The people I paid every two weeks were treating my humiliation as a company joke.

Aaron had cut me off from the entire staff.

He was building a documented case that I was unstable.

The room was completely dark now.

I sat in the chair and listened to the wind in the trees outside.

My tablet vibrated on the desk.

It was an automated alert from the main bank confirming a password change request.

The morning sun hit the long gravel driveway outside the front windows.