Sara Hall’s Diary (Book Project)

Dear Diary,

I really need a job. Right now I am working at a diner that has minimum wage and I am living with a roommate who is an actual pig. I don’t know how I am going to keep up with all of my bills and expenses if I keep going the way I am. I have a college degree in business, but no one is hiring at the moment! I have been looking everywhere to find an “okay” job with “okay” pay. I have a job interview lined up in the next few days, but I don’t really think I will get it because the guy on the phone didn’t seem very enthusiastic about me. I don’t really know what is going to happen to be honest. I guess if all else fails I could see if I can move back in with my parents. My dad is kind of sick right now, so I could take him to appointments instead of leaving it up to my mom.

Dear Diary,

I just went into this interview with this really creepy boss. I really don’t think he was actually going to give me the job anyway, so I don’t even know what the point was. After my interview, I  met this rather tall guy who asked for my business card. I actually might be getting a good job somewhere! He said he will try really hard to at least get me an interview. The job was for a business called Stanhope and Sons in New York.  For now, I am still living in my old stuffy apartment with my ignorant roommate. Hopefully, I can get out of here soon.

Dear Diary,

I got the job! After the awful interview I had with the creepy boss, I went to another interview at Stanhope! They gave me an already paid plane ticket and an amazing hotel room to stay in. They called me back weeks later to give me the job. I am an editor for any employee emails and writing they do. Today was full of a lot of training videos and articles. I met my coworkers named Jules, Sylvie, and Sam. They are generally pretty nice people. It does seem like they are very competitive and focused on their jobs. They informed me that when I am working here, this job will be my whole life. I will probably be working till two or three in the morning mostly. I will also be working pretty closely with Vincent(the person that offered me the job.) I am very excited for this new beginning of my life that is full of work and amazing pay! Later tonight I am going to go out and buy a bunch of new office clothing with the welcome bonus they gave us.

Dear Diary,

It has been a few months since I got my job, and I am still at Stanhope. My coworkers weren’t joking when they said that it will be a ton of work, but now that I am doing well they have been kind of cold to me. I have become really good friends with my coworker, Lucy. No one really likes Lucy being around because of how witty she is. She wants to keep our friendship a secret because she doesn’t want to ruin my reputation at the company. I have gone out after work with her and been to her house, and she is truly a very wonderful person! I don’t even know how people don’t like her!

Dear Diary,

I had just gone out on a business trip to Seattle, but when I got back to New York I learned that Lucy was dead. This was a complete shock to me because the coroner said that it was a suicide! She seemed so happy, I never even knew that something was even going on. I talked to Vincent and he told me to go help Lucy’s mom pack up Lucy’s house and pick up any company papers. When I got to Lucy’s house, her mom was having a lot of trouble coming to terms with Lucy’s death. She was sure that Lucy would have never killed herself willingly for multiple reasons. She said that the note that “Lucy” left isn’t something she would have ever said, her closet was a complete mess when Lucy was very organized, and her kitchen was all messed up. It just didn’t add up. A little after Lucy’s death, my coworkers started to be really rude to me. I kept getting in trouble because of mistakes I knew I didn’t make. I had a feeling that some other people wanted to get me fired, so they messed up some of my work. After 4 years of working at Stanhope, I had been fired for something I didn’t even do! I have to change how I live back to being poor again. I am going to lose a bunch of my money I have saved because I don’t have a job now. I moved into a shared apartment with, guess what, another terrible roommate. I have just got a new job that will help a little until I can put a plan I have into action.

Dear Diary,

This week has been so nice. After my last entry, I put my plan into action. It took me a while to gain enough money to even be able to do something. My plan was simple, just fake my own death, start over on life, and then get my revenge on Stanford and Sons. Now that I think of it, it wasn’t that simple. I got an old beat-up car and gave my roommate the next month’s rent. I made a fake account for my “aunt” to tell my roommate that Sara Hall was dead. I tried my best to stay off the grid for a while; I didn’t use credit cards, and I removed the SIM card from my phone. I drove in my car for a while to an old diner that was hiring. I interviewed with a guy for maybe three seconds, and then he gave me a job. The pay wasn’t that bad, in fact, one night I got 780 dollars! I asked some customers that I trusted where I could get a fake ID and passport. They told me a guy sold them at a sleazy tattoo shop. I had to pay a lot of money to get some random lady’s information. I also got a crazy makeover that made me look like the person I was pretending to be. I stayed at my job for a little longer until I had enough money to continue. Once I went back to New York, I got another job at Stanhope in the IT department. I am so surprised nobody even recognized me even though I have had multiple close encounters with my former colleagues. I decided to play around with the elevator and set up a fake “escape room.” I would change all the controls to a handheld device where I could access it remotely, and hinder any of their chances of escaping. I also added a bunch of “clues” that did absolutely nothing to help them get out. Once I was done setting that up, I sent a text to have all of my former co-workers come to a “team-building exercise” on the top floor of the building. They got stuck in the elevator for at least three days. Now I am at the beach relaxing in the sun and just playing around with the controls. I couldn’t see what was happening to them, it isn’t like they are all dead now, right?

2 thoughts on “Sara Hall’s Diary (Book Project)

  1. Wow, after reading this I might actually check this book out! I loved all of your details that you put into this. It really helped me understand what was going on.

  2. I think you did a really good job at summarizing the big events in the story. This seems like every interesting a thrilling book!

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