Chronicles of the Supers (Book 1): Born From Darkness (The Story of Max) by Jeremy Williams Read Free Book Online Page B

a lot of ground to cover and little time to do it.
    Max sighed as she realized she'd probably have to find another job on
top of the 3 she already had just to pay for school now. But maybe
there would be some miracle that would let her luck her way into
enough cash to pay for her school. Though she knew it wouldn't
happen, one could always dream right?
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    It was now the weekend and Max was going to her job as a secretary.
She had convinced the school that she wanted to work two 8 hour
shifts instead of two 4 hour shifts. Her reasoning had been that the
extra time would prepare her for work in the real world and the
school had bought it with little persuasion. Even for the kids who
would inherit their families businesses, the need to work 8 or more
hours a day often arose. They'd granted her request gladly and she
was now making a considerable amount of money. She was now making a
little more than 250 dollars for a single weekends worth of work.
    Combined with her other 2 jobs meager income, it looked like Max
would actually have enough money to pay off her loans, even with her
new expenses considered, by the time the school year ended. She just
wished she could have gotten 2 more hours out of the school. But that
would have made them suspicious of her true motives. After all, the
kids at the school preferred to not do any work. They had been
spoiled by having staff to attend to their every need for them and
didn't understand the need to work more than was required of them by
law, which was merely 8 hours a day.
    She scoffed at mere thought of anyone thinking like that. If they had
been through what she had been through just to get enough money to go
to school, they'd quickly change their attitude and get right to work
at a steady 10 hour a day job.
    She finally arrived at the administration building. It was by far the
grandest building on the overly large campus. Her office was on the
third of the buildings 5 floors. But the building didn't have an
elevator, so she had to walk up the stairs to get to her office.
    Thankfully the office was adjacent to the office of the student
government president rather than in the same room, so Max wouldn't
have to deal with the man except when he needed her, which made her
eternally glad. She hated the asshole with a passion because of his
attitude towards women and would likely have ended up beating him
half to death if she had to stay in the same room as him.
    She entered the room and found, to her horror, the president sitting
on her desk. He was reading a book of some kind but quickly closed it
when Max entered. She closed the door behind her and smiled as
politely as she could as the man just stared at her with a frown.
    "There you are. I'm glad you're here. I need some coffee. And I
need these papers copied 2215 times." the man said as he held up
a small stack of papers.
    "What is it?" Max asked.
    "It's the new safety instruction manual for the students. Don't
worry, even a woman could understand the writing." he said as he
handed Max the papers. Max barely managed to conceal her scowl as he
walked past her and out of the office.
    "Have my coffee ready when I get back."
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    "Amazing, you made the coffee perfectly. I was afraid the
instructions would be too complicated." Max's boss said after he
took a sip. "Thanks babe."
    He began to walk towards his office as Max scowled at his back. But
as he opened the door he stopped and turned around.
    "By the way, you can go home after your first 4 hours today."
He said.
    "Why?" Max asked.
    "You don't need the extra time. It'll overwork you."
    "I'll be fine, I promise." Max said with as polite a smile
as she could manage.
    "Nah, you won't. Women can't handle real work. Go on home after
your 4 hours are up." the man said with a frown.
    "Will I still get paid for 8 hours?" Max asked.
    "No. If you don't do the work you don't get the pay."
    "Then I'll stay the 8 hours as dictated by my employer, the
school." Max said with a poker