Anything For You

Part 4

The day after the gala evening, Dr Marks's secretary sent through the information for the meeting at the restaurant. Her day at the Museum was uneventful and she was excited about her dinner tonight. At around 5pm she left for her apartment, showered, dressed and left at 7pm for the restaurant.

The restaurant was near her apartment and when she arrived, Dr Marks was already seated. The hostess at the entrance escorted her to his table and Dr Marks greeted Jenna with a hug. He hailed the waitress to the table when they were seated. "Would you like to order something to drink my dear?" Dr Marks asked

"I would like a coke with a slice of lemon and lots of ice, thank you", she looked up at the waiter. He was staring at her.

"You lose something here little man?" she asked with an irritated tone in her voice.

"No ma'am, I'll be right back with your order," the waiter said startled.

She looked back at her uncle and shook her head.

"I suppose this happens to you all the time. You turned out to be an absolutely lovely woman and I can't blame them for staring at you. I remember when you were just a teenager, your father had heart failure every time he saw the boys looking at you." Dr Marks laughed as he thought back.

"Yes it happens quite often." She replied.

"You still don't like the attention do you." He asked.

"No I don't. It annoys me"

"Well then, you are on the right track." They laughed as the small talk began about her studies, her career and her current developments. The evening was pleasant and they reminisced about younger days. "How is your mother Jenna" he asked cautiously.

"I don't know uncle, I don't care." She said as her demeanor changed and with that Dr Marks changed the subject to Candice. As she spoke he remembered what a strained relationship he has with his sister. Even he, as her brother couldn't stand being around his sister and he imagined what it was like for Jenna and Candice.

After desert Dr Marks sat back in his chair, folding his arms. "Jenna, would you like to come and work at the univ........

"Yes", she said before Dr Marks could finish his sentence.

Dr Marks and Jenna both burst out laughing. "Well then, I already knew that you were going to say yes so I took the liberty of setting up everything. You can start in two weeks as a Senior Professor in the Department of Ancient Studies. That should give you enough time to wrap up your affairs here in Istanbul. Your direct report is Professor Michael Jensen and my secretary will arrange your meeting with him". Dr Marks said with certainty.

"Only one thing my dear, no one is to know that we are related." He leaned forward as he whispered. Jenna leaned forward as well and agreed. The evening progressed steadily and Jenna found that she missed her uncle.

"Thank you uncle, for everything." Jenna said and Dr Marks knew that she was not referring to the job offer.

"You are so very welcome my girl. Remember that you are my princess and that I love you", and with that he hugged her tightly. The evening ended and they parted ways.

Jenna drove to her apartment thinking about her evening and her new job. Her uncle did not say much about her new boss, Professor Michael Jensen so she decided to do some research. She found some information on Wikipedia and the University's website and she was impressed with his education and field work.

There were no photos of him on either website but she couldn't care less. She was going to do what she loved. Teaching others about the Ancient world. She was happy and dozed off after her research.

In the two weeks that she had left in Turkey, Jenna was consumed with the last part of her work and the time passed quickly. She made the necessary arrangements with her current employee and her landlord and even apologized to Ufuk for tormenting him.

He didn't believe her.

Jenna received a message from Professor Jensen's personal assistant that he would speak to her on phone at 5pm her time in Istanbul that evening. Jenna was somewhat excited to meet her new boss even if it was just on the phone?

At exactly 5pm that evening, Michael called Jenna on her cell but the connection was so bad that the call was cut three times before they eventually gave up. After the third time, she received a text message from Michael stating that they would have to meet at his office at 9am the day after she arrived at the University. Jenna agreed.

For the first time in a long while, Jenna slept soundly mainly due to a double dose of Tripelene.

Two weeks later she was on her way to the US.