"Thank you," she stammered. "I know I'll like it there."
One of the older men ordered a round of drinks and she began to relax for the first time in weeks. It was a strange feeling not to have to cook dinner, or clean a house. She was in New York, working on her first job and she could do whatever she wanted to, she didn't have to wait for anyone or on anyone.
They drank and talked, mostly about the office, the men all vying for her attention.
"Does your family live in New York," one of the men asked her, "or are you here all alone?"
"Alone, I'm afraid, my family lives about five hundred miles from here."
"I doubt that you'll be alone long," another man laughed. "Not with your equipment!"
She had never run into men like this in her life. They were so blunt, so open and obvious, yet s
