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Molly read it over and then read it again.
The words ate at her like acid.
...failure to protect work product...
...dereliction of duty...
...should this egregious conduct happen again...
Molly felt sick.
She wondered if it showed on her face.
The instant she looked up at Stephanie, she knew it did.
There was an anger in her supervisor's face, but there was also just the hint of triumph as well.
The letter said that she could... no.
The letter said that she would lose her job if something happened because she was in the office after hours.
Molly swallowed, but the knot in her throat was firmly in place.
"I'm," she took in and let out what should have been a calming breath, "I'm not sure I understand."
Stephanie's eyebrows raised, making her look even more pleased than she had been a moment before.
"I think... I think this is saying that I won't be able to work outside of normal office hours."
Sitting back in her luxurious desk chair, her boss smiled. "It's saying that we all need to be more responsible. The destruction of records caused by your carelessness is a terrible loss that I'm sure I will have to appease the District Attorney when I meet with her later today.
"You must realize that there will be a cost for this office, including those new safety measures that we’ll have to adopt now that everyone seems to think that they have a right to look down on us. Look at us like bugs under a microscope. I think you'd understand what this means for all of us, including your coworkers.
"I doubt any of them will appreciate the additional scrutiny this has put us under. Would you?"
Molly cast a look through the glass walls of Stephanie's office and saw a few heads turn in her direction.
She couldn't read their expressions, not when her stomach was turning and churning with worry and anguish.
The last thing she wanted to do was hurt her coworkers.
Maybe she had enjoyed too much latitude from their old supervisor.
She'd just blissfully gone along with her work and hadn't realized that she was negatively affecting anyone else. No one had said anything until now.
Until she'd come upon those men destroying her work.
"Is... is there anything else, Miss Chase?"
Molly didn't recognize her own voice.
It sounded thin.
It sounded small.
Just like how she felt.
"No. I think you understand where I stand, Molly. You can leave."
