se
iven me in my pocket, and then turned to th
ante Personnel, I'm supposed to have
oman
ted me. "You're first here so you should be able to go j
r and made m
rn around almost
kles all over his face. But that wasn't what threw me off. The stare he gav
do this interview. I had
air in front of a desk. "Please, make
tion. I sat down against my better judgement. Immediately, he came over
f to be polite. "Thank
ightly on the armrest that was closest to me. "
h I was finding his presence a
w dedicated are you to getting the job? And once
. It was such an open-ended question, there w
d him. "I don't th
turned l
d just above my knee, not actual
up imm
yelled at him, the mean
is entire deme
t anything that happened during the interviewing process unless it was specifically
't let him think he eve
u're offering less than half of what all your competitors are, yo
the room. I made my way over to the bathroom, let myself into one of t
e the man at the door had been wrong.
a deep
ver the hardest part. I had gotten in the door.
re are assholes everywhere. And y
est lightly, and I could feel the card poking a
o mess up the entire opportunity for me. I needed this, and I
the stall. I washed my hands and
ight to the stall right next t
s a blonde woma
mall smile on my fac
told me. "Do we have an in
faltered
nything," I told her. "Do you h
ing walk-ins as well. This is a fair for some of the b
d a sigh
gh the ringer," she told me, I probably h
with Dante Personnel
lled a
in the booth next to me? Don't
ed in
wanted to leave immediately, but I got this card right before
the card, and
ed. "How did you manage to find
tle. I had thought that
dn't get creepy vibes from
father. Or so I heard. Pushed him right out of the company when he was low. And obliterated the competition. He used the full for
m the man that had given me the card. Could it be possible th
it to her. Though working for a man like that w
es to this event on his own, he always has. He has an eye
it was the same man. I was d
another opening by the time you're done with law school. Here," she handed me a card from under the table. "Take this, a
. But I tried not to let anything distract me too much. There were so many other interviews
ttorneys. I still didn't know his name. I caught his eye, and then g
was
oked up again
CC Attorneys, but nothing more than that. I was
about him as I went. I wondered if his reputation was only Andy's opinion. But the more people
best lawyer for all the wrong reasons. I was on the verge of deciding that it
erviews and I was beginning to doubt if I
speaker to find our seats in the auditoriu
re talk. Then, after it was done, I could leave. Just give this
side and discovered that it was filling up quickly, with a buzz in the air that wa
The room filled up, the doors closed, and the lig
pen as I saw the man th
Or, at least I am head of it. We are a large firm, but I like to say we are a family run business. My great-grandfather started the firm, and
hat some people were even holding their breath
t him today, the good and the bad, e
is fair is for those that are about to begin their journey in law. And like I said to one very brave and bri
le. Could he be
And he listed his achievements to date, and the opposition
ol on a scholarship. I earned my grades and I did community service. I paid for my own food and living with whatever j
o would have thought that Cayden Co
ain. "Come to me. I am offering a personal invit
new that I couldn't wait. Law scho
him, there was something that I could learn from him. Skills th
o work for him now. It was crucial to my
led the number on the c
ulations, you are the first person to call this number immediately. You
not so ready for this aft
female voic
esday works
e typing. "Tuesday
e Kinkaid." My words
at 11am Miss Kinkaid." She cut the call and I
an apprentice or a researcher, then I will show them I am the right person for this job. I will show my father I don