Chapter 27

She bites her lip looking at her file on my desk and there was a thump in my heart. I arrest the stupid feeling in my heart and tell her softly. "Study well, you have got good grades. If you want any financial help, here is my number. You can call me...." She wouldn't let me complete my sentence. "I am not a charity case." She admonishes clearly. Her words got me stupefied. That was so unexpected from her. I was seeing a new side of Merlyn today. "I am here to seek employment." She tells me assertively. I gaze at her absolutely bemused. I have never seen a girl of her age so poised and self possessed. Feisty and brave another two admirable qualities of her that I love to note. She gulps inaudibly meeting my eyes trying to show some confidence and mutters. "Please don't judge me by the qualifications I am yet to acquire. As you have noted I have got good grades in my previous classes. You can ask me any number of questions and I am confident I will be able to answer them well. Though