Chapter 46

"I have nowhere else to go," I don't want to bring my grandmother into this, "it's only temporary until I can find a job and save a couple of paychecks."

"No suitable place will rent you an apartment without good credit, let alone zero credit history. And I think you know how hard it is to get a job without permanent residence and formal education."

I feel my hope sinking again.

"Lucky for you, I have a lot of people who owe me a lot of favors." Mrs. Hale prints out a few papers from her computer, "I need you to fill these papers out as much as you can. It's just your general information."

I start filling out the papers that ask for my full name, date of birth, social security number, and so on.

"Are you any good with typing, filing," she asks "you know, general office work?"

"Um, I did a little of that at a contractor's office a few times, usually when he didn't have any manual work for me and his secretary was out sick."

"Good enough, we can have someone train you properly."

My eyebrows shoot up, "Excuse me?"