This was her biggest fear, this room that they were in now. That this was all her life would amount to, working this boring job, dating terrible guys, living with roommates she hated ‘This is it,’ she wrote. I am afraid this is all I will ever have, and that I will feel sad and empty forever.
Sophie might genuinely be a reflection of me.
We’re similar in age, she worked as an assistant doing a fake writing job (I did translation before AI took over), curses and then shames herself immediately afterward, makes sarcastic remarks, but has a sensitive core underneath. She avoids morbid thoughts, jogs at night, tries to be a good daughter but occasionally let herself be, and does the bare minimum to study for the GRE.
Maybe I should start listening to podcasts for prep, too.
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