From Trash to Titan
Hazel nodded with a smile of her own, "Yes, tomorrow is the day."
Maya left and went home and Hazel returned inside the house.
Her parents went to bed not long after. Her dad paused in the hallway and looked back at her.
"Get some sleep, Hazelnut," he said. "Big day tomorrow."
Hazel managed a small smile. "I know, Dad. Goodnight."
The next morning, Maxwell arrived at the towering glass building of Sterling Industries. He walked through the pristine executive hallway with his usual calm, unhurried stride.
When he pushed open the heavy oak doors to his private office suite, he fully expected to see his new, highly arrogant assistant already sitting at her desk outside his office.