Reborn Through Fire By Kazuya Higan Chapter 11


    Chapter 11 One Foot in the Grave


    It was Arie calling. She lived in an upscale bachelor pad.


    When Kisa rushed over, Arie was triumphantly fiddling with the contract agreement on her desk. Kisa


    was depressed at seeing the contract she had signed five years ago.


    She had survived the fire five years ago, but she contracted some nasty disease and suffered severe


    burns on the body, her appearance horrible. She had to take expensive medication every day to


    prolong her life. But because of her frightening appearance and failing health, she simply could not find


    a job and did not even have the money to survive.


    The mystery person who saved herter introduced her to be Arie’s assistant on the condition that


    she would sign a contract. She signed the contract without giving it a second thought because all she


    was concerned about at the time was survival. But now, thinking back, she felt something strange with


    the contract, and she did not know why the mystery person wanted her to sign a contract like that.


    It was a pity she did not know who the mystery person was and had never met the person. Otherwise,


    she could have asked face to face.


    Arie looked at her with a smile on her face. “I heard you’re quitting. Here, take a look at the figure on


    this, and then prepare to pay me a lump sum.”


    Kisa did not respond. Arie spread the page about thepensation use in front of her. “One


    hundred million dors. Pay up now so that I can find a smarter assistant.” She had wanted to rece


    Kisa, who she deemed dumb and ugly, since long ago. If not for this contract, she would not have put


    up with Kisa until now.


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    Kisa’s expression stiffened, and she went weak at the knees.


    ‘One hundred million dors! No way I can afford such an astronomical amount. I cannot escape with


    this agreement in ce.’


    She suddenly resigned herself to her fate and forced a smile. “Arie, the shooting of the Goddess of


    My Adoration is going to start tomorrow, right? You have a good rest. I wille back tomorrow.”


    Arie’s smile faded. “What do you mean? You’re not quitting?”


    Kisa quickly shook her head. “What would I quit when you treat me so nice? Unless you can’t put up


    with me and want to fire me.”


    Arie rolled her eyes; she was better than that. She would have to pay her $200 million if she fired


    Kisa. ‘What a shitty contract. If not for the boss’s request, I’d have signed it.’


    “So Arie, that’s it for now. I have a kid to take care of, so I will go first,” Kisa said and led Andrew


    outside.


    Arie snorted. “You have one foot in the grave and yet still want to take care of a child, as if you did


    not have enough trouble.”


    Andrew looked at Kisa’s scrawny figure, with a touch of worry and sorriness on his good-looking face.


    He secretly made up his mind that he would take care of Kisa during this time and that he would not be


    a burden to her.


    Kisa was back in that damp, dark basement again. A chilly wind hit her as soon as she opened the


    door. Andrew could not help but sneeze.


    She nced at him. “You’d better go home. It is a mess here, and if you get sick, your father will me


    me again.”


    “No, I won’t get sick,” Andrew said, carrying the groceries Kisa had just bought and walking inside with


    gusto.


    Kisa nced at him with a precarious look in the eyes and followed him in with the toiletries and


    clothes she bought for him.


    In winter, it was freezing in the basement. Kisa asked Andrew to put on an extrayer of clothes before


    making dinner. As Andrew wandered around the basement, his eyesnded on the sunset over the sea


    picture, and he got a little emotional.