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Haley

“I still think I’, I swear”

“Your toothbrush,” Jessica chirps through the video chat and roaned and face-palhed at etful soent now After all, I can’t afford to mess up this opportunity

“What would you do without me?” Jessica asked rhetorically with a triumphant smile

“Ugh, yeah, yeah” I quickly stuffed my toothbrush – which was now in its case – into the corner of my suitcase “I’ the essentials”

“Hey, you deserve this, girlfriend!” Jess said, trying to lift ree in Creative Writing too It’s just the econo walker for the last year or so”

I grih I’ets a college degree just to walk dogs after they graduate Not that I hate , I love my canine friends and my heart warms whenever the puppies jump and yip as I open the door But still, this isn’t what I envisioned when I strolled across the stage in own

But it is what it is Since graduating froo, the job hunt has been hard More than hard actually, it’s been absolutely brutal Before I even realized it,up inbins by myself because it was that bad

But even worse, the rejections overwhel blow to ood enough to be a writer, editor, or even a proofreader of any sort Thankfully, I had great friends who pushedforward, and now, it’s paid dividends because I’ve been hired by People Assist, an eency, to be the personal assistant to a famous author They wouldn’t tell me who the author was, but assurednovels and storytelling prowess Not just that, but her books have hit the New York Titon Post bestseller liststhat, I was sold I need a job, and this isfor yet

“Haley!” Myat Jessica and her stern expression “Hello? Back to Earth, girlfriend”

“Sorry…”