72 chapter 72

Isnel's eyes lit up like that of the sun shining in the early morning.

The old woman spoke,"Did I say something wrong, honey?"

Isnel said,"No, it is just that you were the one that came here for. I was told by Enoka that you would help me find work."

The innkeeper looked surprised by the name drop of her close friend. Isnel gave the woman the letter with Enoka's special seal.

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The female innkeeper had read the entire letter of her close friend with tears in her eyes. It was a request for her to help the young Isnel and her child Hiroko. The old woman had seen a lot go down over the years but the telling of what had been done to Isnel broke down the old woman into tears. The old lady shook her head out of disbelief of what such a young woman had faced in her troubled past.

Isnel was starting to walking away when the old woman yelled out with tears in her wrinkled eyes,"Honey, where are you going? I have got to get you a room ready for you and your little girl. Forgive me if you thought I had belittled you by showing disapproval. I just did not believe something

so terrible and vile could happen to such a young person, such as yourself."

Isnel turned back around with a look of anger on her lovely face but she was crying deep down to how her life had went until this point.

The innkeeper speaks,"You can call me by my first name, Rose and what do you want me to

call you young lady."

Isnel spoke,"Isnel is my preferred name I wished to be called by, since it was the name that my mother had gave me."

Rose spoke,"That is a pretty name dear, I like it very much. Follow me and I will show you to your room so that you can lay down your baby, Hiroko. You have to be tired after such a long walk

from all the from Enoka's home village."

Isnel spoke," I am okay, but Hiroko is starting to get fussy from the short trek."

Rose shook her head in concord but what wonder to what Isnel considered a long walk if one hundred miles was nothing to her.

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Isnel was given a room with a large Queen size bed and a wooden baby crib that was near the bed where the woman would sleep in. There was everything that a mother could possible need was in the small but excellent room. There was even an in home bathroom with running water.

Isnel was in awe of the room and was lost in the moment.

Rose spoke,"This is your room dear and do not worry about any work for about a week or two, so that you two could get situated to the new setting."

Isnel was looking down at the floor as she begin to sob uncontrollably. Tears were running

down the face of the young mother.

The mother spoke,"What have I done to deserve such a blessing from you? I do not even know you and yet I am given so much for not as much of even a promise of your kindness being returned."

Rose spoke,"Honey, it is just the right thing for me to do since the strong is supposed to help those that are weaker than they are. You had nothing given to you but what Enoka and I had given you,except for the child that is in your arms. I am well off for a widow woman. I am living in a pretty good sized village and I want for nothing. I remember what it was too struggle and be blessed by the gift of others. It is called paying it forward."

Isnel looked confused by the statement since all she was just take, take, take. This was a foreign

concept to ex-harlot. She had seen once pampered whores be thrown away like trash after they got all old and haggard.

Isnel asked,"What is paying it forward? I had not heard of that phrase before. Please do tell me what that is. It is strange to me"

Rose spoke,"My poor child, that phrase means when someone gives you something as a gift you help someone else in return. I had been told as a young girl that it is better to give than it is to receive."

Isnel still looked confused at what Rose was telling her.

The old lady spoke,"You remembered how Enoka help you learn how to raise Hiroko?"

Isnel spoke tenderly,"Yes I do remember all too well, what that midwife had done for us."

Rose smiled sweetly at the young mother and spoke,"She did that so your baby would have a chance a much better life than the life you had to suffer through. Do you now understand now, honey?"

Isnel spoke with a look of intense love on her face while looking down at her baby.

"I do get it now! Thank you! You will not regret hiring me here since I will do all I can to do my best work for you."

Rose spoke,"That is fine, Honey. Please just rest until I call for you and do not rush yourself. You will do fine dear."

Rose left the room and locked the door behind her. She left a key for Isnel to use to keep her room safe from prying eyes.

Hiroko was held by her mother as the pair laid on the large bed and fell right asleep.

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A couple weeks go by and Rose starts Isnel out as a bus girl in the inn's diner. It was hard work for her to clean the large dining room without breaking dishes or even some furniture. Every night Isnel apologized to the innkeeper and promised to do better. This went on for over one month until the mother could do a half way good job cleaning the dining room. The other workers help saw as a pest but Rose kept her on as promised.