(Sabrina’s POV) The laptop screen blurs in front of me. I blink hard, but the words still swim together like they're mocking me. Creative Director position at Bennett & Associates. Experience required: 7+ years. I click submit and watch the little circle spin. Then the automated response pops up, cheerful and impersonal. Thank you for your interest. Due to high volume of applications, only selected candidates will be contacted. Right. Selected candidates. Not desperate divorcees burning through their savings in a budget hotel. I close the laptop before I throw it across the room. Forty-seven applications. That's how many I've sent out since we checked into this place yesterday. Forty-seven companies who will probably take one look at my resume—fired from my last position, no current

