“My 78-Year-Old Boss Took Me to a Park and Said, ‘As of Today, You No Longer Work for Me.’ I Froze, Thinking He Was Firing Me After Years of Loyalty… Then He Offered to Keep Me Only on One Condition. What He Said Made Me Walk Away in Tears.”

“No. Please. Don’t say anything.”

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“I gave you seven years. If you wanted to fire me, you could have just fired me. You didn’t need to give me a condition like this.”

I turned away. He called after me.

“Come to the office tomorrow at ten.”

I did not turn around.

“I won’t.”

I went home crying that day.

I only told my mother that I had lost my job.

My phone rang three times in the middle of the night.

It was Richard.

I did not answer.

At nine the next morning, someone knocked on my door.

It was the company lawyer, Mr. Wilson.

“You need to come to the office.”

“If Mr. Bennett sent you, tell him I’m no longer interested.”

He smiled.

“That is exactly what he told me you would say.”

I stared at him.