exactly that.
I need to ask you something, I said.
Go ahead.
Did someone tell you not to hire me?
The silence answered before she did.
Yes, she said.
Who?
A woman named Vanessa Holt.
I closed my eyes.
She told me you were emotionally unstable postpartum, Linda said carefully. That you had serious anger issues. That you couldn’t be trusted in a newsroom environment.continue reading …
