Chapter 211
Five hundred dollars? What could Clara do with that amount? In a place like Seathburn City, it wasn’t enough to survive!
“Ms. Stewart, don’t be too quick to reject the offer. I’ll give you a day to think it over. Let me know your decision tomorrow,” the interviewer said with a smile, handing back her resume.
Clara left the company in a huff, her face flushed with frustration.
That company had just been newly listed. It was not even half as prestigious as Brooks Group! How could their standards be so high?
Determined that she could find a better opportunity, Clara contacted other companies.
Unfortunately, they all rejected Clara’s job applications under Maeve’s command. Even when she lowered her expectations, the best offer she got was a meager four hundred dollars.
Desperate, Clara sat down on the street. She could not believe that a graduate student like her, who was a graduate student at Amenam University, couldn’t find a single company willing to hire her.
Just then, her phone rang. Thinking it was the human resource team calling back, she answered, only to hear the program director’s voice.
‘Clara, did you leave Tomkins Corporation?”
Clara bit her lip. “I felt Tomkins Corporation wasn’t a good fit for me, so I resigned.”
“But what I heard was that the Tomkins Corporation fired you.”
“Sir, I resigned voluntarily. If you don’t believe me-”
“That doesn’t matter now! What matters is you need to find a new internship immediately. You have less. than a month. I need your internship report and the company’s stamp by this time next month.”
The program director hun had to find a job fast.
up, leaving Clara feeling devastated. Yet, she had no time to dwell on it–she
Finally, she reluctantly called Horizon Group, a subsidiary of Mirage Group. The phone was answered quickly, and the interviewer’s voice only added to her sense of humiliation,
“Hello, this is Clara. I’ll accept the internship. I can start today!”
Come over then. I’ll have a workspace prepared for you,” the interviewer replied curtly but it was w better than the rejections Clara had faced before.
With her bag in hand, Clara consoled herself that low pay and poor conditions were alright. Once she had graduated, she could still find a good job. However, little was she aware that Seathburn City had no place left for her to thrive.
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