" It doesn't work that way. There are laws about giving people an equal opportunity to apply for the job. Whoever I choose, it has to be fair and just...ifiable. If I don't interview anyone else, that would be deemed unfair." I'm sure you'll find a way, Dad," Candy said giving it no more thought.I wondered. I hadn't seen any résumés that indicated experience yet, but I hadn't looked at them all either. For that reason I'd brought them all home in my briefcase with the intention to go over them. I scrubbed and cleaned every bit of dirt and sand from my body, then shaved my face and washed my hair thoroughly. Satisfied that I was as clean as a man could be, I reached around the shower curtain and retrieved my golden earrings. Knowing that the metamorphosis was sometimes violent, I sat down in the shower with the water playing off my chest. I washed the earrings off and looked closely at them again. The beautiful Aztec goddess carved in the gold gleamed back at me lovingly, and I smiled. Do you have a favorite? His face relaxed some, which she took as a good sign. Honestly, I would probably have to say Gambit, with his crazy little card tricks and such. Before she was aware of finding it funny, Kairi chuckled. Yeah, I know. Oooh, card tricks, but… No, no its not that, Gambit is pretty cool. Its… There was no way to say what she thought without it being in any way awkward. As Jasen watched her, a tiny bit of pink rose to her cheeks. She was wishing she hadnt laughed in the first. It was the wrong direction if she wanted to get out of the ward but I didn’t tell her that.Then I had an idea so I whispered, “Bec, not that way. There’s only more rooms that way. Follow me.”Then I grabbed Bec’s hand and we crept over behind the couches. By crouching down and ducking across the gaps somehow we made it to the other side without being detected. We worked our way along the wall and then I pulled her through the open door of the nearest bathroom.I carefully closed the door before.
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