My Boss Fired Me Not Knowing I Owned Most of the Company Until the Next Meeting Changed Everything

gets written when someone needs to manufacture a record rather than document one.

I did not pick up the pen.

I looked at Derek instead, gave him the smallest smile I had available, and said, “Fine. Fire me.”

Something moved across his face, not quite fast enough to be called a flinch, more like an adjustment. He had expected something performative in continue reading …