Oulos said that this store would be a stable source of income for John outside his mercenary work.
The third aspect is management, the operation of the business.
Being a mercenary is the main job; running a store would inevitably take up a lot of energy, so finding someone else to do it is the best choice.
Maya and Gerry were the perfect pawns — indebted to John for saving their lives, crushed by bank bills, their secret as Special Affairs Bureau agents held over them, and with a young daughter...
They had no right to betrayal or resistance.
Such was the reality.
Maya leaned against the wall, arms crossed to support her back, her face showing the fatigue of blood loss.
She chose to, as usual, let her husband make the decisions in both family and business matters — this man before her, without advanced prosthetics or weapons and ammunition, yet managed to support the family.
Perhaps that's the reason for eight years of marriage.
John keenly noticed this point.
