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arried across the quiet office. "Everyone sees it, you know. The way you walk

lf-righteous declaration. "Honestly, someone should

ss, my eyes burning. I'd done it for him. For the dream we supposedly shared. The dream of building something that mattered. I had poured m

his brow furrowed with annoyance. "What is g

she's doing it again! Look at what she's wearing! It's completely inappropri

sey's tear-streaked face. I saw the conflict in his ey

uatio

he said, his voice strained. "Just... for the sake of peace. Can yo

validating Kasey's insane, malicious fantasy. He was sacrificing my dignit

in was so deep, so absolute, that it had become numbness. A col

y voice eerily calm. "Whatever y

where I kept a spare change of clothes, my back ramro

wnpour. He was the one who stopped. A young, ambitious entrepreneur in a beat-up sedan, his eyes bright with ideas. He changed my tire, got soaked to t

. "If you ever need a job, or just someone to tel

rms or investment banks that were clamoring for me. I called him. I found hi

ur first round of funding. I worked for a salary that was a fraction of m

mountain of paperwork and say, "Allie, when we make it big, when this is all

dreamer. I was here for the challenge, for the satisfaction of bui

believed i

, I looked at my reflection in the dark window.

irl in the rain, would never have asked me to change my clothes to appease

t had shocked my own father, was eroding. It was tur

ardigan over my dress. The fabric felt like a s

tarting to re-evaluate what,