"So you fucked your client?" Lisa laughs at me when I call and tell her about my arrival in Steel City.

"It's not funny, Lisa! I could lose my job. I have to tell my boss I can't take on this client. Ugh! But then I have to tell him why…"

"Could you say you just don't like the big guy?"

I sigh. "I don't think I can do that. I can't be burning through jobs because of men. Asshole men. I'm off men, Lisa. No more men for me."

She laughs ...