Rebirth: We Go Our Own Ways
His voice dripped with sarcasm as he said, "You're completely hopeless, Hope. It shouldn't be this hard to give you a hand! You should just resign yourself to being poor for the rest of your life!"
As soon as he spoke, a few men approached me.
They tried to force drinks on me, and one of them even chimed in, saying, "You're doing so badly right now, so I'll transfer you one thousand dollars for every glass you drink, Hope. If you're really that desperate... I'll even throw in a little extra money!"
I furrowed my brow, thinking that this so-called networking event was nothing like what I had imagined. If I weren't waiting for someone, I would have stormed out right then.