CHAPTER TWENTY – FROM SQAURE ONE

Back at her apartment, Mara forced herself to stay positive as she furiously updated her resume and applied for any suitable job opening she could find online. But after a few weeks of unsuccessful interviews and her savings rapidly dwindling, panic began to set in. One evening, as she sat on her couch eating bargain ramen noodles for the third night in a row, her phone rang. Mara didn't recognize the number but answered hopefully. "Hello?" "Mara? H-hi, it's me...Andy." She rolled her eyes at the pathetic quaver in his voice. Of course it would be her ex calling to kick her while she was already down. "What do you want, Andy? I'm really not in the mood for..." "Please, just hear me out!" He sounded near tears, an utterly broken man. "I was wrong, so wrong to throw away the best thing I ever had. You were the love of my life and I ruined everything like a world-class jerk. I've beenlistless, moping around in the shambles of what I recklessly destroyed." As he rambled on in histrio