The nerves kicked in the moment he opened his eyes and realized that today was the day. Larry had just arrived at the company’s headquarters of Grain Pharmaceuticals and desperately needed to do well in the interview. The meeting wasn’t for another hour but he wanted to make the right impression and gather his thoughts. The job had appealed to him from the outset; good prospects, great money, company car and best of all, travel. He was broke, the bank was about to repossess all that he had accumulated and the pressure was getting to him. He knew that he had to eradicate the bad thoughts over the next couple of hours to have any chance of securing the job. He rummaged in his jacket pocket eventually finding the white packet, opened it and popped two pills.
The Interview (Extract)
