Laying in bed I took out my phone and looked at the email that was sent to me. I started to chuckle because the contents were unbelievable.
Hello Abigail,
We have been watching you for some time and your research in political and historical events. We at Mercy Group would like to offer you a position in our company. Your views and papers on historical events have led us to believe that you would be the perfect fit in our company. If you would like to learn further information on this opportunity please send a response to this email and we will set up a meeting in a public location of your choosing.
Best Wishes,
Howard Yen
Head of Recruitment
Before she could respond a text message came through from her ex-fiancé that said, "I will be over tomorrow night so we can go over the division of our common property and what had happened."
I went back to the email and replied, "Hello Mr. Yen, I am free all day today and tomorrow until super time. Would Milly's cafe be okay to meet at? Thank you for your consideration. Abigail Greene."
Within a few minutes I received back a reply, "Abigail, Lets meet at noon today. Mr. Yen."
Sitting up I looked around and said, "You want to split our common property Max, you won't get much."
Getting out of bed I took a shower and started to pack Max's belongings into boxes. Labeling the items Max's shit I was not in the mood to deal with him. My now ex-fiance Max decided to cheat on me for months with my sister and claim it was my fault because I got to wrapped up when I was writing a paper. He moved into my sister's apartment the day I discovered them in bed together. My parents invited me to lunch tomorrow to discuss the fall out.
Picking out interview acceptable clothes and headed out to Milly's Cafe. When I walked in a gentleman waved me over standing up from his chair. Putting out his hand he said, "Abigail it is a pleasure to meet you I am Howard Yen."
Smiling I said, "Its a pleasure to meet you Howard. I am intrigued with this exciting opportunity."
Sitting down he waved the waitress over and said, "Dear I would like a coffee and a BLT. Abigail please order something so I am not eating alone."
Looking at the waitress I said, "Could I have my usual Gretchen?"
She laughed and said, "Green tea and a vegetable wrap. I will have that up soon."
Howard laughed and said, "I take it you visit often?"
"My ex-fiance used to complain about me using the kitchen table as an office," I said. "So I would get lunch and type away for an hour or two at a out of the way table to the back."
"Ex," He said. "Well this will make the offer a bit easier. So Abigail at Mercy group we research and document historical inaccuracies and bring that information to life. We go behind the scenes and right the wrongs that have been done to the people in the world."
"That sounds intriging," I said. "If I was to accept this position where would I report?"
"That is the catch of the position," He said. "We have a archive that the vatican wishes they had. The headquarters and where you would be moving if you choose to accept is in Siberia. You would arrive to the compound and we provide all meals, lodgings and needs met. You will be paid one thousand dollars a week and for every mystery you solve you will receive a bonus of five thousand dollars. If you choose to accept this position you will also receive a sign on bonus of twentyfive thousand dollars. You would receive this today when we sign the contract and you will have a week to get your belongings packed and ready to be shipped to Siberia. I would suggest getting some heavier clothes as we only leave the compound once a month to head to Canada for a weekend of fun and getting anything you may want outside of what we provide. You can meet up with family and friends then. If there is emergencies we can also accomodate getting you home as well. So if you have particular snacks, wine, womanly products or even if you have a hobby that requires supplies, stock up. We will have trunks at your home before the end of the day for you to pack and on Sunday we will pick you and your belongings up. You will stay at a hotel that night and we will take the company jet to the compound on Monday. All of your belongings will be traveling with you."
"Wha if I get sick?" I asked.
"We have some of the best Doctors money can hire," He said. "You do not seem worried about leaving this life behind?"
"I would not be," I said. "How long would my contract be?"
"Five years," He said. "After the five years you can resign yearly or every two years. Most of our employees stay on for many years."
"This is an amazing offer," I said.
He sighed and said, "I can tell you why your parents want to see you tomorrow."
Raising my eyebrow I said, "I take it Mercy Group has their fingers in everything."
"Yes," He said. "Your sister is with child and her and Max applied for a marriage license."
Gretchen came to the table with our food and said, "I was not eaves dropping but he is right Abbie. Max and Cindy were here yesterday with your parents. Your Dad was pissed and your Mom is over the moon."
She left and I took out my laptop and said, "Howard if you can give me five minutes while we eat I am making sure Max cannot touch my accounts anymore and I will be signing that contract."
He nodded and asked, "Are you alright?"
Smiling I said, "Actually yes. She can have him and my parents can deal with the aftermath. How cold does it get where we are going?"
He laughed and said, "That is the spirit! It gets to negative six degrees. Send me your bank information."
I sent him by email my personal banking information for the bonus and said, "I think this job will be exactly what I need."
We ate as I signed the contract. When everything was signed Howard said, "We will have the trunks sent to your apartment in the next two hours.I want you to check to make sure you received the money."
Checking my account I said, "The money is in the account. I am going to head home and start sorting my belongings to pack."
We stood up and he shook my hand, "Abigail I am extremly happy you are going to be on our team. I will check in with you. As for furniture we can only take smaller items."
Nodding I said, "I only have a few pieces that I inherited that I want to bring with me. I will be giving away everything else."
Heading home I walked out of the elevator and found my Dad sitting by the door. Smiling I said, "Hey old man waiting for me?"
He chuckled and said, "Yes I am."
