UNDER HIS RULES: Trapped in his game
I bet no one had dared to speak to her like an actual human being in her entire thirty-year career.
Around the table, everyone watched, suspended in a glorious, terrifying bubble of high drama.
“You clearly enjoy defying authority, Quincy,” she hissed, her fingers white where they gripped her pen.
“And you clearly enjoy torturing your workers,” I replied, matching her glare pound for pound.
“But unfortunately for you, I’m fresh out of tolerance today.”
“Get out of my office,” she whispered, her voice trembling with rage. “Get out, Miss Hale. You are terminated.”