Syndrome Stories

Chapter III Vanessa gave up with her struggling and bowed her head, looking at the concrete floor beneath her. Her vision seemed to blur and she knew she'd been sedated.She heard closer gates opening then a voice speaking German.Then her gate rattled open, she heard the footsteps of perhaps two men.They continued to converse in German and she only understood a few words. Then a man's presence could be felt as he crouched...

Maximilian sat down at the table for coffee at this godforsaken hotel lobby, sick of the place. He'd been here for two weeks now, on business. It wasn't even one of the five-star types of hotel he was used to staying at, it was quite ordinary accommodation. Surely a vice-president of one of the most important companies in one of the most important industries of Germany, should not be living in a hotel filled with common p...

Vanessa had just left college, with her desired degree in literature. Her success in this subject showed that she was a bright girl at the youthful age of twenty-one, she valued her time at school as well as her social time at the weekends with her friends. She only had a couple of friends as she found it difficult to put trust in people; this was also the main reason why she'd only had a couple of boyfriends in the past...