The Maintenance Man 5

The Maintenance Man 5

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Mark sighed as if things weren’t bad enough, now he had to contend with his mother and sister.
Stepping in front of Nissie his mother looked her up and down, “who exactly are you?” she said as she intensely stared at Nissie.
“Mother please don’t start this now, this is Nissie she’s my….uh…” he hesitated a moment.
“I am his slave in loo of payment from the king” as Mark growled at her, she just looked back at him sweetly.
“Your WHAT!!!?” his mother shouted, “Mark you know that we abolished that on earth centuries ago”

Mark shook his head and started to open his mouth when Nissie interrupted him, “Mam he had no choice as it was mine, by the binding imperial laws he can’t back out of it and neither can I.”
Mark’s mother’s face and body eased a moment as she thought hmm brains and beauty too.
“I was going to say she is my assisstant, that’s all now why are you here? You both know I cut ties with the family years ago. I worked hard to get where I am, I DO NOT want your or father’s help, and you also know why I did it, so don’t tell me you’ve been trying to talk to me because you obviously haven’t. I gave you a chance and…”
“Gave us a chance? Like hell you did!” his sister screamed at him, “I have needed you all these years, you never took my calls, texts. written notes hell you refused to let anyone see you when you went to that school. I think you were hiding.”

Mark glared at his sister, “Why the hell not!?” he shouted back at her, “You and mother screamed at me, threw things at me, I felt I had no recourse but to leave the house, PERMANENTLY!!”
Nissie moved to try and head this off before trouble started, “Mr. Mark, we have to go to the central building to start the contract,” like she hoped it snapped Mark back to his old business self.
“You’re right Nissie, we need to go, from the look of things here, nothing has worked for years.” stepping around his mother and sister he got on the speeder.
“Well, I know your name,” Mark’s mother said as she extended her hand, “I am Trina Doraland and this,” reaching for her daughter. “is my daughter Samantha”
“Sam mom, sam, geez” sam said as she rolled her eyes.

“I am pleased to meet you, though under the circumstances I am afraid you have caught us at a bad time” Nissie told Mark’s mother and sister all that she knew, (except for the part about the sex that would come later) getting to the part about Mark’s father his mother smiled.
“So he and Arthur did meet after all good, so what has Mark done to stop this mad man?” Trina said as she looked very close at Nissie.
“From what I have been told and have heard, Mark destroyed one of his networks, but he was back up in only a few hours, this was evident when those bots tried to kill us by self destructing, if it hadn’t been for mark I would have lost it by now.”Trina made note of this then just as suddenly she knew!

“Tell me Nissie,” Trina started, “just how long have you been in love with Mark?”
Nissie sighed god! Was she that easy to read? First her sister, then Mark’s mother. Sam’s mouth dropped open, “If you marry my brother I’d finally have a sister!” she said happily a wide smile creeping into her features.
“First off, I have loved him almost from the moment I met him, but I knew he was out of my league,” Nissie looked at the ground, she had embarrassed herself with the confession. “Second” she almost whispered, “I don’t think he loves me I am just a slave, I am not allowed to marry or really even love anyone, til the time of my contract with Mark is finished.” a small tear fell from her eye as she thanked the two women and moved to the speeder that Mark had cleared.

Watching them leave Trina looked over at Sam, “I’m not sure but your brother has changed, he was more forceful like your father is.”
Sam thought a moment too then, “Mom! I think Mark’s in love too! I just don’t think he knows it yet!” giggling she leaned closer to her mother and whispered, “but that’s about to change.”
Nissie was afraid to say anything the look and scowl on Mark’s face gave her the feeling that he’d bite her head off if she did. Arriving at the main captital building they were escorted in to the planet leader, as he vigorously shook Mark’s hand Nissie took note of everything in the room including the amount of rust and disrepair of almost everything in the room.

Mark leaned over and whispered in Nissie’s ear, looking astonished she looked at the leader, “Mr. Mark thanks you for the warm welcome but please don’t do that again. He also wants to know if you have the payment that was promised him.”
The man nodded affirmatively handing Nissie a sheet of paper. Mark looked at the paper then up at the man shaking his head he whispered again into Nissie’s ear.
“Mr. Mark says that these extras that you want will increase the price by half more, also if you can’t pay and are trying to bluff him you will regret it,” she smiled menacingly, the leader shook a moment then leaned over to his assisstant whispering. Looking up he said that a few of the extras could go for now.

Mark just smiled he didn’t have the heart or the patience to tell the man that a few of the ‘extras” would get done by the repair bots. They were led to their room, Mark pulled 3 or 4 scanners out of his pack.