CHAPTER 1: WINNING THE JOB

Megan rubbed her fingertips against each other, giving the impression she was either praying for guidance or contemplating her prey. She took a slow, very deliberate breath and paused. As the silence filled the room, her smile made it clear she was looking for a victim, not guidance. And it was my bad luck to be the quarry sitting across the desk from her.

I was tired of job hunting. It had been almost four months since Jessica, my boss at the last company, was forced out in some smooth manipulations by a few other directors. Apparently they were jostling for a soon to be announced VP vacancy and she was just the first casualty in what became a sharp-elbowed conflict for supremacy. It was not unusual, just what goes ...

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