#Chapter 76: Renewed Contract

Today at Noah’s house had been quite the challenge. He had taught me a very intricate brushstroke and I did not have it perfected by the time I left. He said not to worry about it. That it had taken him years to finally get it right. It hadn’t really made me feel better. I wanted to be an expert in my craft. And Noah had started at a much earlier age. I would be lucky if I mastered it before I died. I said as much and he just laughed. Then he cryptically mentioned that we would be seeing each other a lot more often without any further explanation. I didn’t see how. Arthur had been pretty strict about my working schedule. And now that Noah’s exhibition wasn’t going to be at the gallery, I didn’t really have a lot of work to be done there either. I had left his house feeling slightly confused, but I had brushed it off. Noah could often be eccentric. He didn’t think like other people. I wasn’t sure if it was because of his wealthy upbringing or because he was ba