Breaking Point (Drew Ashley 1) by Dayo Benson

Author:Dayo Benson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Two weeks after I'd started working for News24 an international journalist job came up in my department. As soon as I saw it advertised on the intranet I pulled Rosie into a meeting room. "Am I allowed to apply for the international journalist job?" I asked her.

"Of course," she said. "Anyone can apply."

"But do I honestly have any chance of getting it?"

"You have as good a chance as anyone else," Rosie said.

"I don't have the required experience."

"You didn't have the experience for the job you're doing now, but I chose you above the other more experienced people, and you haven't given me any reason to regret my decision."

I decided I was going to go for the job. I heard later on that week that Eva was applying for it too, and that knocked my confidence a little. I didn't feel good about going head-to-head with one of my colleagues.

Kale invited me to his place the weekend before I was to submit my application. It was a rainy Friday evening at the end of June. We'd planned to go out but the weather put us off.

"Let me see your application when you finish," Kale said from the couch where he was watching bad Friday night TV.

"Okay." It was my first time in Kale's flat. It was small, but tidy. I was impressed.

He reached over the side of the couch and took a file from a side table. "I'm defending my thesis in two weeks," he told me, opening the file.

"I'm defending mine next week," I replied, as I typed the contact details for my referees on my application form. "And I can't even remember what I wrote in it."

I liked seeing Kale like this. Relaxed and chilled out. He read a few pages of his thesis then returned it to the table. "I'll fix us a snack. I've got your favourite: Ferrero Rocher."

I forced a smile.

Kale shook his head. "Drew, why didn't you just tell me you don't like them?"

I paused. "So you know?"

"Yes. Your mum told me. She said she's the one that's been eating them."

Thanks, mum. "I didn't say anything because it's the thought behind the gift. Not the gift itself."

Kale reached for the TV remote and started flicking through the channels. "How often do you see Harvey at work?"

I stopped typing and looked at him. "Hardly ever." It was the truth. Despite working in the same building, I never saw him unless he came down to see Rosie, which had only ever happened like twice in the past few weeks. "I see his car a lot, though."

"Oh, is it the car you like?"

I laughed. "It was a joke."

"That day that Harvey showed up and crashed our date, I wanted you to choose me," Kale said softly, taking my hand and brushing his lips across my fingers. "It really knocked my confidence when I realised that you weren't going to."

"I couldn't choose between you because you were both just trying to be sweet."

"Well, I've learned my lesson. It'd be nice to have what you want just come to you, but sometimes you have to fight for what you want.

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