Despite all the evidence to the contrary, Ellie isn’t stupid. She knows Miss isn’t Miss’ real name. Knows, sometimes, more times than she wants to think about, their jobs are shady. Has questioned just where her pay is coming from, though sometimes the amount isn’t so strange, the jobs more than big enough to cover the cost of them. But the thing is; it’s easier to pretend. Easier to not read the contract, to not ask questions. Any thoughts on how weird it is? Boxed. The knowledge the stain was definitely blood and not coffee? Boxed.
It’s wrong, maybe, but the pay is a godsend. It’s unreal, unbelievable. Maybe that makes her greedy. But she’s fresh out of college with an art degree and living alone. You take what you can get. And if what you can get is a shady maid job with the weirdest late hours? You take it. No hesitation, no thoughts.
Miss… Miss is a bonus, if you can refer to a human as such. And sure, she’s a little weird. It’s clear she knows the full truth of whatever crime scenes they’re cleaning (of course she does, she’s the boss), but she’s also pretty and nice. You don’t often get nice bosses. Ellie had enough jobs just getting through college to know that.
Anyway, Ellie isn’t dumb. She’s just… good at ignoring unsavory things and putting things into boxes. That’s all. And anyway, isn’t that what she’s paid for? Cleaning? If she does it to her own mind, too, then that’s no one’s business but her own.
