[The words sting, probably more than Lia means them to. It's not her fault. Mae's been on the other end of this conversation before, and having all that thrown back in her face hurts in more ways than one. God Bea would just be eating this shit up if she were here.]

Yeah but... what if I can't go anywhere else? Like I'll be the first to admit I have zero applicable skills. [She pauses, laying her hands across her stomach and fidgeting, trying to find the words.] The first job I ever had, I got fired for stealing from work. Now I've got this whole second chance and I'm so goddamn scared of ruining it. Like if I leave or get fired and all a sudden it just [She wiggles her fingers, motioning like something's exploding into a puff of smoke.] Poof. Gone.

I dunno. Maybe I'm just being dumb.