The company director fired me in front of everyone. Two hours later, he called and said, “Dress nicely and meet me by the lake. Don’t tell anyone we’re meeting.” When I arrived, he asked me to take a photo with him… and the next morning, that photo was hanging on the door of his office

“But you fired me.”

For the first time, he smiled.

“I know.”

I barely slept that night.

I felt as if I had somehow become part of a bizarre game.

The next morning, the moment I walked into the company building, I could tell something was wrong.

People were staring at me.

Some were whispering.

Karen even walked up to me with a cold smile.

“Well, now it makes sense why he always treated you differently.”

“What are you talking about?”

She simply pointed toward the director’s office.

When I walked closer, my heart dropped.

The photo from the lake had been printed in a large size and hung directly on his office door. The continuation read in the