CHAPTER 81

Ashes

Pov: Maddison

I was fuming by the time I walked into the building, barely able to contain the rage bubbling in the pit of my stomach.

The email I'd received yesterday from none other than Mr Winston His Royal Dick Highness himself was etched in my head:

I have noticed that majority of the employees

Working in this Manhattan branch have a thing

Against one of the most diligent workers in the office

This is a stern reminder that bullying and gossip mongering

Will not be tolerated. Already, I have compiled names of everyone

Involved in this heinous act and they are not to show their face at the office

Again. Do well to not be caught victim of this.

Attached to the damning email was a file containing all hundred and sixty two of my colleagues that were required to vacate office immediately.

I remember my heart constricting in my chest and forgetting its pumping action. I remember my lungs suddenly not knowing how to receive oxygen anymore. I stared at the texts and reread and reread