Chapter 23

Jessie had been waiting for about a week after the interview when she was called. The phone rang, and she stared at the unfamiliar number for a while.

She debated answering the call because she thought it could be Patrick calling. But then she slid the icon right. She had other things to consider, and she had made it a plan not to involve Patrick in any part of her life.

Jessie answered the call with a hesitant, “Hello?”

“Yes, is this Jessica Rabbit?” the person on the other line asked.

Jessie’s hopes soared high. It sounded like the people from the job. And they wouldn’t call her so soon if not to offer her the job, right?

She crossed her fingers, a silly habit she had picked up recently, and waited for the person on the other side of the line to say the motive for the call.

“Congratulations. You have been offered the job of editor on our team. Pass by tomorrow so as to get a brief on your duties,&r