Who Can Own the Stars? by Mackey Chandler

Author:Mackey Chandler [Chandler, Mackey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Amazon: B08H5T6X4Z
Published: 2020-08-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Annette, I’m going to close the sale of Camelot and get paid off, three days from now in Hawaii,” Jeff said. “I’ll message you again as soon as it is done and you will have no further responsibility for anything in Camelot. My recommendation is that you have a hopper waiting with a pilot and simply leave without any notice or farewells.”

“You better believe it. I’ve grown to expect every sort of irrational reaction to anything I do. I have no idea how they will view my leaving. Despite being unhappy with everything I do, they still wouldn’t have any trouble complaining that I am abandoning them. I’ll text my manager Feng when I get to the hopper so they aren’t searching for a body. It will be too late then for them to do anything vindictive.”

Jeff nodded. “I’m going to text a quitclaim deed to all the residents using a private residence. I don’t expect any more gratitude than you do, but it’s the right thing to do. I’ll also be giving you a bonus, equal to the real estate agent’s fee, above your pay for administering and improving Camelot. My payment is split between gold and Australian dollars. But since the dollars are a floating value, and difficult for an individual to dispose of, I’m paying you and the agent in gold. Would you be happy with payment to an account at Irwin’s Private Bank?”

Annette laughed. “I don’t even have a bank account and don’t want the bother of one. I had my salary sent to my mom’s household accounts. She tracks it and assigns me a debit number to use when I wanted something personal. I bet I haven’t used a quarter of it for clothing and special snacks. Just send it by courier to my family’s place. I’ll be moving back into my room until I take another job. I’ll keep my bonus separate as a keepsake of this adventure and first job. Maybe I’ll have some jewelry made.”

“Whatever you wish,” Jeff agreed. It was that much less for them to coin. He smiled and wondered how the public would receive a Bank of Mom?

* * *

Vic’s little company arrived home late and hungry. The route back was not only longer, but had more ups and downs than the old route. The four extra homemade seed and berry bars they took for each of them didn’t come near covering their caloric expenditures cycling. On the plus side, they’d pushed through over soreness and stiffness to the point they were getting conditioned to biking.

Their house-sitters joked they were going to move the rest of their things in and claim the place if they had delayed a couple more days. Vic didn’t think that was very funny. It made him aware he hadn’t made any provision who would inherit the property if they hadn’t returned. He had copies of the plat and deed. The courthouse having been ransacked and burnt, a lot of people would be hard pressed to prove ownership, and many were outright squatters anyway.

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