Chapter 6
Lyra
The recruitment letter from Lennox Global Logistics felt surreal, as though my mind had conjured up a trick to soften the blow of my disastrous week. I’d stared at the elegant black envelope for hours, rereading the letter until the words blurred together. Surely, this had to be a joke. Or maybe a dream?
Had I ever actually woken up after that drunken, miserable night post-breakup?
But no. This was real. Real enough for me to pack up my life and move to New York City. Real enough to submit my CV to Anthony, even though it was just a formality. Real enough to resign from Horizon Solutions and brace myself for what lay ahead.
And my mom—oh, she was ecstatic. Her happiness was the only thing that made the bittersweet pang of moving away from her a little more bearable. I p
