“Hey Mark, I’ve almost finished the paperwork for getting you discharged, we can go home soon, so what’s up with the kid that visits you?” Anna inquired.
“You mean Kat? You could say she saved me, she’s just a poor kid, an orphan if I remember correctly, why jealous?” Mark smirked.
“What’s there to be jealous of?” Anna just wanted to know what Mark thought of Kat.
“Just teasing, love.” He hadn’t gotten a chance to ask Anna what she was doing now. He had barely grasped her situation. The Urn in the tomb was worth 3 million in which everyone took their share, Anna got Mark’s part too. After Mark’s ‘death’ everyone went their own ways. Anna stayed in the town of Soracota to look for Mark’s remains while building a company. While in Soracota, their enemies didn’t seem too keen on splitting up their power and chasing all the way here. It seems there were a couple of serious attempts but the rest have just been targeted towards her company which were relatively easier to deal with, she had it better than he had thought but then again, she probably wasn’t telling him everything just to make him not worry.
“Would you like to help her?” Anna asked.
“Hmm? With what?” (Mark)
“Well you know, with her well financial situation, I had someone look into her, she doesn’t have the brightest ummm life, the past, present nor the future I believe.”
“Hmmm? Tell me more.” He would help her out because she had tremendously helped him. He would have still survived without her, but it would have taken way more time that and he may not have broken out of his cage if he hadn’t me Anna and that would mean a lot more time. She had also been regularly visiting him, something that gave him a weird feeling.
“Well I mean her whole life has been once huge mess, parents killed in front of her, almost sold off as a slave by human traffickers, and then ended up in an abusive orphanage which has been shut down, now she owes large sums of money to loan sharks. She however does have a somewhat wealthy friend, but either they aren’t close enough or her friend doesn’t know how Kate is really doing.” (Anna)
“So what did you want to do with her?”(Mark)
“Not sure if you are ok with it so I wanted to ask you first, I was thinking of hiring her for you as a maid, attendant or secretary of some sort, in which we will give her a decent salary, pay off her debts but make her sign a contract to work for a few years, which isn’t too bad to her pervious arrangement, great in fact.” (Anna)
“Maybe an attendant or secretary but definitely not maid, I don’t like the sound of it.”(Mark)
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‘Wait, what’s wrong with maids?”(Anna)
“Nothing, I just don’t like that someone who helped me would be just a maid, it feels wrong.”(Mark)
“Fine, not that it makes a difference, I personally think she would be lucky to have you to serve as a maid, unless you were thinking of doing other things with your maids.” Anna said dejectedly.
“Anna, I know it has been awhile, a long while in fact but understand that I only love you.” Mark thought he knew where her line of thought was going.
She brightened, “I know silly, I was just messing with you, and I love you too.” She gave him hug and a peck and as she walked out of the room with a tinge of red.
(5 minutes later)
“Ok I got all the paperwork done, we can go home now”
“Hey, I heard you were getting discharged today” Kat stated as she half walked half jogged into the room.
“Yeah, perfect timing actually, since you helped us out quite a bit through the month, how about a new job? I assure you it pays better, we can also take care of your debt but you going to sign a contract to work for us for a few years.” Anna handed Kat a card. “It’ll be a 24/7, but whether you want this chance or not, up to you, it’s not open forever”
“How much would it pay monthly?”(Kat)
“3000 a month would be starting, the rest-“
“I’ll take it.”(Kat)
“Great, maid, attendant or secretary, you’ll be sent to training on your choice, Mark particularly doesn’t seem to care so you get to decide.”(Anna)
“Whatever you think is best.” Kat stated as she didn’t really know what each of them entailed but as long as the pay was good, she didn’t really mind.. This was already way above her paycheck as a bartender and they said they would write of her ever increasing debt off in exchange for a few years. If she tried to pay it herself, who knew how many years it would have taken. She also didn't think Mark was a bad person so this job wouldn't make her do anything she didn't really want to. She would realise later that what she wants now and later would be vastly different.
“You’ll be an attendant, you will be Mark’s personal attendant. You’ll be sent to training as soon as you arrive.” Anna pondered for a second and once again said, “Oh and come latest by 3 days, you will be provided a living quarters so get there with all your belongings, non-negotiable, no furniture required, you will also sign the contract then.” Then Anna gave her a blue card. “Show this to the guards to get in.”
“Thank you very much” Kat beamed as she said and everyone started heading their own way.
(Few minutes later in the car)
“See I told you she wouldn’t mind becoming your maid.” Anna snickered.
“Yeah right, probably she didn’t want to leave a bad impression.” Mark assumed she had not picked because she was too afraid to, not because she knew nothing.
“Could be, but it doesn’t matter either way, btw she’s just 2 years younger than you, don’t get any funny ideas” Anna warned him even though she knew nothing would happen, she just felt better getting it off her chest.
“2 years? More like eternity.” Mark muttered under his breath but quickly said, “When I’ve got you, why would I need anything else?”
Anna just smiled and drove.
Mark after the seed had sprout remembered everything to the point of getting into the formation, now Mark was slowly starting to unravel his first teachings in the formation. He had a vague idea that his body and mind had been gone for too long for him to not remember Anna. He now also had to figure out how to use what he had but that would be on hold until he fully recovered his body.