A hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. It's enough to pay off your student loans and maybe order a pizza after. That ogre was going to eat you anyway and Gertrude was there to lure you into the trap. She's killed dozen already, it's time for her and her evil spawn to face the same fate, minus the eating of course.

And a hundred thousand dollars! One tenth of a million! You take the dagger and plunge it into her chest just as you did the ogre. A look of extreme pain crosses the woman's face, followed by a cough bringing up foaming blood. She tries to inhale but you drive the blade deeper. She coughs again and then slumps over. Once you're sure she's dead you remove the dagger and wipe it on your apron.

"Nice job, Leia" he nods ashe offers a hand. "I'm hank." You take his hand and give it a shake.

"Forty-sixty?" you ask in response.

"Twenty-eighty. You won't be able to spend it without me anyway." You tilt your head to the side and frown and you flipp the dagger in your hand.

"Thirty-seventy," you counter. He hesitates and you hold the dagger up.

"Deal." You shake and he retrieves his weapon and puts it away. "I think you may be better at this than me."




Congratulations, you lived! You found a Hank and got him to help you. Come back later for the next chapter and we'll find out just how negotiable your ethics really are.