Page 5 of Vows In Corruption

When the words “thank you for applying” pop onto the screen, I have to take a second and think about what I just did.

I just applied for a job at one of the most well known companies in the world.

I don’t know why but that thought makes not only a smile spread across my face but a giggle escape from my mouth.

“Holy shit,” I say to myself between laughs.

There is no much excitement rolling through at what I just did that I can’t help but to do a little happy dance right here on my bed.

Who know that applying for an assistant position at a company of this calaber would be so exiting? It’s as if I just took a hit of a joint and I’m high out of my mind for the first time in my life.

Soon the excitement dies down though once I think about my application some more.

This listing has been open for three weeks, who knows how many applications they have received. Mine is properly one of thousands.

Me submitting my application for this position is almost a fever dream, because who wouldn’t want to work at a company like Lane Enterprises? Applying here is like applying to Google or at some other big tech company out in California. There is a high chance my submission will even get seen, or even move high enough to get me an interview.

But a girl can hope, right?

Right. A girl can hope.

Because who knows? My application for the assistant position may not get me anywhere but one of the fifteen others that I submitted tonight might and that would be a great step in a very good direction.

I just have to keep my hopes up and fingers crossed that something comes my way.

“No more job hunting for tonight.” I say not absolutely nobody but myself as I close my laptop and start getting ready for bed.

Since my shift at the restaurant ran a little late and I had to help Charlie with her statistics homework when I got home, my night routine was neglected.

Given the late hour, I go through it quickly. Showering, changing into my pajamas and checking to see that the stove is off and the front door to the apartment is lock.

Once everything is taken care of, I hope into bed and wait for sleep to take me.

Since it was a long day I had at work and the late hour, I thought that I would be asleep the second that my head hit the pillow, but no matter how much I toss and turn, sleep doesn’t come.

“Great.” I let out in with a groan.

For a few minutes I close my eyes and will my body to fall asleep, but it seems like my brain is wide away.

With a frustrated sigh, I reach for my phone. Scrolling through social media should help with putting me to sleep.

But instead if getting on my social apps and scrolling endlessly, I find myself going to the Lane Enterprises website.

I should know a little bit about the company that I just applied to, right? Prospective employees shouldn’t be going into any application process blind.

Then why aren’t you looking up any of the other companies?

I push that thought away and continue on with my investigation as who and what Lane Enterprises is.

You would think that after spending the last fifteen years of my life in Chicago, I would know something regarding one of the biggest companies that the city has to offer, but I don’t. All I know is the name and the everybody who is anybody wants to work there.

Looking through the website, it looks like the company has a hand in a lot of things.

Technology. Marketing. Even security. From some of the news articles that are attached to the website, it looks like they are trying to get into other fields but have yet to do so.

I wonder what is holding them back.

After reading about what the company does, I start to look at who runs the company.

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