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Chapter Five
Mia
I didn’t go…
I couldn’t and I know that says a lot.
It says a lot considering death is in the cards for the future, and I didn’t show up to a job that could solve all my problems.
A hundred grand a year.
A hundred grand for my body.
That’s the part that gripped me because my body, and that shred of dignity is all that’s left of me. It’s the last thing I have left.
I woke up yesterday and I knew I couldn’t go back to The Dark Odyssey.
I couldn’t do it.
Anxiety took me and something that resembled reality kicked in and snapped me in gear, screaming at me, telling me I couldn’t take the job. I couldn’t be some kind of sex toy for a man I didn’t know. Fuck, I couldn’t be a sex toy whether I knew him or not.
It was off the table, and yes… even with all that I felt - the damn emotion I couldn’t quite understand that swept over me when I was with him.
Nick…
That’s his name. Nick.
It didn’t matter what I felt. I just couldn’t give up that last part of me.
So I decided to have hope that something would work out.
I was waiting to hear back from one last law firm. I hung on to hope that I would hear from them and that would be the answer to everything. My something good.
This morning I heard from them alright. I got the email from Barker LLP informing me that my application had been unsuccessful.
Rejected.
As I sat in the coffeehouse waiting for Chloe I read over the email again.
Dear Miss Chase,
Thank you for your impressive application. Our recruitment team was happy to receive such an application from a graduate of Harvard Law School.
However, it is with the deepest regret that we write to inform you that the position you applied for has now been filled.
I write personally to express my regret as the decision was very close but the other applicant had a few more years of experience in intellectual property and trademark law.
If we find ourselves in a position to offer a role of a similar degree, we won’t hesitate to contact you. We will be keeping your resume on file with the intention of doing so.
Thank you again for applying. We wish you the best of luck in your career endeavors.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Barker
The first thingI thought when I read the message this morning was that if things were okay with me I would have been over the moon happy to have gotten a personal response from Peter Barker, a renowned top attorney who owns the chain of Barker firms.
The email was bad news but it isn’t every day that a man of such importance takes the time to respond personally to an unsuccessful applicant.
