#Chapter 54 - Something New

Stella The quiet sound of a notification ding form my laptop catches my attention. I stand in my family’s kitchen, boiling water inside a kettle for some tea, and I turn in the direction of the sound. I quickly make my way over to my laptop, which sits on the table just a few feet away from me, and pick it up. Adrian: Tracer, I would like to hire you for a new job. It is of the upmost importance and I need nothing short of the best. Can we talk? An immediate feeling of anger settles into the bottom of my chest. The smile that once sat on my face has since disappeared. I slowly lower myself into a seat in front of the laptop and begin to type. Tracer: No. I will not work with you. Please do not contact me ever again. I move to set my laptop to the side, wanting to desperately go back to my tea kettle and forget that Adrian even messaged me, but am quickly thrown off my rhythm when another notification bell sounds off. Adrian: Please allow me explain. I need the best of the b