She looked up, pushing her glasses down her

. Trying to peer through the glasses gave her headaches. She

e the mistake once of signing an author that the company didn’t want, they’d unofficially demoted her to slush pile reader

etters would not all fade into some indecipherable blur. The firs

nter

h w

k up again as she rose to her feet, grabb

apes of things clearly so that she w

arched through the open office space and ca

faux wall forming some kind of a cubicle. Elaine

She held the p

, her pointed ivory nose, with a pink gem nos

dressed to you. Why

er with those shocking

many times she stared at Jean, she could not get used to those unnatural eyes. They unnerved her and Je

ments. The woman seemed to have a name for everyone

d project and I am not co

ed her hand on the sketch pad on t

r desk and pulled out a couple

Taffy and I don’t wan

ou have to do is show up. You’ll most likely meet the Executive assistant or

there. It’s all the way on

out more.” Jean faced her system and he

If I miss it, I’ll have to reschedule. Wh

her account. He didn't charge much and he knew what he was doing. Because of this he had a lot of patients. She’d been on

my pr

ake your next two interviews but

you don’t go to Swernback Co. for this interview tomorrow

onery kit and pointed it at Jean. “Timothy is a slacker. Y

et his impossible deadline. I have to get all the free time that I can squeeze out. Now if you

houlder dropped. “Jean please, I c

for you. All you’re doing is whining. If you don’t want to go then, I’m not going to do Ti

No. P

n’t afford another query. Living check to check meant that if she got another query, she’d have to go b

up as part of her compromise to get Timothy’s book printed and to keep her job. She was compromising on far too

interview would be a failure and if she failed, it wouldn’t

. Roberts and tell

t. Now, what’s a less di

ting the day she opene