in the country.
“They want to meet you Monday.”
I stared at him.
“What?”
“They’ve been watching your work for a year.”
“A year?”
He nodded.
“The salary starts at six figures.”
For a moment I couldn’t speak.
The girl with thirty-six dollars suddenly had a future larger than anything she had imagined.
Then I heard my name.
“Amelia.”
I turned.
My parents stood a few feet away.
My mother clutched the roses.
My father looked uncomfortable for perhaps the first time in his life.
Amber stood behind them.
Nobody
