/ding/ /dong/
The door bell rang again as Martha approached the door.
Wiping away the sweat, and bringing a pleasant smile to her face, she twisted the doorknob.
Outside a young lady wearing a track suit and jacket, her eyes were behind cooling glasses, and she wore a cap.
Martha seeing the stranger, asked,
"Who are you?"
The stranger replied,
"I am here for the security job".
"Oh, yes, please come in".
Opening the door wide Martha let her in.
Don saw her, she was beautiful, her eyes and hair stayed a mystery.
The jacket puffy was covering her torso making it hard for Don to visualize her, and same for her legs, the track pants were baggy.
But she had wide hips, as the pants stretched around and hugged the curve gracefully.
Seeing Don she gazed at him a moment longer, her eyes scanning him as he looked back wondering how beautiful she would be.
As he noticed her gaze he shyly averted his eyes, looking at a total stranger, especially a women, was not usual for him.
Unlike Martha who was a pent-up milf, or lea who was dumb or Kerry who was a straight up slut, he had no other experience talking with women.
"Please take a seat", Martha said gesturing her to sit to the couch.
Averting her looks from Don she sat down.
"Thank you", she said, a pleasant voice.
Martha saw Don's eyes flustered as he looked around shyly as the lady sized him up.
"Umm,... this is Don, he is staying with us for now. Don she came for a security job".
Martha said introducing each other.
"Security, why?, is the neighborhood not safe",
Don asked
'Why would they need a security, I mean this lady looks calm, so she must be pretty good at this job and she totally looks like a little shady'
He was right, her attire, the way she looked, all was signaling strength and confidence.
"You see,-" the lady began to speak, "This neighborhood was okay, but recently somethings are not right", her voice calm and cold.
She had no excitement, like she has been in pretty used to this tough demeanor.
Don nodded in reply, while Martha was impressed by her stead fast reply,
'She can definitely hold her ground', Martha thought.
"Alright i have a few questions before I decide whether I can give you the job or not"
The lady nodded, "shoot"
"So how long have you been doing this job?".
"I have been a bodyguard for several VIP clients, and has been in this field for over 5 years"
Martha was astonished to hear that,
"My god, you must be very good, if so why are you opting for this?".
"Thank you, and yes I am quite known in this field, and to answer your question, my company was sued by a client, she used a loophole in the contract and wanted us to pay her back"
"And they had to shut down".
Martha's eyes went sad, as she heard her.
"I am so sorry, mmh, but i am sorry I can't afford you for a huge sum"
The lady didnt bat an eye she just calmly replied,
"I am not looking for a high end job either. And currently i need to get a job to pay for my sister's treatment"
Martha felt really sorry for her,
'What am I supposed to do, I do want to help her, but-'
"So how about, $2000, per month."
The lady looked down hearing the pay, but asked her,
"How about 2500, I saw your cars outside and i can keep the clean, and also seems like you could use the help of a gardener, and I know both"
Martha thought for a moment,
"Well,... do you know to drive, I really need someone to take me to places so, if you do i could give you $2750, how does that sound".
Without a drop of emotion, with the same cold demeanor she had, she replied,
"Yes, that would be great".
Her body language a mismatch of what she had said.
"Allright then, you are hired".
Martha said with a welcoming smile,
The lady stood up and stretched her arms towards Martha,
"My name is Betty Von Beatrice, thank you for having me"
Martha was impressed by her ease in this,
'Her name, is she from a wealthy family?'
"Allright then I am Martha, and-", pointing to Don, "this as i told you is Don, and other than that i have 2 daughters, lea the younger one and Rachel the eldest and my husband, currently he is out of place"
Hearing Martha she looked at Don,
"Good, nice to meet you Don, and maam"
Don smiled back,
"Good to know you,... Betty"
Martha looked at Betty and said,
"Betty, come with me i will show you where the garden tools are, and then Don will show you a room for you to stay"
Betty nodded, then Martha led Betty to the storage where the gardening tools where kept and after sometime Martha told Don to show her the room next to his,
"Betty, the room is upstairs, come"
As we both climbed the stairs and reached the room, Don opened it, and inside the room was cleaned despite being not opened even once during his stay.
Although limited he had thought that it was empty,
"Well seems like Martha cleaned it, before I came"
After looking around and opening the wardrobe,
"It looks good, tell Martha i said thank you"
After they stepped out Betty asked Don,
"You said after you came, and also maam didn't introduce you as a son, so how are you related?".
Don was caught of guard,
'Well that was unexpected, is she starting her reign as the security already'
"Well i am just a friend of Martha, nothing more"
Betty replied with another question,
"How long are you staying?"
Don stopped, hearing her enquiry,
"Aren't you asking a lot of questions?"
"I am sorry if I offended you Don, I am a security, info about those who i protect will always be required"
As Betty walked down the stairs, Don stayed up and thought for a moment,
'Is she, no. Or could it be that she is here for me, the way she looked at me, and also these enquiry, the way she got Martha's sympathy talking about her sister and had no change in expression or tone of voice,'
Coming down he saw Martha speaking to Betty,
"Ok then, have you seen the room, I cleaned it a week ago but I will clean it one more time"
Betty,
"It's alright, the room is already spotless"
Martha smiled,
"So Betty when can you start?"
"Well i can start tomorrow, if you are ok with it"
"Great then I guess I will see you tomorrow"
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Don saw as Martha send Betty off, his mind still had that question,
"Martha when did you put out for a security?, is this place really in danger"
Martha sighed hearing him,
"Yeah, recently some bad things are happening, people are going missing and all in the city, so I put out a notice for a security about a week ago"
Don heard it clear,
'People going missing,'
Then his encounter with the demoness came to his mind,
'Could it be that, but... the system's so adamant about it being my imagination, but then, could it be wrong'
Don was confused, if that was the case then he could be putting Martha, lea, and Rachel, all in danger.
'I need to get to the bottom of this, but how, i could ask Kerry but what would she know, and then there is the system'
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After returning to his room, he called for the system,
"Hey did you see that lady, that Betty von something"
[Yes, what about her?]
"Its just that, it felt like she was here for me, especially after what i saw, that lady who tried to kill me"
[How many times should I tell you, that it was just a nightmare you saw, and has no reason to be afraid off it]
"Yes you did but you also talked about hell and all, plus what about the recent missing cases, I think they are the work of that creature, what ever it is"
[This is the last time I am gonna say this, what you saw doesn't exist, and this world also have criminals, this is an alternate realm, not a fantasy world. Hence there are kidnapping and drugs and all. Smilar to your world]
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"Did you get in?"
"I did, and i landed the job",
It was Betty,
"Is it him"
"Yes, it is", replied Betty, "but I didn't read any signatures from him"
The voice from the orb talked again,
"It doesn't matter, the prophecy had been proven"
"Also did anyone suspect anything?"
Betty thought for a moment and replied,
"He did seem to suspect me"
"Mmh, you just do as i said,...oh by the way, what is his name?"
"Don..."