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Victoria walked back into the office with the bag in her hands. She wasn't angry but sad. She felt so welcomed by everyone and when she had a bit of hope, Mr Smith quenched it.

Clara told her Mr Smith saw something in her for him to put her as a part of the new programming team but after what he did, she couldn't tell if Clara was correct or not because Mr Smith just like the others at Smith Technologies made her feel unwelcomed.

All her life, she dreamt of working at Smith Technologies. She studied harder and did a lot of research, participated in competitions to be a better version of herself and atlas when she got it, it turned out to be the opposite of all she imagined.

Victoria raised her head up only to see people in the office looking at her in a way she didn't understand while whispering something to themselves. She could tell it was about her as they didn't pretend to be talking about anyone but what bothered her was; what had she done this time.

She could see them glancing a