Seven years.
Seven years of early mornings and late nights. Seven years of exceeding every target, crushing every quota, carrying projects that lesser men took credit for. Seven years of watching promotions go to guys who couldn't find their own d***s with a map and a flashlight, while I stayed stuck in the same mid-level position with the same mid-level salary and the same mid-level view of the parking garage.
Until tonight.
The email came at 6:47 PM, when the office was emptying and I was finishing up reports no one would read.
Rebecca – Board meeting. Conference Room A. 8 PM. Don't be late.
No context. No agenda. Just a summons from my boss, David Chen, the man who'd been dangling the Director position over my head for three years like a carrot I'd never reach.
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