Written in the Sky* Rise of the Wadjet Witch by Juliet C. Obodo Page B

bestseller. She would cut her hair into a cute little bob—
    “ Memphis?”
    Jonathan’s voice brought her back to the present—and to the reality that she did not want to work with him or see him ever again.
    “ Aren’t you happy?” He attempted to grab her hand again.
    This time, Memphis flicked away his grubby fingers. “Look, I don’t know how you managed this, but I wanted to get the fellowship on my own merit. I no longer want it to be in your department.” She rose out of her seat.
    Jonathan just looked up at her, obviously shocked that she wouldn’t just follow along with his plan.
    “ No, you’re just upset and not thinking clearly,” he said through gritted teeth. Now he seemed angry at her noncompliance. “Don’t be a silly girl.”
    “ Jonathan, I am not, nor will I ever be, a silly girl.”
    With that, she turned and left the building. She couldn’t help but feel a little like Elvis.
     
     
     
     
     
    When she arrived on campus, she found that she had been locked out of her office. She checked her e-mail on her phone. Jonathan had fired her and was holding her research hostage. She sank to the ground in front of her former workspace. She heard footsteps coming down the hall.
    “ Hello, Memphis.”
    She looked up and was nearly blinded by the bright gold locks of Troy. “Would you mind moving? I need to get into my office.”
    She quickly got up, afraid that he would kick her out of the way with his pointy, handmade shoes if she didn’t.
    “ Your office?” she repeated.
    “ Yes. It seems a spot on Dr. Roth’s team has opened up.”
    “ Yup, it’s wide open; he fired me. It was my position.”
    “ Oh, did he? Well, that’s a shame. I hate that I received this job under such circumstances.” His expression didn’t match his sympathetic words.
    Who was this guy? Memphis felt as if she were starring in an even more twisted version of Single White Female. A version titled, Single-Recently-Found-Out –That-She-Was-Black Female-Whose-Boyfriend-and–Job-Were-Stolen-by-a–Single-White-Male. Okay, a much longer title, but this felt personal. Troy’s bright blue eyes were cold and his bee-stung lips formed a sneer. That was her cue to leave.
    “ Yes, I’m sure you feel badly about it all,” she said. She slowly backed away from Troy and ended up walking backwards down the entire hallway. She definitely didn’t want to leave with her back exposed.
    On her way to the subway, she checked the rest of her e-mails. She saw the unopened horoscope from astrogirl88. She opened it and what she read stopped her dead in her tracks.
     
    Today you shall reach one of your major goals, only to then realize that it is no longer your dream. This will lead to the end of a toxic situation and the beginning of something greater.
     
    This was ridiculous. She had to find out who was sending these prophetic messages. She exited from her e-mail screen and called Jill. She asked her if she knew anyone who could trace the chain of e-mails. She explained everything that happened the past few days and how the horoscope predicted Jill’s engagement and her job loss. After Jill got over the shock of hearing the news of her termination, she recommended a guy in her newspaper’s IT department. She instructed Memphis to forward her all the correspondence. They would get to the bottom of this.
    Memphis arrived home and headed straight for the bathroom. She needed a nice long bath. She soaked for an hour and got out when her extremities began to prune. After putting on her old and worn robe and Little Dipper pajamas, she grabbed some snacks from the kitchen and settled on the sofa for another night of television.
    The Universe Now was on again. It seemed to be on no matter the time. Maybe it was a marathon. She decided to watch it; it was quickly becoming her favorite show. The focus of today’s episode wasn’t on the stars, but on a faraway region nonetheless: the country of Egypt. It was well known among