Dark Sins (Dark Intentions Book 3) by Charlotte Byrd

Author:Charlotte Byrd [Byrd, Charlotte & Byrd, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781632252739
Publisher: Byrd Books, LLC
Published: 2021-08-01T18:30:00+00:00

16

Jacqueline

After the interview, I feel emotionally spent. A sense of release overwhelms me. I know that I have done my best, whatever the outcome, but it's still hard to wrap my mind around it.

Suddenly, every muscle in my body relaxes and I can barely move. I walk back to the hotel room, immediately change out of my constricting clothes, put on the most comfortable pair of socks and the sweats, and I lie down on the bed, letting the soft comforter consume me like a warm and diaphanous cloud.

The anxiety that I had felt the whole day leading up to this moment starts to vanish, but something else replaces it. I grab a pack of M&M’s out of the minibar, tearing into it and swallowing handfuls at once even though I'm not particularly hungry.

I’m greedy for whatever relief I can get.

I follow it up with a bag of pretzels and potato chips followed by the apple. I can't even imagine how expensive this bill is going to be, but I don't really care.

Climbing under the covers, I grab my phone and watch YouTube to pass the time, nothing in particular, just something to keep me company.

I have always reacted this way to stress.

I feel this energy building up until the moment. And even though it goes generally well, afterward I feel like I can't get up or do anything for a day, except for maybe eat a whole bunch of junk food.

My flight home isn’t until tomorrow afternoon, giving me some time to sightsee. I know that I should take advantage of it but I can’t drag myself out of bed for another two hours.

When twilight starts to set, I give myself an ultimatum. You either go now or never.

Without bothering to change out of my sweats, I meander for a while along the marina. Dante and I have texted a bit, but he’s having a busy day in Salt Lake City and we haven't had a chance to talk.

After talking to Mom, I call Allison. No one knows my real purpose of being here except for Dante. That's the whole point of being undercover, but I still need to talk to someone to make this low level of anxiety go away.

Allison answers on the second ring.

Her voice is upbeat and happy-go-lucky. That is until she hears me and I remind her of the fact that I'm in Seattle.

"You forgot?" I laugh. ”How could you forget that I'm over here?"

"I don't know. I have my own life. So, the interview was today?"

“Yeah.” I nod even though she can't see me.

"How did it go?"

"Actually pretty well, but then again, I'm not really sure if I'm a great judge of what makes for a good interview," I say, purposely being vague about the details. I do mention that it’s a company that makes microprocessors and the job is for an administrative assistant.

"Why are you applying for this job again? I thought you wanted to be a journalist,” she says after a long pause.

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