Laura was curious when she saw Tom's expression change. She suspected that something must have gone wrong with his call just now.
"No way, you're not kidding!" exclaimed Tom in a serious tone.
"I'm not joking either. I checked with the personnel department, and no one applied for a job here today. We don't have any full-time or part-time openings either!" Fred Nelson said again.
Tom gripped his cell phone tighter, his teeth chattering. "Never mind then!"
Tom ended the call rudely and hit the steering wheel again. "s**t!"
"Tom, what's wrong?" asked Laura.
Tom turned to Laura and squinted, "That loser didn't apply for a job at Pine Royal Resort! Fred checked, and the hotel isn't hiring."
Laura paused and thought, "If he hadn't applied for a job, could he have stayed overnight? Didn't
