The Correspondent
TO: customerservice@
FROM: sybilvanantwerp@
SUBJECT: HELLO (Attn: Basam)
Hi Basam, How is your wife doing with her English course? Did she quit at the restaurant? What that boss is doing to her is harassment, and surely she can find restaurant work anywhere. And how are the children? Did Zoha get glasses? Surely that’s all it is.
My son Bruce has a friend who works in city planning in Northern Virginia at a firm with branches across the US.
He said he would be willing to take a look at your resume.
His work is like the work you trained in, transportation infrastructure.
This man, his name is Dale Woodson, is honestly rather dull, and the poor man has a stutter he goes to unsuccessful pains to conceal, but he has been a friend of Bruce’s (that is Bruce, my son, who is a lawyer and is also honestly a bit dull, but he is also reliable and kind and takes care of me) since grade school and I’ve known him a long time.
He is practical and he’s made a good life for himself.
I explained your situation, but I DID NOT EXPLAIN HOW WE HAVE COME TO BE FRIENDS, SO PLEASE DO NOT MENTION THE DNA TESTING AS IF I AM A SUBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
The best course is for you to send me your resume, I’ll look it over and clean it up for you, as we have previously discussed, and then I will send the resume back to you and you can contact Dale directly, referencing Bruce.
Regarding the DNA: What, precisely, happens when one checks the box? I suppose once I do, it’s done. Not something I could really take back.
With warm regards,
Sybil Van Antwerp