Chapter 17 Tons of Rejection CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA Raven’s hand shook underneath the table as she clasped them together and stared anxiously at the bank manager. She had applied for an urgent loan, hoping that she wouldn’t have to do anything silly to grant her request. She gazed at the wall clock above the seat where the man sat, the time was past three in the afternoon and she still had no positive news. This was the third bank Raven was visiting in the span of four hours since she left Tiana at the coffeehouse. With her mind filled with hope, Raven had read through her business plans hurriedly, assured that it would get her the intended loan. The first two banks had declined saying they couldn’t invest in such patched up business idea and also not with such amount o