Chapter 4
“Jason, Jason hi” said Anastasious meeting him at Jason’s house.
“Hi Anastasious” he said to her.
“My father was taken away by the tax collectors guards so l was thinking that you could help him” said Anastasious.
“We shouldn’t be talking, you’re father” he was cut off by Anastasious.
“My father is rotting away in a cell right now, now l want you to approach the king with me and convince him to lower the taxes” said Anastasious.
“No l can’t do that, we would both end up in the dungeon for sure” he said convincingly.
“No we won’t he’ll just take us out for sure, but what I’m saying is that nobody has pleaded our cause to the king before and we will be the first to do that” she said softly touching his shoulder.
“Yes, but what shall we say?” asked Jason.
“Don’t worry you won’t say a thing l will do all the talking” said Anastasious. Twenty minutes later they went to see the thing.
“Hello young lady what can l do for you today?” asked the king.
“Well, you’re tax collector put my father in jail and l would like you to please release him” Anastasious pleaded nervously.
“What he couldn’t pay his taxes no way l will not release him” the king said stubbornly.
“Please if you could lower the taxes he might be able to afford them” said Anastasious cut off by the king.
“Lower the taxes, are you crazy young woman l will never lower the taxes” the king said stubbornly. All of a sudden Anastasious remembered what her father had said about the king, our king is a conceited pig that loves money, how true that was as Anastasious had just seen. “In fact just for asking me young lady l will behead your father in the market square tomorrow morning at ten, what’s her father’s name?” asked the king to the tax collector.
“Jone Walker” the tax collector whispered.
“Execute Jone Walker tomorrow at ten then” he said to his law writer.
“Please l beg of you please reconsider” she said pleading.
“No l will not reconsider you little slut so now Go AWAY” he said in a mean tone. Anastasious and Jason left the palace sadly. When they both arrived at Anastasious house Anastasious started crying.
“Dear sweet stop crying everything will be fine” he said putting a hand on her shoulder.
“No everything is not alright, my father will be a dead man tomorrow” she said and cried even more.
“L know but soon you’ll be my wife and you’ll have a new father” Jason knew it was the wrong thing to say to her but he said it anyway.
“Don’t say that Jason, just don’t say it, did you hear the king you little slut” she said and wiped a tear. “I’m a disgrace to my family and my father will die tomorrow a disgraced man” said Anastasious.
“Don’t say that l will marry you and soon all of this will end” said Jason.
“No it will not end, l will end up having to pay my dead fathers taxes” said Anastasious.
“L know, I’ll pay em” said Jason attempting to kiss her.
“Stop it I’m not a whore like they say l am” she said pushing him away.
“L don’t think you’re a whore” said Jason trying to kiss her again.
“No don’t, just don’t” she said again.
“Okay sweetheart” said Jason moving his head away from her.
“Now my father is going to die and it’s all my fault” said Anastasious crying.
“It’s not your fault, it’s that greedy pigs fault” Jason said to that.
“L know, l love you Jason” she said kissing him.
“L love you too” he whispered after the kiss.
The next morning the execution took place.
“Father” said Anastasious dressed in black coming into the crowds.
“Anastasious, goodbye l always loved you” he said back to her.
“Father” she screamed out again. Jone Walker put his head on the chopping block and with one hit it came off and Anastasious started crying and dropped to her knees.
“Sweetheart, I’ll marry you today” said Jason coming up to her and trying to comfort her.
That day Jason and Anastasious were married and nobody could call Anastasious a whore anymore.