Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 113

“Don’t worry, it’s not entirely to help you.

My aunt hurt her arm, and it hasn’t fully healed yet. I don’t want her to overwork herself.

If you do a deep clean for us once a week, she’ll only have to manage the small daily messes.”

Mira would pay her the standard rate for housekeeping. If she offered more, Elara wouldn’t accept it.

“Okay, I’ll do it. Thank you.”

This way, working a couple of hours a week would earn her about twenty dollars. If she was careful, that would be enough to buy groceries for her lunches for the week.

The student cafeteria was already subsidized. Back in 2008, a simple lunch could be bought for just a few dollars. A side of vegetables was less than five dollars, a dinner roll was cheap, and a serving of pasta with meat sauce was only about eight dollars. If you didn’t order anything expensive, ten dollars a day was more than enough for three meals.

Mira suggested, “You could find another part-time job on Sundays for a few hours. That would make things much easier for you.”

Elara was a good student; she could tutor elementary schoolers or even wash dishes at a small restaurant. A few hours of work could earn her a few dozen more dollars.

“I’ve tried looking. I asked a lot of restaurants, but they all want someone who can work every day.”

“I’ll ask around my neighborhood for you.”

“Thank you, Mira.”

When Mira got home, she told Rachel about hiring a cleaner, but Rachel immediately objected.

“Why spend that money? There’s barely enough work for me to do with one hand. Why hire someone?

Is it easy for you to make money? Your tuition is hundreds of thousands a year, and college will cost even more.”

Rachel was just forty this year, younger than Lacey, with short, neatly styled hair that gave her a sharp look. She was not only an excellent cook and a fast worker but also a very frugal person.

“Don’t worry about the money, Rachel. I’m very good at making it.”

But Rachel was still unwilling to waste the money.

Left with no choice, Mira told her about Elara’s situation.

“She’s my deskmate and a good friend. I’m doing this to help her.

Elara’s family is extremely poor. She usually only eats grains because she can’t afford anything else. I suspect even then, she sometimes doesn’t get enough to eat…”

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