From termination to a new perspective: How a chance meeting during a holiday helped resolve a conflict with a former employer

would die instantly, replaced by awkward smiles and sudden interest in the architecture.

Even our dinner reservations became a minefield. The guest lists mysteriously expanded to accommodate “old friends” who just happened to be in Rome—friends who looked at me with a mixture of pity and barely disguised curiosity, as if they were assessing how well continue reading …