*Ava*

I am arm candy. That’s all I can say. I am standing in a room full of men who are talking and laughing and discussing business, and staring at other women like me who are vapidly hanging onto the men they came with and giving a little giggle – or even a little wiggle – when some other man’s attention turns their way.

They sip champagne and they giggle.

All. Night. Long.

And now … now I’m one of them.

As a graduate student ...