Director role at Stratus Corp. I’ve been prepping for months. And you just skipped it, she asked, eyes narrowing.
To help me? He looked at her, then shrugged. You looked like you needed someone. My daughter’s six.
I always tell her to do the right thing, even when it’s not convenient. Can’t really teach her that if I won’t live it myself. Her expression softened slightly.
You’re a single dad, he nodded. Been raising her alone since she was two. She’s the reason I even applied for the job.
I want to give her a better life. The woman was silent for a beat. Then she said, Most people wouldn’t have stopped.
Most people didn’t, he replied. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t. She looked down at the clean bandage now wrapped around her leg, then back up at him.
Thank you, she said quietly. They walked outside together, the storm finally slowing. He hailed her a cab, offered her his umbrella and helped her inside.
Just before she shut the door she paused. What’s your name? Jacob Wells. She looked him in the eye, then said, I won’t forget.
That? And then the cab drove away. He stood there for a moment, drenched, watching the taillights fade into traffic. The interview was long gone, his chance, gone with it.
But somehow he didn’t feel regret, just a strange calm, like he’d done something right, even if it had cost him everything. Three days later, his phone rang. Unknown number.
He picked up. Mr. Wells, a woman’s voice said. This is Victoria Langford, CEO of Stratus Corp….
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