Eva dragged herself through the front door of her apartment, and collapsed in exhaustion on the couch. She longed to call Gia to vent about everything that had happened, but a glance at the clock showed it was almost midnight, and she didn’t want to disturb. Instead, she pulled out her phone to text. "You awake? Had the worst day from Hell.” Within a minute, her phone lit up with Gia's incoming call. "E, what happened?" Gia said without even a hello. Eva began to pour out the entire wretched story, choking up as she recalled the confrontation with her boss and quitting the job she'd worked so hard at. "That disgusting man!" Gia shouted. "After all your extra hours and covering for him, he throws you under the bus by stealing your designs? You're well rid of that place." "I know,

