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I ed to crankuntil I couldn’t shed another tear I had dreaazine one day, and that was dashed by two conniving women ere too lazy to squeeze an ounce of creativity out of their own brains

I kept asking God as this happening toto others as I would have them do to me By the time I arrived ho employed I had been dealt a lo, but I would somehow recover and find a way to pay my bills

Teeks later, I was done lickinganother word drained the life out of , for research, for creative writing I foundMelinda’s advice and working in another field It see all too faraphy studio, again I was let go

“Fired?” I questioned the overbearingand asked me to come to her office

“You can’t tell parents you need a wide-angled lens because their kid has a big head,” she said, giving me the side eye

“He did have a big head, and I was trying to get the whole thing on the picture It wouldn’t look right if I took the picture with half of the head on there” I argued o

Then, there was the coffee house I didn’t believe it would be that hard to our at the contraption with buttons, nozzles and stea, I felt so helpless I yelped when I dropped yet another cup of the hot liquid on the floor

“Holy cow, Tasha This just isn’t working out,” the frustrated led to talk to me in the calmest voice he could muster “The cup is too hot for you to hold because clear plastic cups are for cold drinks,” he said

“My bad I think this cup was in the wrong spot,” I said

“Look, we’ve given away too es because of yourme not to come back

By the fourth firing, I was harshly reroceries was unacceptable “I know, I’er Yeah, I had been fired that day, but not before I had been so lucky as to have to ring Melinda’s groceries

“Tasha, is that you?” she’d asked with so roceries otten the news that her bank account would be credited ten grand by ht

I didn’t respond to her Instead, I scanned her goat cheese, salad mix and alkaline waters as quickly as I could, s

o I could get her out of my space

“Well, I’m happy that you found work,” she said as she scanned her card to pay for her groceries

She tried to sound sy, and a part of me wanted to reach across the counter and knock the smirk out of her