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the next morning from the official email address of Her

st the bedside table as t

il again, holding it close to my chest so that I would te

bag, recklessly taking out the folded clothes

act that we were still on bad term

mediately, telling them that it wo

ave me the job!" I laughed t

kitchen counter and, out of

much this means to me. I'll be t

spond, and that barely mattered t

next two days, and I barely had a night of

had been calling people up for their interv

g by offices and introduced me to the employees I needed to k

"is Mr. Hera's office. He isn't always in, but as his secretary, you'll know that. You'll

questioned, keep

a whisper as if I was automatically

rowned in

era. Mr. Hera will be here in a few min

adorned with the finest of Hera's classic jewelry, walked

Why are you just standing her

l that she didn't approve of me one bit. It was almost as if my mere presence w

was just showing Mr. Her

es widened at

e pointed her index finger at me, and it

ssed her as, my guess was t

waving Jessica off and dismissing her so it

ted violently as Jessica di

. Hera reminded, an annoyed f

My name i

unds like something I could convince my

ed, but she was qui

compliment to you, bu

y froze and melted

felt like I was redoing my job interview, but I was under more

We sustain ourselves by owning farms and selling

wait down in the lobby for Vince, since he was the one who t

helming presence behind me until I got into

ng into the waiting room. "She doesn't come here much, so you're free most of t

had used the tone she had when she

was long enough for me to go from sitting to pacing as I g

his office. You can go see him and ask him about your workspace. He doesn't remember some of the employees who h

ember me, but I only nodded and go

llway, knocking on the door

the other end, and

ew secretary. I was asked

d Mrs. Hera's voice was

would employ a country girl who

ince said, igno

ath my chest, and I tried my best not to make eye contact with his mother, whose glare was boring holes into th

Your workspace is right over there." He pointed

ompany, and I believe I have

Vince questioned, his

ella, I really hate to be doing this right now, bu