Chapter 90

I arrived early, ahead of the board members, sitting in my office.

My stomach churned with anxiety. The last meeting with them had gone well. Too well.

They had all turned on Mike in my favour. Unfortunately for me, the script had been flipped. As sympathetic as they'd been to my plight before, I knew there wouldn't be a shred of that anymore.

This definitely wasn't going to be an easy meeting.

I heard a knock on my door then Jesse poked his head in. “They're all here,” he said.

I felt like a prisoner on death row as I walked towards the board room.

A feeling of deja vu came over me as I stood outside the board room. It seemed like every time I was there, I was like a child going in for a scolding at the principal's office.

Taking a deep breath, just like I'd always done, I walked in. The buzz of hushed conversations quieted down almost instantly. The atmosphere was cold and sterile.

I felt the weight of every eye on me. I couldn’t bring myself to look up. Not at Mike, who I knew wo