Barron and Belle stared at the timekeeper whose answer came out even before Barron had finished speaking the last word, "What do you mean no?!" demanded Barron as if the timekeeper was crazy.
"I am retired now. I don't want to work," were the simple words that came from the timekeeper. She snapped her fingers and in an instant, her skeleton form took the appearance of a woman. Compared to what Barron had described, this woman was gorgeous to look at. Either Barron was only teasing the woman or he needed to recheck his eyes if he had one, "Leave me. How did you end up turning so small? What a cute thing you are. How haven't you turned to someone's food yet?" the timekeeper tried to contain her laugh.
"Forget that! What do you mean you have retired? I said you to take a vacation not retirement!" Barron felt like his bounty was only going to increase if the Hawverts found out that the timekeeper left the job forever.
