ASSIGNMENT: Earth

Jared Collins was depressed, and he had good reason to be. After all, he’d graduated with his psychology degree in the spring, and here he was still unemployed in the fall. When his dad had passed away, he’d left Jared some money, but now that was beginning to run out. Desperate, Jared finds himself calling a help line. Speaking with the counselor eases his mind immensely—almost as though she has some sort of magic touch.

He senses something quite special about her, but he has no way of know...