Broken Dreams Stories

Chapter 95

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The shrill ring of Evelyn’s phone shattered the quiet of her office, palling her out of her reverie. She glanced at the screen, and her heart så

beat Susan.

She had been dreading this call all day since her encounter with Derek’s Mom, a call she thought

might come but still hoped it wouldn’t

For a moment, she considered not answering it, letting it ring until it stopped, but that would only delay the inevitable. With a deep breath, she siriped so answer and brought the phone to her ear, hoping that she was wrong; and Susan was only calling to find out her plans for Derek’s Intendew that week.

“Hello, Susan,” she said, trying to keep her voice calm despite the anxiety bubbling inside her.

“Evelyn,” her boss’s voice came through, uncharacteristically seilt, and Evelyn inurediately knew something was wrong. “T. I’m sorry to do is over. the phone. You’re a great employer, and if it were up to just me, this wouldn’t be happening, but unfortunately, the board has made their decision.” Evelyn sat up straight, her pulse quickening. “What decision?” she asked, though a part of her already knew

to let you go

Susan passed before she spoke again, and that brief hesitation felt like a hammer waiting to drop. “The board has decided to

The words hit Evelyn like a blow to the chest, but she didn’t react immediately. She sat frozen, her mind racing, trying to make sense of it. “Let me go?” she repeated slowly as if hearing the words again might change them. “Susan why are they doing this? Why am I being punished for doing my job?”

There was another pause. “I’m really sorry. Evelyn. This decision wasn’t mine. There’s nothing I can do. Wes will be stepping in to take over.”

tightened around the phone as she hit back her initial response. After all the hard work, the loyalty, the sacrifices, and this is how it ended?

I have to keep putting up with any of this? Why can’t an international brand like Empowered protect its employees? I

Susan’s voice wavered with guilt. “But my hands are tied. It’s out of my control. You

don’t want to hear it,” Evelyn snapped, unable to hold back her frustration

again, but Evelyn

ended the call, dropping her phone on the desk with a sharp thud. The silence that followed was deafening, but it didn’t last long. The anger swelled inside her, hot and sharp, until it bubbled over. She grabbed the edge

shouldn’t have been so surprising, seeing as the board had always wanted Wes here, and she

and anger, there was no sorrow. She wasn’t devastated. Instead, a calm realization began

things with her father anyway, hadn’t she? She had always known that one day, she

– this was just life’s way of pushing her out of her comfort zone and making her

and final.

be attached to it. And although Empowered Magazine had been her life for so long, in was

She was free. Now, they had nothing more to hold over her. No one would exercise such control over her

Maya wasn’t in. She checked the time and

her handbag on the couch and headed straight

a long sap from

her clothes, she decided to freshen up and get some rest before she focused on planning

Chapter 95

the remnants of tension that clung to her body. She stood under the stream for a long time, letting the heat wash away

her shower, she wrapped herself in her bathrobe and headed to the bedroom. She

in the past few days. Losing her job was the final push she needed to focus on herself, her family, and