Trish<

Being in a new city was one thing but get a job? Hard as shit.

I stood awkwardly, my heart pandering in my cage hoping he'd reconsider giving me the position even though I wasn't called in.

“Sit down.” It sounded more like a command than an offer.

I sat and, when he reached out, I handed him my resume over the desk.

“Pennsylvania.” He said it as though the word annoyed him. Was he always like this?

“Was your husband transferred down?”

“No. I’m not married. The company where I worked for four years went out of business.”

He looked up and his hard eyes startled me, yet...