My Parents Warned Every Employer Not To Hire Me—Grandma Had Already Prepared For That

twenty-six floors of glass reflecting the morning sun.

Maybe he’d already poisoned this well too.

Maybe I was walking into another rejection.

Another door slammed in my face.

But I’d come too far to turn back.

I silenced my phone, straightened my secondhand suit, and walked through the front door.

Whatever was waiting for me, I’d face it standing up.

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