The Correspondent
TO: customerservice@
FROM: sybilvanantwerp@
SUBJECT: NEEDING YOUR HELP (Attn: Basam)
Good morning, Basam. Have you got your resume together yet?
I’ve told you previously I’ll be glad to clean it up for you.
Just send the bones. Certainly a job change would be much better for your family.
Certainly the pay would be much higher than whatever you make at Kindred, and your wife could quit working altogether if it’s what she wants, though you haven’t said as much.
Can you look in my profile and see where I sent a message to Henrietta Gleason, the woman to whom it appears I match a significant measure of DNA?
There is an error. Do you think you could log into her profile the way you frequently log into mine and find her e-mail address for me?
Or a phone number or an address? Now that I’ve decided to get in touch I am unable to reach her.
(And do you know, I’m not even sure I want to be in touch, but I like to have options.)
My husband’s died as of a few weeks ago.
Well, he was my ex-husband. I’m booked to attend his funeral, which is in Belgium, in about ten days.
I dread it, but you know, I get to feeling sorry for myself, and then I think of you and remember it could be worse.
Anyway, I tell you so you know I’ll be away from the computer for some time. Send your resume when it suits.
Warm regards, Sybil Van Antwerp