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54. Breakfast

Author: Cord3lia
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:58:44

KIMBERLY

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“This is so entertaining!” Emelda exclaimed as I walked past her with a box stacked on another.

I rolled my eyes, ignoring her. The only reason she was making such comments was because she was looking for a fight. There was no other reason. And I wasn’t going to give it to her. I wasn’t a child.

She continued making several comments even as I reached the elevator. When I got downstairs, everyone gasped in unison.

“Miss Kim, are you leaving us?”

“Were you fired?”

“Of course not! Why would her boyfriend fire her? She probably resigned.”

“Kimberly, we’ll miss you.”

I chuckled. At least most of my colleagues loved me and liked to work with me. “I’ll miss you guys too.”

“What happened? Are you working elsewhere?”

There were a lot of questions that I didn’t have answers to. I just assured them that I wouldn’t forget about them and would make sure to reach out now and then. They accepted my words and two of the guys took the boxes from me and helped me take them to my car.

“Than
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