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Chapter 44: Missing a person
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3:46pmI had interviewed four women and two men to take Grace's position and I was still not satisfied. It was while I was interviewing the last candidate, a young lady in her middle twenties who kept batting her ridiculouslong eyelashes at me that I realized that I still had to face a panel. If my license was evoked, I wouldn't have a need for a secretary anymore.If I had to choose though, I would choose to work with the young man I first saw. He was in his middle twenties too, studying part time in the university. As a psychologist, I didn't only take his word of mouth as truth as I also studied his behavior, the way he spoke and all other indicators only people in my line of work knew. All in all, he was far better than the rest.I had locked the doors to the office and began to climb down the stone steps when someone yelled my name."Hunter! Dr Fisher! " I turned and saw a woman that looked familiar but I couldn't place where I had met her beforeRelated chapters
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