Unlocking the door he went in and he saw Max's boxes and said, "Abbie I didn't know."
"I know and I am glad you are here," I said. "I need to tell you something and you may not be happy."
Sitting at the table he said, "Your leaving."
"Yeah I am," I said. "I was offered an opportunity and I can't tell you what it is I signed a NDA. But my job is going to be out of the country and it is for five years with one weekend a month in Canada."
He sighed and said, "I will miss you kid but you have always been smart and would not take the job on an impulse so it must have been a damn good offer."
"It was to good to be true," I said. "You can visit me in Canada."
"I will definitely do that," He said. "Listen your mom wants you to give your wedding to your sister. Since I gave you the money I want you to cancel everything when I leave and keep it as a gift. They can elope if they want to get married."
There was a knock at the door and I opened it to find a moving company. He handed me a clipboard and said, "12 trunks, 10 crates and two insulated cases for snacks and food you want to bring with you. You can pack these first along with whatever suitcases you may have and small furniture, If tiy call before 1pm daily we can pick up and bring to the next plane heading out to the tacility that evening."
"Thank you I may call layer today for a pick u tommorow," I said.
Nodding he left and Dad said, "Need help?"
"Nope," I said. "Max will be here at 6 so i am going to pack and get ready to leave."
Standing up he said, "I will let you get at it."
Dad left and I Pulled out the wedding binder I had calling all the vendors and cancelled all aspects of my wedding to Max. The rest of the afternoon I spent the remaining time packing up the living room, and dining room. My crates and trunks were piled in the guest room So max would not see them. His boxes were staxked near the door ready for him to take them. At six that evening there was a knock at the door. Opening it I saw Max and his brother Jim. "Hey Jim I didn;t realize you would be here."
"Hey Abbie," He said looking at the boxes. "I am here to make sure he keeps a cool head."
"Well you will be a hand as I am packing and he needs to ge his stuff out of here," I said. "I am leaving the country in the next few days for a new job. All if those boxes and all but the plastic wrapped furnature are his to take today as I am leaving once everything is packed."
"Well," Max said, "I will take everything you have packed. I need all the wedding information so Cindy and I can prepare for our wedding."
"Max the wedding was cancelled," I said. "I cancelled it all when I found you fucking my sister. Except the honey moon and limo as you paid for that. As for household items you were told to take everything with you. I am offering you furniture and your belongings as I cannot take everything with me. You can have my leftovers is there anything else?"
"What happened to the money from cancelling the wedding?" He asked.
"It was a gift to me so it was refunded back to my personal accounts or credit cards," I said as I opened the next kitchen cabinet. "Please take everything in the living and dining room that you want minus what I have wrapped. There will be more ready tomorrow for you to pick up."
Jim said, "Max lets get this stuff packed you know she is being generous as she bought almost everything here."
"I have the kitchen, guest room, closets, bathroom and the master suite left to pack," I said. "I would suggest you swing by after seven tomorrow night for more of your belongings. The locks will not work after I turn the keys in to the office."
Max grabbed a stack of boxes and went out the door. Jim said, "He doesn't deserve you giving him anything Abbie. Our family is pissed and hates your sister. Can I still text you?"
"Of course," I said. Continueing to add more items to Max's boxes and my crate why they moved the furniture out of the two rooms and by the time they left I had almost a third of the apartment packed up. I pulled the empty trunks and crates to my room and pulled out the packed ones to the livng room and stacked them with the wrapped furnature pieces. I packed up the closet in the living room and finished that stacking a pile of stuff for Jim to take in the morning. Taking a quick break I called the transport company to pick up by noon the next day. Since it was still early I order sushi for delivery and went into the guest room to pack that up. Starting with the closet I found my wedding dress. Throwing it in the pile for Max to take I know my sister would wear it and since Mom did pay for it I figured no stress on me.
Dad sent me a text saying, "Lunch is cancelled for tomorrow as Mom knows I cancelled everything. Please do not leave before saying goodbye."
I continued to pack the guest room until my dinner arrived. I went into my room and ate while I placed a Walmart order for items I want to take with me to Siberia. Setting the delivery for ten the next morning I continued to place delivery orders for the next morning until I fell into a deep sleep.
When my alarm went off at 8 the next morning I placed a to go order for breakfast and went to start packing when my first of five orders arrived. Checking each bag I made sure the whole order was here and packed it all away in a trunk. My food arrived and I continued to pack the guest room. When my Walmart order arrived I sorted the food into the lined containers and the clothing and personal items into the trunk I had started. By the time my last ordered arrived Jim came to pick up more of Max's things and he saw the stack of items I had ready to be picked up.
"Your really doing this," He said.
"I sure am," I said. "After this is all picked up I have to go to Bass Pro shop to get some winter gear and I will be back here to pack more. I will send you a text when I have more packed."
He nodded and left. When the moving company arrived the man in charge handed me two more lined totes and smiled, "You may want to load up on snacks. They have good food there but snacks are limited to the healthy stuff."
Laughing I asked, "Do you live there?"
He said, "Yes my wife works as a nurse in the medical wing. I think you will like the calm."
kitchen, guest room, closets, bathroom and the master suite
Abigail- main
Mr howard Yen- head of recruitment
Max- ex fiance
Cindy- Sister
Jim- Max brother
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