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Where I No Longer Belonged Chapter 10
Six months later, the South Center expanded.Isabelle was promoted to headquarters, and I took over her old position.On the day of our management meeting, HR asked if I had any input on the terms.I flipped through the contract."Does the pay go up?"Isabelle laughed over the video call."Tsk, look at you, straight to the money."Thirty percent raise, and we're upgrading your dorm to a two-bedroom apartment. Satisfied?""Alright, I guess that'll do."The conference room erupted into laughter.I laughed right along with them.I always took care of people. When a teacher fell ill, I stepped in to cover their classes.When a kid's parents ran late for pickup, I stayed until the very end.I no longer hide how hard I work.Whoever swapped shifts got it written down clearly on the schedule.Whoever had forgotten to hand in their paperwork stayed behind to fix it themselves.Kindness had a place. Being taken for granted did not.On Sunday, the former director of our group
Where I No Longer Belonged Chapter 9
The moment Sloane's words dropped, Damon's expression shifted first."What did you just say?"Sloane clutched the mug so tight her knuckles turned completely white."When I first moved in, I was jealous of Vivian."Asher knew her work schedule, Jessica always left a light on for her, and Damon acted annoyed by her, but he'd still go pick her up when it rained."I wanted someone to treat me like that too."Asher cut her off."So, you purposely pushed her out?""I didn't mean to drive her away."Sloane's voice trembled."I just wanted to test the waters."I said my stomach hurt, and you guys stopped waiting for her."I said I needed space for my art board, and you moved her stuff out."I pointed out there were only four mugs, and nobody asked me to change it."Every single time, you guys picked me."So, why would I stop?"Nobody could find a response.Sloane looked over at me."Vivian, I know I'm not innocent. "I loved the feeling of being chosen first."But I honest
Where I No Longer Belonged Chapter 8
I didn't meet Sloane alone.Saturday was the center open house.Parents whose issues had piled up for half a month all showed up at once, packing the classrooms wall-to-wall.I was running around until late afternoon when Leo suddenly burst into the office, brandishing a hundred-percent test score evaluation sheet."Miss Rhodes, my mom said if I scored over ninety, we wouldn't have to pull out of the tutoring program."He slammed the paper right down onto my desk."I got a hundred."Mrs. Parker trailed right behind him, though she still sounded sharp."Just one good grade, don't get cocky."Yet the second she turned toward Isabelle, she changed her tune."Put him down for next semester too."Other parents caught wind of it and hurried over to hand in their renewal forms.Once the finance desk finished tallying everything up, the clerk flashed me a thumbs-up.The refund rate had dropped from forty percent down to three.Isabelle announced in front of everyone that I was of
Where I No Longer Belonged Chapter 7
Asher didn't even make it until evening.By four o'clock in the afternoon, Jessica showed up first.She didn't come inside the office, just stood waiting at the far end of the hallway.She was carrying a bag of burgers."From that burger truck across town."She held the bag out toward me."Your favorite."I didn't reach for them.Jessica's fingers froze for a second."I used to remember. Then Sloane kept saying she loved them, and I guess I mixed it up."Vivian, I'm sorry."I looked right at her."You didn't mix it up."You just figured I wouldn't make a fuss, so whether you remembered or not didn't matter."Jessica kept her head down. It took her forever to squeeze out a single sentence."The house is a complete wreck."I stayed silent.She managed a bitter little laugh."Nobody touched that dinner last night."Asher smashed the cake, and Damon yelled at him for being too harsh."Sloane wouldn't stop crying, kept swearing she was going to move out."Nobody clear
Where I No Longer Belonged Chapter 6
When Asher caught sight of me, he marched straight over."Why is your number disconnected?"I called you over twenty times."His tone was sharp and accusatory.You would have thought he was the one who had disappeared, and that he was the one left stranded.I swiped my ID badge to unlock the security glass door."Say what you need to say. I've got a meeting at nine."Asher slammed his hand flat against the glass door."Come back with me."Seriously, you threw your tantrum, you packed up and moved out. Can we drop it now?"We waited up until midnight for you last night."I stared right at him."So?""What do you mean, so?"His eyebrows drew together in a hard scowl."Weren't you mad that we didn't wait up for you to eat?"We waited. We even saved the roast beef for you."For a second, I almost thought I was losing my mind."Asher, do you genuinely think I moved out just to force you guys to skip a meal?""Wasn't that it?"His voice dropped lower, defensive."Vivian,
Where I No Longer Belonged Chapter 5
As the moving truck merged onto the highway overpass, I realized the thermos Asher had taken still had a tracking device attached to it. The red dot was creeping steadily toward the west side of town.He was probably shoving the thermos into Sloane's hands right now, reminding her to stay hydrated.I tapped the app and hit unpair.The red dot flickered twice and vanished from the screen.Just like that, the past three years were switched off right along with it.The new South Center was even more of a disaster than the pictures showed.Unopened boxes blocked the front desk, the classroom schedule on the wall was frozen from two weeks ago, and a couple of angry parents were cornering Isabelle to demand tuition refunds.A woman in a gray jacket locked eyes with me the second I walked in."Are you the new director?"You're so young, what could you possibly handle?"Isabelle opened her mouth to jump in, but I stepped up and took the complaint form straight from her hand."Mrs.
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