“Learning which executives spoke kindly to staff when nobody important was watching.”
“And learning which ones only respected people they thought could benefit them.”
Her eyes shifted toward Briana.
Still frozen beside the investigators.
“Titles reveal very little,” Nora said.
“But power reveals everything.”
Silence.
Then she delivered the final blow.
“Effective today,” she said calmly,
“Briana Moss is terminated for misconduct, labor violations, payroll fraud, retaliatory employment practices, and abuse of executive authority.”
Briana looked like she might collapse.
But Nora wasn’t finished.
“Also,” she added quietly,
“the janitorial staff you cut last quarter?”
A pause.
“They’re all being rehired.”
“With back pay.”
A sound broke somewhere behind the accounting department.
Someone clapping.
Then another.
Then the entire floor erupted.
