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Rita: “So at that point I had pretty much blew it. The interviewer already had suspicions about my age. She kept asking me questions about my prior experience, and I could tell she didn’t believe anything I had written on my resume...”

Eva: “Well if you hadn’t lied - !”

Rita: “It was all lies! If I was truthful, then I would hand over a blank page with only my name printed on it.”

Eva: “I can picture it. GHOST CARTWRIGHT - across the top, in big block letters - oh god, tell me you haven’t been submitting resumes with ‘Ghost’ as your name!”

Rita: “It is my name! I thought I was supposed to be truthful? Should I just submit the blank sheet then?”

Eva: “No, no, no!”

Rita: “So, she was already doubting my age and experience. She’s saying things like ‘are you confident you are ready to take on a high-stress, self-directed job like this one?’ and, ‘we are looking for serious candidates who can handle the task load...’”

Eva: “Oh god!”

Rita: “So I know that I’m nearly done for, but somehow I hang on. I dismiss her fears and basically keep talking myself up like I’m some sort of customer service guru. For a minute, my false confidence was almost looking to convince her...”

Eva: “What happened?”

Rita: “The phone rang.”

Eva: “No!”

Rita: “Yeah. It rang. She looks down at it. Then up at me. And she says, ‘This is a perfect opportunity to test your skills. Go on then.’”

Eva: “What did you do?”

Rita: “I grabbed the phone. I asked, ‘what do I say?’ and she rattled off the greeting line for me to repeat. I brought the phone to my ear, and I repeated it. Perfectly.”

Eva: “So what went wrong?”

Rita: “The phone was upside-down. I had the transmitter - the chorded end - against my ear. I was talking into the speaker.”

Eva: “Oh god! You flipped it around though?”

Rita: “I didn’t know what I did wrong! I said, ‘hello, is anybody there?’ and when I couldn’t hear anyone, I looked at the phone, and then at her, and tried again. ‘Hello? Hello?’ When I still couldn’t hear anything I shrugged and hung it up. ‘Maybe it was a buttdial,’ I said.”

Eva: “Noooooo! Oh my god, Ghost! You don’t know how to answer a phone?!”

Rita: “I had never seen an ancient phone like that! It had a rack and a chord and a cable that plugged into the wall! I didn’t even realize it was a phone until the ringer went off!”

Eva: “What did she even say after that?!”

Rita: “‘Thank you for coming in today, we will contact you later about whether or not we would like to offer you the position.’”

Eva: “Jeez...you and I are never going to find jobs, are we?”

Without her father there, the day was bittersweet.  They held their wedding outside on the bluff overlooking Ohan’ali, Shepherd’s yellow cabin and their new cottage together.  They let the beautiful scenery of the island be the decor and left the House alone to be the staging for the reception staff only.

Friends and Islanders celebrated with them as they said their vows before sunset, with their little daughter and friends’ kids running around the yard.

He aged up to a teenager and got the active trait and successful lineage aspiration.

He got a basketball hoop for his birthday and stood outside dribbling around and making angsty faces.

Rita finally moved into her tiny room overlooking the Spice Market. There isn’t much storage space, but she’s content with what little organization she has managed. 

Over time, she collected quite a few possessions. Eva and Sterling took her back up the highway to gas up her mother’s car. Sterling drove them home, and the three of them had a pleasant afternoon of drive-through food, radio music, and casual conversation. Once they were home, Rita emptied out her possessions, doled out her piece of the rent to Eva, and sold the car for half of what it was worth. Sterling insisted that she wait for a better offer, but Rita said the most important thing was that the buyer was willing to pay cash. 

So, she kept a duffle bag filled with her savings tucked away in the corner of the room. It was enough to pay for food and rent, and bought her some time to find a job. Sterling spent his days at work, while Rita and Eva stayed home, keeping up the apartment and looking through the help wanted ads. 

It was just a matter of time before they found a job, Rita was sure of it. Then, finally there would be enough money to go around. She wouldn’t have to ask for handouts anymore from her housemates. She’d finally be self-sustained, out in the big city of San Myshuno.