Haley’s adoptive mother had used the metaphor of a web to describe the world of business several times,
comparing the interconnected dealings of corporations and investment firms and so forth to the strands of a spider’s home.
“
It’s the way of business in the 21
st
cen
The Calling vignettes: Haley 4
By: AdiposeRex
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‘
Empress Haley’ stopped being a joke
as it transitioned into reality. While the city-sized heiress had enjoyed an eruption of celebrity after the glowing profile of her in a business rag with a small but influential readership, it was impossible for her to dismiss the fact that she was only a sophomore in college and had yet to properly enter the business world. Her ego came across as a joke at best and unearned prid
The Calling vignettes: Haley 3
By: AdiposeRex
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Haley’s ambitions only grew as she did,
a spiral of wanting and getting and wanting more that others might think was ultimately unsatisfying but that she found delightful. It was as if her life up until the previous summer, defined by a lack of desire and initiative, had been a set of shackles she had finally thrown off. Now that she was in a position to have everything she wanted she was taking it, and then demanding more because...
The Calling vignettes: Haley 2
By: AdiposeRex
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It’s a common trope that people discover themselves in college. Being away from the safety and comfort of home, meeting people of other backgrounds, experimenting with different substances and lifestyles; all this is to help ensure that higher education is as much a time of realizing who you are as it is acquiring the education and training to enter the workforce.
For Haley, her time of self-discovery had come during t
The Calling vignettes: Haley 1
By: AdiposeRex
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