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She frowns at her tablet as she taps away. “I don’t see?—”
“I’m an attorney at Crown and Black.”
“I see.” Her frown persists as she looks up at me. “What are you doing here?”
Here goes nothing.
“Auditioning.”
For a second, she almost smiles.
Almost.
“Excuse me?”
“I’m here to audition. For Mr. Black’s?—”
“It’s not an audition.”
I glance significantly around the room. “I mean, it kind of looks like one.”
Her mouth purses. “Well, it’s not an open call. So I’m afraid I’ll need you to?—”
“Why?”
She frowns. “Pardon me?”
“Why can’t I stay?”
I hate playing this card. But, desperate times, and all that.
The blonde woman gives me a curious look. “You can’t audition because?—”
“Oh, so it is an audition.”
She sighs, rolling her eyes. “Sure. Fine. You still can’t be here, though.”
“Because I’m Asian?”
Her lips purse. “Ms. Yamaguchi, I’m going to have to call security unless you?—”
“See, an audition is covered under the Equal Rights Act of 1964.”
She stares at me. “You’re joking.”
I smile. I’m being pedantic, and this is clearly not discrimination.
But I need that goddamn money.
“I just…” I glance around the room before shrugging eloquently. “I don’t really see much representation here, do you?”
She gives me a look. “Francesca DiGallo is Albanian?—”
“By way of New Jersey.”
She rolls her eyes and nods past me with her chin. “Monica Wells is Nigerian.”
“She’s from Atlanta. And that’s like one woman of color in this entire room.”
