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

of wrongdoing. Return all documents. Withdraw complaints. Non-disparagement clause.

Dana watched my expression.

“That is more than nuisance value,” she said. “They are scared.”

I thought about my mother’s hospital bed in the living room. I thought about how she apologized every time I paid for another prescription. I thought about sitting beside her at continue reading …