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holding it open for him and the others. “Do you have a key to be able to lock your house up or do you just leave it as is?” She knew that was likely a stupid question, especially since she had just walked right into their home. “’Cause I want to be the only person who drops in on ya’ll if you wouldn’t mind.”
    “We have a full security system that rivals the White House,” he said as he moved to the sink. “And yeah, we can lock up the house when we feel the need. We’ll get you a key if you survive the probationary period since you’ll have to come out here at some point or another. Whether it’s running errands or dropping off stuff for us on the rare occasion we’re out of town.”
    “Why didn’t you lock it when I found my way here then? Not that I’m complaining, because I’m not. I’m actually really happy you didn’t because it meant I didn’t have to stay out in the rain when I found my way here. And why do you keep saying if I make it through the probationary period? Have you really had that many people quit on you?”
    Chuckling evilly, he shot her a toothy grin, “Sixty-three at last count,” he told her. Laughing when she just stood there gaping at him, he shrugged, “We’re a little tough to work with on occasion. Not just Arkadios. All of us. We all have our moments where you’ll want to beat us bloody. As to the house,” he looked around, “everything of value is nailed down and hardwired into the security system. If anything is moved more than three inches, the system fires up, and locks the house down tight. We only really lock up when we have to go out of town.”
    “Ah, that makes sense,” she said when she finally got her mind wrapped around that comment, “Really? Sixty-three? How the hell have you guys went through that many assistants? Good lord, really?” She shook her head. “Oh my,” she murmured. “Well I just hope that no matter what, I will be able to stick around with you guys. I actually think I going to quite enjoy it and want I want to do a good job for you.”
    “They tend to just explode at us and storm out. Though it may just be the hazing we run them through,” he muttered the last before shrugging. Turning on the water in the sink, he stacked dishes in and shot her a look, “You’ve already got a leg up on the others, Goldie. You’re not afraid to smack Ark and you like rugby, two points in your favor. If you can make half decent coffee and don’t try to kill us in the first week, you’ll probably survive.”
    “I am a killer at coffee, as long as you have a good machine that is,” she told him with a grin. “And even if I might try to kill you the first week it doesn’t mean I would miss ya,” she teased. “It’s all good though. Promise. You do have a good machine, right?”
    “Top of the line,” he said with a chuckle. “And there are to be no attempts on our lives. Well, Ark you can try to take down. Only because it would be amusing,” he said, adding soap to the water before turning it off a couple moments later. “I know we’ve been teasing you, but your job isn’t all that bad. You’ll mainly be responsible for keeping us on schedule, ensuring we have the documents we need when we need them and as I mentioned earlier, running the occasional errand when we run out of time or aren’t available to do it ourselves. You are not our indentured slave, you will be treated with respect, and if you treat us likewise, we’ll all get along just fine.” Looking at her out of the corner of his eye. He hoped she liked working for them, he didn't really see them replacing her.
    “I think that’s something I can do. I will give you all the respect you deserve, always. If you give me a hard time, just don’t expect me not to give it right back. I mean it. I’m totally one who believes in respect given is respect earned.”
    “We can live with that,” he nodded. “We’ll all have days we fucking hate one another. Whether it’s