The Letter

Sarah stared at the letter: “Thank you for applying, but we are currently not hiring.” She crumpled the letter and threw it. It was the same as all the others, they’d hold her resume for six months and let her know if anything opened up. In six months they’d lose the house and be living out of the car. Her baby howled through the monitor; she turned it off.

She shoved the past due bills off her desk in disgust. He had talked her into putting their entire savings in the market, now they had nothing. This was his fault. She grabbed the life insurance policy and read it again, half a million dollars would make this all go away.

Drumming her fingers on the desk; she dialed the number. “That thing we talked about, do it. And make sure it happens on the job, we get more that way.”