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“Halli, what are you doing?” Professor Whitfield asked later that afternoon.
“What do you mean?” she said, but she could guess.
“I just got a call from Mark McKuen over at Bear Creek Mountain Guides. He said you tried to get a job with him?”
“Yes.”
“He said you made all sorts of claims about your experience, but you couldn’t give him any references except me. He was calling to see if you really had done everything you said you’ve done.”
Halli sighed. The afternoon hadn’t gone well. She’d contacted a dozen different outdoor companies in the area around Mountain State College, asking if they could use her for any upcoming winter excursions. So far all she heard was no.
“Halli, it’s not going to work that way,” Professor Whitfield said. “For one thing, you can’t tell people your nam
