After My Manager Stole My Slides and Said I Wasn’t…

but practically worthless to us.”

The room went silent.

Derek’s face flushed. Julia looked at me with something between a plea and panic.

This was the moment.

The moment I had been unconsciously planning for without admitting it to myself.

I could save them.

I could protect their version of the story.

I could play the game, smooth over the gap, and let them continue reading …