se

promised with an interview. The interview would be held at a job

ob, but I didn’t have any other alternative. I needed somewher

. It was always a little more pricey buying tickets at the airport at the

ld feet. I was brave now. I

e counter, and I almost felt like I couldn’t breath

are you doing here?” I asked him politely. We broke

im for using that nickname again. “I came here beca

really did it. He hired William and made him a lawyer

th and locked my eyes on his. “It was unfortunate to see

how William didn’t even seem apologetic or anything when he was sent to stop me.

as get a place to stay. I had looked over a few places during the car drive to the airport, and I h

was willing to meet with me immediately. I hailed a cab and went straight to the pl

omewhere to sle

William. ‘Now that was rude of you peach, I actual

nervous and excited all at the same time, and it had been ages since I went t

orried for nothing, an

d a claw footed bath-tub. The bedroom was a little smaller than I was used to, bu

ony that overlooked the part

gine something

the landlady told me, her voice s

was something that I

lso looking around. “But the place used to belong to my great-grandmother,

e wanted her t

g, and the smile that crossed her

ontinued speaking. “After my husband ki

ied, for that matter. I didn’t say anything, she had learned her l

t immediately, and s

breathed. I had never had a place of my own befo

kend jobs, this was the strength it had taken for me to stand up to my dad, and this was th

orever, maybe not even longer than a month. B

art, so I touched the walls gently, reverently

unpacking. I hadn’t brought that many things with me, and I would need to go for a supply run soon. But I had enough t

iving out of my suitc

I was hungry, and I made a mental note to buy thing

place where I could find the b

ore, and I knew that the

own, my phone began buzzing. Each of my siblings messaging me varying forms

as easily one of the bes

ter. Who needs an arranged husband when you can walk arou

d I began getting settled in. My interview was only in one

e interviews, and all looked even better than the one that I had originally came here

n a place to be able to afford it every night. So I had to stick with making my own food for now. I fou

roducts I was used to, and I even got myself a

s work. I had to. There

he waiting room completely calm and confident. It was a conference of sorts, there were so many law firms

een added to the guest list because on

er. “This is your pass for the event,” she handed me a card. “It gives you unl

my head high as I headed into

that she had instructed me to go through,

I had ever been to, or any convention, for that matter. It looked more like an upscale exclu

e spoke to the left of me. “You

the most intense color of blue that I had ever seen. He had da

ad to be one of the professors here, or one of the law firm

, he looked like he was either a managing partner or at the very l

fixed, look

nsidering it,” I

then. One that was seri

et it for the rest of your life. Walking through that door was the hard part, and you’re over it alre

my father couldn’t say in twenty-one years. He had given me mor

now, I would regret it. It seemed strange that he could know me, a

hat he knew me. Maybe he had been in this sam

his top pocket and ha

supposed to do with it, but when I lifted my head back up, he was already gone. I hadn’t

m? I shook my head; he knew how to leave an impressi

and a reason to stay. Or

and glanced down at the

liar, but I couldn’t quite place it.

ht just nee