Terminated for attending my mother’s funeral.” After five years of loyalty, I was fired by email while still grieving.

from my mug.

“What happened?”

“Everyone’s locked out of the vendor archive. IT is imaging laptops. Greg’s office door is closed, and two people from legal are with him. Finance looks like a funeral home.”

I almost smiled.

Almost.

“Natalie, don’t use your work phone to call me.”

“I know. I’m not stupid.”

“You need to be careful.”

There was a pause.

Then her continue reading …