Chapter 2

I had received several dozen emails from Azrael over the past week. Since they were still being sent to my personal email, I did my best to ignore them. I deleted all but one email. The most recent one I decided to respond to. If they continued to email me after that, I would just mark their emails as spam.

Azrael,

Please stop contacting me at this email address. If you are interested in my services as a graphic designer or web designer, please contact me via the email I provided you with in response to your first correspondence. And which I will provide below. This will be the last time that I reply to your message via this address. Any further messages not addressed to my work email or about work will be deleted.

Andy Darwin

After sending the email, I considered blocking Azrael from contacting me again on my personal email, but I got distracted from that thought thanks to an email notification for my work account. Sighing heavily, I opened the email and began reading it. I let out a small "oh" as I read, realizing it wasn't from Azrael.

Good morning, Ms. Darwin.

I am writing on behalf of my employer, Mr. Thanatos. We are currently in the market for someone to head our graphic design department. If it is possible, my employer would appreciate it if he could meet with you in person. He is willing to pay you $700 for the inconvenience of doing so. If you choose to take the position, there would be a $1,000 sign-on bonus. If you decide not to join our business, we would still compensate you for coming in to talk. Please reply to this email and let us know your response at your earliest convenience.

Thank you.

Charon

The Ferrymen

I read and reread the email several times. I was hesitant to meet someone in person, but the compensation for the inconvenience was tempting. As was the sign-on bonus. Chewing my lip, I replied to the email, letting Charon know that I would be willing to meet Mr. Thanatos and to schedule a time and place for our meeting.