When It All Falls Down: A Chicago Hood Drama (A Hustler's Lady Book 1) by Higgins Tamicka

Author:Higgins, Tamicka [Higgins, Tamicka]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-02-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

When Ayana got off of the L Train downtown, she felt as if the world was looking at her. The makeup did manage to cover up nearly all of the scratches on her face, except for one small scratch. It was up near her ear. With her resume printed off and inside of a folder, she walked down State Street, pushing against the strong Chicago wind with each step she took. The deeper she got into the area of downtown with the financial buildings and bank towers, the more nervous she became. She wanted this interview to go well, so at least she’d be able to get some money coming in, even if she did wind up going away with Tramar.

Moving away had been on her mind as she went to sleep. After some time thinking about it, she figured the idea was Tramar simply reacting to the possibility that the dude they robbed could come back after them. When Ayana woke up in the morning at nine o’clock, she’d had a text message from Tramar, saying that he wished her luck on her interview today. Ayana smiled as she replied, promising that she would call him when the interview was over and let him know how it went.

465 State Street.

Ayana approached the building that had the address the human resources person at Hartford Insurance had sent to her with the additional questions. Dressed in black dress plants and a white blouse, she walked into the glass office building and up to the front desk. With directions from an older Hispanic woman, she made her way up to the 16th floor. There, a Mr. Robertson, whom she’d spoken with over email, greeted her. He was a tall, thin white guy with graying hair and a bit of an accent. He welcomed her to Hartford Insurance before leading her back to his office.

Mr. Robertson’s office was a corner office with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the street down below. Ayana smiled, putting on her best personality as she walked into the office and sat at a chair on one side of the desk.

“Now, just relax,” Mr. Robertson said, sensing some tension in Ayana’s demeanor. “Have you ever interviewed with Hartford before?”

Ayana shook her head. “No, I have not,” she said. “And thank you.”

“No problem,” Robertson said as he sat down and got comfortable. “Now, let’s see if you’re a good fit for this job then we can go from there.”

Ayana answered what seemed like twenty-one questions. Even though she was nervous, she remembered to speak as clearly as she could and try to play up her strengths and downplay her weaknesses. There were a few times she felt as if she tripped up because she didn’t really understand the question. However, she pushed through and answered the best she could.

When the questions stopped Robertson leaned back, taking his glasses off. “I’m not going to lie,” he said. “I would seriously consider hiring you.”

You would consider hiring me? Ayana thought, wondering where this could be going.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.