Duncan Stern was desperate for a job. Until recently, he had worked for a real estate firm and had been there for years. He was six feet tall and very fit, with hazel eyes, caramel skin, and a thick head of curly black hair he just couldn’t seem to tame. He wore eyeglasses, sometimes contacts. A hard worker, Duncan always completed his tasks on time and was like Radar from the television show M*A*S*H. He knew what you needed before you did. The only thing he couldn’t have predicted, though, was losing his job. He was in the first group to be laid off from the company. He was a top-notch assistant, though, and he knew he’d be a great asset anywhere he worked. He just had to get his foot in the door.
He searched online for jobs daily. There were a few good ones, but the market was so satura
