Knock knock.
"Come in."
"Rose, it's me," Hannah pushes open the office door with the design in her arms, smiling and walking towards Rose's desk.
"You're just in time. Go get me a cup of coffee."
A single sentence prevents her from handing over the design. She freezes for a moment, takes a deep breath and then takes Rose's glass.
"I'm on my way."
When she is just about to go, she hears Rose’s complaint, "What a mess! What are we? In primary school? "
With that, a bunch of drawings are all rolled up with a 'thud' and thrown into the trash.
"Why haven’t you gone yet?" Rose notices the document in Hannah's hand, "What's in your hand?"
Stunned by her anger, Hannah says, "Here's a sketch of the design that I want to show you for the fall and winter collection."
Rose sizes her up, seemingly surprised, and spit out a sentence "Put it there."
Hannah leaves her drawing on the table, feeling relieved.
When she goes out to make coffee, she meets Heather, who comes up to her with a lot of documents in hands. It looks like he is in a hurry.
"Good morning, Heather," greets Hannah.
Heather, however, suddenly stumbles, and the documents in his hand 'clatter' all over the floor.
"Oh my God..."
Seeing the mess, Hannah squats down right away to help her pick up all the documents, "Did I scare you just now?"
"It's okay it's okay..." Heather’ is busy cleaning up the mess on the floor. A few papers are blown away so she moves back several steps to pick them up.
On the floor are some designs, and some of them are good.
"Is this all the work of the interviewees today? These are great designs to consider as a jewellery style for this fall and winter."
Heather suddenly turns around, looking a bit nervous, "They are all drafts, and they’re still for Rose to review."
With that, Heather grabs the design in Hannah’s hands and walks away.
Hannah is puzzled. What kind of draft? Isn't this the work of the interviewee? It's signed Gordan in the bottom right corner. There doesn't seem to be anyone named Gordan in the design department.
But Hannah still goes to the pantry to make coffee and accomplishes her duty.
"Rose, coffee."
"Well, thanks." After taking a sip of her coffee, Rose sets it aside and proceeds to look at the drawings that are very unappealing to her. And she, one by one, throws them in the trash.
Hannah does not see her drawing in the trash can, but she finds it in a folder under Rose's mouse pad.
She leaves the office with a silent sigh.
She thought that Rose would be different, but now she realizes that everyone in this business is the same. It is indeed hard to get someone in a high position to be completely open-minded and accept the opinions of newcomers.
Although Hannah is prepared to fail, see her drawing treated as a mouse pad, she still feels depressed for a day, especially when she thinks of how the Greens set up a jewellery studio specifically for her the second she got back from abroad.
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