17

Thelma.

"Umm..." Before I could speak, Mrs. Tonia looked at me and said into the telephone, "Boss, a new internship student is here to see you for her interview."

"Okay, boss," Mrs. Tonia responded. I didn't know what their boss had said to her. She dropped the telephone and looked up at all twelve of us standing in her office. She was sweating despite the air conditioning on inside her transparent glass office.

Mrs. Tonia Briggs looked at me again and said, "You can go in now to meet with our boss."

"Okay," I gulped, and Mr. Richard Ruben finally released my left hand warmly.

I was extremely nervous as I walked out of Mrs. Tonia's office, with all the men in the transparent glass office staring at me. I made my way towards the office door that I had seen the previous intern step out from.

I wasn't walking fast, and I felt like the murmuring and noise from the men in Mrs. Tonia Briggs' office had reduced. My heart was beating so loudly in my chest that I could only hear my own he