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She stared at hierly and she could tell that he was proud of hireat salary and everything that goes with it Now you won’t have to worry about me anymore"

"Oh, Steve, that’s wonderful" It was a relief that at last her brother had rinned "Pure coincidence So this guy calls me, says he’s the human resources director of this company and that he’s seen my resume on one of those internet job boards and thinks I’d be the perfect candidate for a job that just opened up"

"When did you post your resume on an internet job board? You never told ed hied "I don’t remember Doesn’t matter now Anyway he immediately inviteddown the drain, I figured I had nothing to lose, so I went" He grinned "I’lad I did They want me to run this small department Just three people under me, but I’m supposed to find lucrative business ventures for the coreat? That’s exactly what I’ me a pretty penny for it, too"

Steve was more than just excited He seemed ecstatic And she couldn’t believe it herself It sounded too good to be true Her investigator brain kicked in immediately "Are you sure that it’s not some scam?"

Steve huffed "Come on Can’t you be happy for hed Had her own situation ood thing? For her brother’s sake, she forced herself to smile "Of course, I’m happy for you" She threw her arms around him and squeezed him to her "If it weren’t so late already, I’d invite you out to dinner to celebrate…"

He waved her off "No worries We’ll celebrate later I’d better go ho tomorrow to buy myself a nice suit for work I think they dress really conservatively at Zinfluence And I don’t want to stick out like a sore thumb"

"Zinfluence?"

"Yeah, that’s what the company is called"

"Hood thing At least that meant the company actually existed And if she’d heard its name before, it probably e "Do you have enough rinned "No probleiven me an advance on my first month’s salary"

Her chin dropped "How coe my mind Rochelle, I can’t tell you how I feel Finally so"

She ruffled his hair "I always knew that"

"Thanks, Rochelle" He turned to leave, but hesitated "And if you want to talk after all… you know, about the guy who’s the reason that you cried, I’ht"