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

signs your evaluations.

Her voice softened, losing its professional edge.

— You’re free now. So, what do you want to do next?

The same question Adrian had asked earlier. The same question I’d spent years avoiding. I glanced out the balcony door toward the distant shimmer of the moonlit water.

— I think, — I said slowly, — I want to stop surviving and start continue reading …