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Another yawn escaped despite her best efforts. Darlene shook her head, trying to stay awake. A glance at the clock showed 3pm. Two hours to go on a Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend. She was the last one in the small accounting office, covering for everyone else who had left early. Not even the phone was ringing, and she couldn’t hear any activity out in the warehouse.
Darlene turned to her computer and brought up the database. Grabbing a piece of paper she noted down the bin and box numbers where tapes were listed as part of the contents. She didn’t need anything to read; she had an entire library of one of her favorite genres, the low budget movie. Scanning the records she saw titles going back to the 1940s, even some familiar classic serials from Republic Studios. Eagerly she made a list of their locations.
She located one of the warehouse boxes where these items were stored and picked up the tape in the box and looked at the cover. There it was, the young actress in the revealing inmate costume, being led into prison in the very same set of shackles. She had never seen this particular movie but she had no doubts it would use a common variation of the “damsel in distress” plot. There would be a good looking male lawyer, warden, or boyfriend who ultimately saves her from the living hell of prison, just as the psychopathic gang leader is about to do her in.
She looked deeper into the box and picked up and examined the prison uniform, the steel handcuffs and the leg shackles. The keys were in the very bottom of the box, and she set those on the table in the warehouse. Then she headed back to her office.
Fictional reading for entertainment purposes only.