Chapter 19
“at you’ve ever loved her, let her live her life because you’re in no position to provide that for her now. All you do is hurt her!” Thad no idea what the caller’s true intentions were. The more they spoke, the clearer their goal was to make me leave Dolu! Hun pues way right, Hayden was enly one other than Ophelia who’d want me gone.
Immiled bitterly. “I already said I’m not leaving Before they could respond, I hung up and immediately blocked the i
tippeas from her life
I got back onto the hospital bed, and my stomach churned with discomfort. I took a few more painkillers for the pain to subside a little
The dark right was quiet, but my heart remained restless.
The next nimm
; I woke up to the nurse apptching me with an update. “Your mother’s condition has stabilized, but she still needs close observation. Here’s the bill. Please settle it as
1 glanced at the bill, and the numbers on it felt as if they we
were a relentless tide. The figure was skyrocketing faster than I had imagined. new that this continued, my savings would out sooner or later. I needed a stable job fast “Alright, thank you.” Just as I was about to start job hunting Letened a call from a job agency. “Hey, Thaddeus 1 heard you’re looking for a job, is that right?
I was puzzled as to why the headhunter would know. “How did you know?”
“Your old colleagues mentioned it. Anyway, I’ve got a great opportunity that might suit you.”
Tikħat job in that?” asked
He coughed dryly and replied, “Well, it’s as a driver for the CEO of a company. It has good pay and peris, but you’ll need to be on call.”
“And the salary?”
“About three grand at what do you think?”
The thousand dollars was around what I could earn working as a delivery guy. It wasn’t great
“That’s not much. Fill keep looking I need urgent money right now.”“”
The beaded
CEO beside him, who motioned with three fingers. His voice shifted to one of surprise
He took a while to recover from the shock. Then, he said, “Actually, you can always ask for more. We can offer nine thousand dollars. How about that?”
I hadn’t expected triple the original other. That was more than enough
The headhuntes seemed quite nous, and he quickly added, “If that won’t do, 12 thousand dollars! Final otted”
I hadn’t repliedai (lad wanted to talk on the phone somentere else, but I hadn’t expected the offer to jump again.
*Twall. When can we sign the contian?” Lasked, eager to seal the deal.
thesand dollars was
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to solve many of my immediate problems.
There was a pause on the other end, and started to doubt if they were serious or just playing with me
fast as I was about to hang up, the beadhunter spoke again, “We can do 12 thousand dollars, but there are some additional conditions.”
When kind of condition?
vell, an you can imagine, this isn’t
‘n just about driving. The boss will have the authority to do whatever they want you to.”
Hin explanation included a list of demands that sounded intrusive, but it made sense given the high pay
“Time As long ask’s not against the Law,” I agreed
“Gear Don’t worry. Everything’s By the way, make sute
sure to run a medical test before you start
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After hanging up, I remembered i was also due to pickup my biopsy report from the hospital. I decided to combine the eiranda.
But when I saw the trults, pace. The contimation port was prickling, and I felt the ground beneath me he way to send me plummeting into an endless abyss.
