CHAPTER 16

Make It Through Unscathed When Dealing With Toxic Individuals

Len knew better than to angrily blast Jenith when she pushed his buttons. Each time, he promised himself he wouldn’t do it again, but he couldn’t seem to stop himself from taking the bait she tossed his way.

Vanessa promised herself she’d stand up to Ken the next time he threw his last-minute request on the top of her desk and ordered her to stop work on the other supervisors’ projects. The only problem—Ken scared the heck out of her and even as she opened her mouth to insist, “I’ll start on your project tomorrow,” the words, “Sure, I’ll get right on it,” came out.

Whenever Eleanor’s mom started in on her with 1990s’ advice, saying, “you should do this, you shouldn’t do ...

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