Chapter 123 — JULIAN ADAMS (POV)

“And with that, we can finish the meeting.” Mike finally says, turning off the screen that was showing the results of the company’s big project, which Mike had traveled to solve. Fortunately, the result was better than we had imagined — a profit 45% better than expected. It’s a project that really made us stand out on the international scene.

The shareholders and directors start to get up, saying goodbye to each other with handshakes and waves, but I don’t do the same... I keep sitting in the first chair at the end, right next to Mike’s. And I admit, sitting next to him for three hours in this suffocating quarrel made me sweat.

Now that we’re finally alone and Mike has finished sorting out his documents, I find myself saying in a high-pitched voice than usual, “You probably already know this, but Laura, Deborah, and Naomi have been fired. And Jackson will leave the country.”

He keeps silent as I add, “T