Hired
Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Cunning Linguist: The reason Eilerson was hired/kept around.
Source: Series / Crusade - The hitmen that Sigurd hired to get Sasha's notes kept them instead and failed to kill her.
Source: Fanfic / Fairy Dance Of Death - He had been hired to find her missing husband, Chester, and when he was mistaken for dead Donohue kept visiting and wouldn't relent.
Source: Comforting the Widow
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