school, I've seen her there when I've walked past. I want to send the message that she's old news and I've moved on. What better way than to have my new girl do it, huh?" He flashed his smooth smile, it always turned her legs to jelly at the sight of it, "If you can do this, you'd have the guts to take whatever comes your way as a model. I'd even be able to get you an interview in a month."
That had Hailey convinced. She was sending a message and securing her place in his life. That night, when her mother had collapsed into bed to sleep, Hailey borrowed her keys and headed off into the dorms. She was looking for room 34. She didn't know who the girl was, she didn't need to ask. She hid the package in a place where even the girl wouldn't be able to find it...Hailey wasn't sure why she was doing that. She couldn't see much of the room in the dark, she could just make out shapes and she wedged the package between the wall and the shelves right next to the door. Daniel reassured her this was a multi-step plan and it would all make sense when it came together. The package was box-shaped, and she had no way of knowing what was in it.
As it turned out, Daniel had several packages he wanted Hailey to deliver. Each time, she would manage to hide them and get the keys back to her mother without anyone waking. She nearly burst into giggles sometimes, thinking of how she could so easily do this. Perhaps she should have asked more questions, but she still didn't doubt that she made the right choice to this day.