A girl bolted from her taxi. Her face was flushed and covered in a thin layer of sweat that traced her brow and the nape of her neck. She adjusted her tiger pattern glasses and walked through the security desk door of Riverland, a multinational digital transformation company.

She was greeted by a cheerful receptionist who appeared unusually relaxed. “Good morning, how may I assist you?”

“I’m here for the orientation of the new position at Movflix account,” the girls replied. She presented her ID to the receptionist who was sitting. She appeared younger in the picture.

“Welcome Sarah, here’s your visitor card access; please return it at the end of the day.” They swapped their cards. The receptionist stood up and pointed to the direction of the orientation room. The girl thanked her and shifted her body.

She went downstairs to the meeting room below ground. The stairs ended with a glass door that led to a large room with twenty chairs arranged close together facing a large whiteboard. Sarah took a deep breath and pushed open the door. Only nine people were sitting, they all looked busy with their phones, but all looked at her as she stepped inside.

They returned their gaze to their phone. Sarah looked around, taken aback by their reaction. Daren grinned at her, exposing her dimpled smile. It helped Sarah relax a little. She returned Daren’s smile and took a seat next to her. She began to breathe as she took her seat.

“Did you sprint here? I’m Dareen Yaqoob,” she introduced herself, and extended her hand to shake hers.

Sarah gladly took her hand in hers, smiled, and said, “Sarah Eldeeb.”

“So, tell me why you look like you’re about to pass out?”

“I just finished my last exam in college, but it took me forever to get here!” Sarah laughed lightly.

Dareen laughed and sighed. “You just graduated from college!  What led you here? You should take your time relaxing; it took me nearly a year to start my first job, I couldn’t bring myself to do anything after graduating from college four years ago.”

Sarah looked at her and exclaimed, “Four years! you look younger than me.” Dareen laughed at Sarah’s surprised expression. Dareen is twenty-six years old and appeared to be no older than twenty; she has a fit curvy 5′ 3 body. She was dressed in dark blue ankle jeans, a large white t-shirt with the front tucked inside the jeans, and black Vans sneakers. Her long wavy hair was laying on her back, with a half-up top knot.