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.I looked around and was happy with all we had accomplished today.The broken pieces had been fixed, everything was stripped, sanded, and ready for the next stage.I smiled at my three teammates and we went to work cleaning everything up, just like we did at our home shop.We all worked at Saul’s shop.He has a garage that fixes and restores old cars, and then he has the shop we work at, fixing and restoring bikes.We also build custom bikes, but it’s not our specialty, and Saul only lets us take on projects when were slow with restorations.Our plan was to buy Saul out of the business eventually, continue with the restorations but also take on more custom bikes, and stop repairs all together.That would leave him with his car business, which is what he preferred to begin with, so everyone would be happy.Saul was onboard with this plan, we just needed the money to buy him out, as well as do some renovations to the building, and buy some newer equipment.The four of us ran this side of the business already, so we knew what it was worth, what it brought in, and what we needed to do to make it succeed.After cleaning and locking up, I checked the time on my phone, I still had a few hours before meeting the psychiatrist that Dr.Moore was sending me too.I was about to ask what everyone wanted to do with the time when I heard someone clear their throat, I looked over and Marc the producer was gesturing us over to him.I really hoped he wasn’t going to ruin my good mood, I had a lot of fun today working.“You four need to go to the medical station, for drug testing,” he said looking at me like he expected me to fail.“Drug testing?” asked Simon.“Mmhmm, one of the conditions you agreed to when you signed the contract, all teams can be drug tested at any time.”“Fine, let’s get it over with,” I growled and headed off in the direction he had indicated.We sat down in the medical station, and were handed paperwork to fill out, asking our names, date of birth, and any medications we were on.“Do you need dosages too, or just the medication’s name?” I asked.“Just the name of all the medications you’ve taken in the past thirty days.”I nodded and went to work listing my scripts.I looked over at Simon.“Have I had Haldol?”He nodded so I added that to the list and handed it back to the nurse.A man came and took Liam, Kale, and Simon to the guy’s bathroom and the nurse followed me into the girls’ room.“These are all the medications you’ve taken in the past thirty days?” she asked.“Yep.” I said taking the cup and heading into the stall.“Door open.”I sighed, I knew this routine already, and I did my business and put the lid back on the cup.I walked out of the stall, handed her the cup, and went to wash my hands.I walked out the door and waited for the guys to come out.I could help but think it was interesting that we were the team chosen to have the first drug test.I had some ideas on that little coincidence, but thought to leave it alone while we were still here in the building.After everyone was finished, we headed out to where our bikes were parked.“So where now?” asked Liam.“Somewhere I can hydrate,” I responded.“I’m going to have to pee in another cup in about two hours.”“Come on, let’s go find a coffee shop near the hospital,” Simon said.“You two can do whatever you want, we’re done for the day.”“Sweet,” said Liam climbing on his bike, “I am sure we can think of something.” He winked at me and then he and Kale took off.“Come on, let’s get out of here.”“Yeah, I’m tired of this place.”We found a small coffee shop inside the hospital and after we ordered, we sat at one of the tables nearby.I was people watching when Simon cleared his throat.“Yes?”“So are you thinking the same thing I am, that it’s not exactly a coincidence that we were drug tested?”“No, I don’t think it was.” I pulled my gaze from the young girl carrying a small baby and looked over at him.“No, I don’t think it was at all.”“Any ideas?”“The producer trying to get rid of us, my father, Thayne who knows.”“Who’s Thayne?”Damn it.“Uhm, one of the Ace & Lace guys,” I told him waiting for the inquisition to begin.“How do you know any of their names?”“I, uh, I met him this morning,” I said hoping he would drop it.“This morning?” he asked raising his eyebrow.I took a drink of my coffee and tried to find an answer that wouldn’t get me yelled at.“In the parking lot.”“Uh huh, and?”“And he wanted to tell me that he was sorry, and couldn’t we work out a way for him to participate.”“Uh huh and?”I sighed.“When I told him no, he got angry, yelled, then stormed off.”“Anything else?”“No, and I didn’t freak out either.”“Didn’t think you had, so those are your ideas on the drug test, huh?”“Yep, can’t think of anyone else, can you?”“One of the other teams?”I thought about that for a moment.“No, I see no reason behind it.”“I can think of five hundred thousand reasons,” he muttered.I rolled my eyes at him.“No, I don’t see it, they wouldn’t start the subterfuge this early.”He nodded, “Yeah, I think you’re probably right.”“It had to be someone who would suspect my meds, or heard us talking about it,” I surmised.“No telling who that could be.”We sat the rest of the time in quiet.I continued to people watch while he played with his phone, probably texting his wife.When time was up, we went in search of the doctor’s office so I could get this over with.I really wasn’t looking forward to this, but I knew I didn’t have a choice if I wanted to get my meds refilled.Once we found the office, I went to the receptionist to check in, and I hoped that I wouldn’t have to wait long.Chapter 10I found a seat beside Simon, went to work filling out all the paperwork, and began waiting for my name to be called.The walls were painted a cool blue that were supposed to be calming, but I don’t think any color could really help calm someone while waiting to have their psyche poked at.Finally, my name was called and Simon and I headed through the thick doors towards a room where I had my weight and blood pressure taken.Then I had to answer the questions on how I was feeling, how were my meds, and did I feel like a change needed to be made.I answered dutifully stating I was fine, my meds were fine, everything was just fucking fine.I wanted to scream at the incessant questions.Once the nurse was done playing twenty questions, I was sent into a small bathroom with a plastic cup to piss in, felt like deja vu.I was led into a room, I had always laughed at the Hollywood version of a shrink’s office, none of the ones I had ever visited had the comfy couches to lay down on.This one was set up much like all the others I had been in.Three chairs all sitting across from one another so you can maintain eye contact with whomever you are speaking to.All done up in soothing colors, and the sickly sweet smell of flowers that was supposed to overpower the antiseptic smell that it never quite hid.I plopped down in one chair and watched Simon sit down in the other, both checking 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