#Chapter 41: Unqualified

I must be the most naïve person in the universe, I decide, as I watch Amber storm off toward Lila’s office. No matter what is said in that office right now, I really don’t want to hear it, so I focus on my first assign task of brewing fresh coffee. It’s slightly demeaning. I feel like I’m being treated like an intern rather than a hire with a journalism degree, but I am not above menial work. So long as that’s not all there is. I have ambitions too, same as anyone. With the coffee refreshed, I make my way back to Lila’s office, just as Amber is leaving it. She smirks at me as she passes by. When I enter the office, Lila has stopped looking at the computer screen. Instead, she is on the phone. “Please send me a copy of the new hire’s resume,” Lila says. “I want to go over her qualifications once more.” There’s a long pause, in which Lila sees me enter. She doesn’t even try to cover for what she is doing. “What do you mean there’s no resume on file?” “If there are questions o