The Things That Follow You - Installment One: A Very Promising Opportunity
THE THINGS THAT FOLLOW YOU A Penny Dreadful · Installment One Some women move to Nashville for the music. Others come for the promise of a better life. Melody Hart came for a job, a fresh start, and the rather quaint belief that being good at your work might actually count for something. Chapter One A Very Promising Opportunity Melody Hart had not moved to Nashville to reinvent herself. Reinvention sounded exhausting, and at forty-something, she had already spent enough time trying to become the person other people seemed to expect. She was perfectly happy to remain herself, thank you very much, provided she could find a job she enjoyed, pay her bills without developing a nervous twitch, and go an entire week without discovering some new professional catastrophe. The position at Whitmore, Hale & Pierce seemed promising. It was a global law firm with an impressive reputation, elegant offices, and a salary that made the cost of moving to Nashville seem almost reasonable. Her ne...