Rejection.

"Yeah, please do tell us," the man sitting next to her encouraged.

Ann crossed her arms across her chest and pursed her lips before saying, "I just don't have a good feeling about her, that's all."

"That cannot be a good reason to not hire her," someone pointed out. "It sounds as if you have a personal grudge against her. You need to give a good reason why you don't recommend her for the position."

"I do not have a personal grudge against her," Ann claimed firmly. "But yes, I know her from school. We were classmates. That's why I know she had a reputation for stealing other girls' boyfriends." Ann shrugged. "I wouldn't put it past her to have seduced the professor to have him accept the design as originally hers."

"Oh my God," the other panellist said, covering her mouth in shock. "That's horrible."

"You mean she is a cheat?" the man asked. "That's very disappointing. I had high hopes for her."

Ann rolled her eyes. "She probably wouldn't have graduated with a certificate if she wasn'