A

woman who is hard to impress and hates mediocre work, I'm telling you that this is really good

." I bow slightly because I'm li

t wrong abou

overjoye

hand before she pushes her glasses up so that it sits on her nose properly b

it?" The question hits me by surprise

..

version that's going around.

year for me to heal. I don't wan

s my happiness and so I took pictures of everything. It was my whole ident

here would you l

bout! I didn't come here to talk

ys been interested in arts and culture or something fun like that. I'm try

smiling like she's impressed at

ication so that you ca

e has gone serious again. I could swear she's got some

't understa

al and you're limiting yourself and

si

because of all you had to go through at Prescott. I genuine

ter opportunitie

r face again. "I want you to branch out from what

g in the pits of my stomach. I'm

ou're the missing piece we've been wanting for the longest time." She rubs her hands together, gett

d she sa

nd this happens to be his last year as a college student before he gets drafted next year.

de it abundantly clear that I want nothing that re

ou seem like the one that can make it happen. I know you haven't been ar

ly almost choke on my spit. My jaw hits the floor a

ys. This interview will be streamed live on ESPN."

I would rather chew glass than sit in an interview

ack. She's speechless as sh

raling and walking around her office aimlessly like I've gone insane. "I just

laugh, and tell myself that I'd rather let a car hit me than do it. By the tim

he questions and

it down and let's tal

. I walk to where her chair is l

" I hold the leg of her pant suit and she shakes

m a few years from now? Maria you snatch opportunities as soon as they're given to you. You think I haven't had my fair share of heartbre

, I ju

're also a very smart woman and you ought to see that I'm putting power in your hands." She points at my shoulder while I'm still on my knees. "You, my dear control the narrative. Y

think you are." Her words are razor s

lliams.

comes for me to sign that recommendation letter, I wouldn't do it because I gave y

morning, and I've do

door has me rising up an

almost roll my eyes

?" Emerson asks me. "Don't te

a comeback, but right now, I'm ex

goes off, but he picks it up, taps the trackpad and the first thin

her secretly obsessed fan wh

l him that the world doe

our tits. I already promised Coach Barne

ou, Emerson. I'm not stalking you or a

Am I the muse for the smut book you're writing?" No, I'm genuinely pissed. It's t

ould never be my muse. I'd make you the annoying background character that'll eventually get killed off." The smile on his face wip

ted to know what career required you to pull

dacity of this man to think that I'll spe

pen to be the one who will be i

e as he swallows spit. He's waiting for

ke my head 'no'. Showing him t

seen a ghost as he

phone and dials a

e's been a mix up."