Audible Internships Novels & Stories

The call came on a Thursday morning, just as Maxine was coaxing a sleepy Noah into his tiny corduroy overalls. Her phone buzzed with a number she didn’t recognize. Expecting it to be one of her freelance clients, she answered with a tired but polite, “Hello?” A deep voice responded, clipped and formal. “Miss Green. This is Frank Wright’s office. Mr. Wright has reviewed your interview and portfolio. He’d like to offer you the internship. You’ll start Monday at 9 a.m.”

⸻ The First Conversation He told Elena that evening. She was still in her paint-streaked apron, sipping chamomile tea. “You’re joking,” she said, lowering the mug. “Auden & Black?” “I interned for them when I was twenty,” he said, almost laughing. “They fired me after two months for being ‘too emotional.’” “Now they want you to help run the place.” He nodded. “Guess emotional is in right now.” She sat beside him. “Do you want it?” “I don’t know.”

Might as well do some research for possible job openings. I turn on the computer and it opens to my email. I notice that I have a new message, so I click on it. I begin to read it aloud: “Dear Miss. Lozerno, We would like to offer you an internship at our company. If you do well, we may consider hiring you full time. We are looking for people with your skill set and hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, Rebecca Dulte, Hiring Specialist at Techex.” Techex is a big tech company, as in fortune five hundred big, and I just got an internship offer from them. How does that sound? I ask Enar, my wolf. An internship at a fortune five hundred company.

Today was my first day at work as an intern in my husband Evan Grant’s company. I stood by the front desk, about to head over to the HR department to check in, when a woman in a high-end designer suit barged in, slamming a Marriage Certificate onto the counter. “A new intern? No wonder you’re so clueless!” “Holding that document so high, are you trying to hide your face or just in my way? Put it down! Stand properly with your hands at your sides!”