It was rather late and while I had made quite a large sum of money it wouldn't be enough to pay my bills. It probably never would be, However it would be the start of a larger sum of cash that I would be saving to pay for Anna's Hospital bills. I looked up at the mirror in my bathroom after splashing water on my face and said, "This time...This time will be fucking different." And a look of pure determination flashed in my eye's as i stared my self down. With a sigh i turned and left the bath room to eat something before bed. After that I went straight up to my room where it smelt to similar to my ex so i ended up sleeping on the couch. When my alarm went off at five am I groaned as my back and shoulders where stiff from sleeping on the couch. I took a quick shower and snagged a granola bar from the pantry on my way out of the house. I jumped in my car and drove to work arriving at around six thirty. You see I work at a gym. An MMA gym to be exact. However I don't get paid all that much. My salary is $30 an hour. Its above minimum wage yes but it still means I'm only making around 1,700 a week, before taxes of course.
As I pulled up at Chad's Champion Gym (I know it's a terrible name but hey. The owners a good guy with a sense of humor.), I saw a car I Really did't want to see today. Ashley. Fuck that girl she knows damn well I don't wanna see her so why is she fucking here. Either way it doesn't matter as I get out of my car and head to the front door I hear another car door open. Given the distance between me and the door, And my current walking speed. It'll take me around 45 seconds to get to the door and make it inside. However based on the fast past click-clacks of High heels on concrete. I wont make it there in time...Shit. Fine if you want to talk I'll fucking talk. Turing half around to face her I simply said, "30 seconds. And don't ask for more I'm a busy man and don't have time to deal with you and your shit." Ashley stopped in her tracks taken aback by my sentence and tone. However she quickly spoke up when I said, "28." At that her face paled and she started talking.
"Come now Ba-!" I cut her off with a glare, "26" She spoke faster and watched her step, "Come on Arthur you can't just break up with me because your sister is sick come on that is the most bullshI-!!!" She clamped her mouth shut upon seeing not only the look in my eye but how fast my fist went from my side to in front of her throat. "Your time is up, Stay the fuck away from me and my sister or next time..." I leaned in real close, "I wont stop myself." Before Turning and walking away. as I left she collapsed on the ground in a puddle of her own piss before crying and running back to her car. Once inside the building I turned right and went to the locker room changing into my workout clothes and setting up for the day. Not long after I started my warm up I got a call from my boss telling me that I had actually been selected as a personal trained.
"By who?" I asked after my boss told me that, "The name I was given was Ingris Ferrold. A popular gaming streamer. Also apparently one of those selected for the new games beta... What was it... Oh right! New Realm. He said that a in game friend of his told he that a bit of real life training would probably do him some good so he asked if anyone here was trained in weapon mastery. Your the only one." I nodded that was why he hired me after all. Not a lot of people these days have training with ancient weapons like swords and spears. My grandfather however owned a private dojo. He disowned my father though... So I haven't seen or heard from the man in years. "Alright. Did he mention the weapon or weapons he wanted me to train him in?" My boos Jeff simply shook his head, "Afraid not. The guy simply said three things. One he wanted weapon training. Two he wanted it done discreetly. Three that he'd pay us 50,000 for a month of training." I was stunned, "Holy shit! That's a $30 daily bonus for me!' Jeff nodded "Right Which means you better not fuck this up." And so I waited around an hour for a young man in a suit to show up and all I could think was...
"No. Absolutely not." I said this allowed when he walked up to me asking me if i was gonna train him in the art of ancient war. Then I gave my reasoning, "First of all it'll do you no good. Second, your stance is lacking, and third you don't have the muscle to lift a weapon let alone use it. So no I will not be teaching you to use any weapon right now. Instead we'll focus are Hand to hand combat. Once you have the basics down and enough of a build to avoid unnecessary ingury then and only then will I train you in the basics of ancient weapons." I said it all fast even as Jeff tried to stop me to play damage control it was to late the young mans face twisted into what some might call rage and what I called excitement. Before he simply smiled, "Of course. I would expect nothing less. Names Ingris Might i learn yours?" He asked while putting his hand out. I took his hand and we shook as I said, "Arthur's my name and I'll be training you for the foreseeable future." He smile and said, "Then I'll be in your care." Just like that a long hard day began for the poor lad. As I made him work himself to the damn bone. Tomorrow He'll come back and do it again. and for a few weeks he'll do just what he's doing. Gaining muscle after a couple of weeks I'll start with hand to hand then weapons.
After Ingris left I went and did a yoga class for around an hour before clocking out. It was already 3 pm. Time to go home, I got my stuff and went to my car. As i entered however I got a call from my sisters doctor. "Excuse me Mr. Herald. your sister condition has gotten worse. In order to treat her we need to start now." FUCK! SHIT! GODDAMN IT ALL! I was pissed, "Do it. Also can you give me a rough estimate of the amount treating her will cost me?" On the other side I heard the doctor quickly yelling out orders to save Anna's life, "As of right now if all goes well it should only be around $400,000. However that could change if a complication occurs. Worst case It could cost around $600,000" Fuck me. "Okay... Thank you doc." Damn. How am I ever gonna raise that much money. Even the stream only nets me around ten grand. But that only a one time thing... I think. Upon getting home I found that in reality it was actually around 25 grand... A month for the 10,000 subscribers he had. Not including the email from Mr. Jones who said that as long as her streamed for another four hours he'd be paid around 6 grand. That's 31,000 a month. Not including the fact that If he played eight hours a day he would be paid 6 grand a day instead. But... even so. will it be enough?