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"You're fired." Anabelle's body shook at her manager's words.

"What?" she choked out. He couldn't possibly fire her now that she was in dire need of money. She hadn't done anything wrong that she could remember. She had always come to work early and left late. "B...but what have I done?" she stuttered.

She had come to work as usual, and Christyn, her colleague, had informed her that the manager wanted to see her immediately, only for him to inform her that he was firing her.

"Our company does not need any bad publicity right now. See, the press are always hoarding you, and you are always on the news."

"What bad publicity is there that a mother is fighting for the custody of her child? You can't possibly fire me because of that," she argued as tears filled her eyes. She couldn't afford to lose her job right now. She hadn't seen a lawyer and had no idea how much he would charge when she finally got one, and she had to save up as much as possible.

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