BREAKING THE BRO CODE
"Oh, you're that girl. The one who slept with her brother's best friend."
The blunt words make me flinch.
"I don't think you'd be a good fit here," she continues. "We have a lot of regulars. Football fans. It would be... uncomfortable."
"Please, I really need…"
"I said no." She turns away, already dismissing me. "Try somewhere else."
******
The bookstore, the campus gym, the student union café—all the same. They recognize my name and suddenly the positions are filled.
By five o'clock, I've been rejected seven times. My feet hurt from walking, my stomach is cramping from hunger, and I'm fighting back tears.
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