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Chapter 3: The new maid
Kjerstie slammed the door to her house. She began pacing around the kitchen mumbling in her language. This person to whom she pitted had now became an enemy. She had let her Coloxsixean temper get the best of her again. She knew that if she didn't at least make peace with Isaac, she would lose her home. This was the most perfect place for her to be at the moment, considering her abilities, not to mention the strange things that go on around her. She would have to swallow her pride some, and try to get along with him. She just hoped that he wouldn't piss her off too much. She went up stairs to her room, put on some relaxing new age music and proceeded to meditate. She had a lot to mull over.
After a few days, Isaac was walking around the hospital, the church, and thereabouts. Kjerstie hadn't seen him since their first encounter, but knew it would only be a matter of time. She wasn't surprised when Cora interrupted her duties and told her that Isaac wished to see her. She was filled with anxiety as she entered the church. He was standing with his back to her thumbing through a book. He spun around and said to Cora, "Leave us." Cora gave him a questioning look but complied, and left the church. Isaac then looked at Kjerstie and motioned for her to sit on the first pew, and she did. He then proceeded to pace back and forth in front of her. She waited nervously for what he had to say. "Kjerstie, I think we may have gotten off to a bad start. You did bring me back after all. I owe you for that, so I have decided to let your insolence the other day go without punishment." The smirks on his face made her want to grab him by the shirt and throw him across the room. He acted as if she was supposed to get on her knees and kiss his feet. She held her anger in check.
"That's very…kind of you Isaac, and I will try to get along with you in the future. We should seldom see each other, I'm guessing, considering how busy we both are." He sat down beside her, and she looked to the floor, Gods he made her nervous! He then cupped her chin with his hand, and raised her head up to that she met his gaze.
"I have been thinking about that the past few days, and have decided to give you a new job." She gave him a questioning look. "You will no longer work in the hospital. You will live in my house, and take care of my needs, much like you did before. I am not completely well, and may still need your healing powers." She closed her eyes and sighed. How was she ever going to get through this? He sensed her agitation, and replied, "Worry not, all you will need to do is obey me. When I give you a task, complete it, and everything will be fine."
"Isaac, I'm used to having my own space. When I meditate, I have to be alone, without distraction. The meditation helps me keep my powers under control. These abilities of mine are a burden in a lot of ways, and I sacrifice much to have them."
"I understand that, and you will have your space. You will have your own room, and can use the time when I am gone teaching the children, to meditate."
"Alright, when do you want me there?"
"Immediately."
She then nodded and rose to leave. If she had to move in with Isaac, she had a lot of packing to do. Well she had made peace with him, but had been made a maid in the process.
