Chapter 12 A stinging slap

Evelyn sighed heavily as she stepped out of yet another company. After a successful interview, she realised the pay wasn't all that.

Why was it so difficult to get a high paying job around here? She just wasn't satisfied with the pay they offered.

"Why can't every company just be CoreLink?" she grunted as she walked down the street under the scorching sun.

Dehydrated and tired as she was, she couldn't return home without at least landing one.

It wasn't that the pay wasn't enough for a comfortable life, heck, if she wanted to live recklessly, she could as well take it but she had responsibilities so that alone had its own fair amount in the bills.

If she was going to pay Peter's bills and treat his illness more seriously then the only well paying job was CoreLink Company.

But since she failed the interview, she had to go about searching for an alternative with a closely related pay but so far, she would have to work two jobs at this point to match that pay.

Damn! Why was everything so